Isn't that just a matter of doing enough sit-ups - you know, like hundreds of crunches on a regular basis?
Well... Not exactly, even though that's what a number of uneducated individuals may want you to believe: "Dude, you need to do more of them crunches - each and every day!"
In any case - if you may want to call me out on this one - there is proper research done on this issue 'The Effect of Abdominal Exercise on Abdominal Fat'. The conclusion? "Six weeks of abdominal exercise training alone was not sufficient to reduce abdominal subcutaneous fat and other measures of body composition". So there.
And this sits perfectly with simple muscle and metabolism knowledge like the one you'll find within the 7MinWorkout program (of which you can read more here).
What you will experience - based on proper knowledge about how the metabolism, fat storage and strength training works - is that you can not do spot reduction. It is simply not possible ... never has been, never will be.
The fact is that you lose fat pretty evenly from all over your body. The reason that it seems to "stick" to your gut/stomach, buttocks, hips or thighs (to a large extent dependent upon your gender), is that there's simply stored more fat in those areas. As a consequence, these are the last areas you will have to deal with.
So, are crunches useless then?
Of course not. Sit-ups/crunches is great for building strength. If you do many, then your not building strength - you're into endurance... Like the above research states: "Nevertheless, abdominal exercise training significantly improved muscular endurance to a greater extent than the CG (control group)."
What you need to realize is that abdominal strength training is like any other muscle workout - it is better with fewer reps with high intensity and resistance - just like you'll be taught within the 7 Minute Workout.
