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Effective stomach exercises???

Watson Davis <wat...@watsonmusic.com>

On Wed, 04 Aug 1999 03:38:07 GMT, jeff_shiri...@yahoo.com (Jeff

Shirilla) wrote:
>Hello,
>     I've been working out for almost a year now and am really quite
>satisfied with the results I've achieved considering the amount of time I
>can spend on a daily exercise routine. However, there is one area I'm
>having trouble with... you guessed... the spare tire. The weird thing is
>that the top part of my abs are flat to the point where you can see the
>muscles underneath, but I still have this spare tire (which now seems more
>noticeable than ever since the rest of my body is in good shape).
>     What exercises (or books can I read) that will help burn off this one
>last obstacle in my way of a pretty good physique? Thanks in advance!

There is no such thing as spot reduction.  If you want to lose fat,
you have to diet it off and get your bf% to a low enough point that it
disappears.  For men, this fat you're talking about is usually the
last fat to go.

Watson (the pencil neck) Davis