Belly fat is a stubborn, unsightly beast. It’s also dangerous. This year’s Men’s Health Week focused on the risks of carrying fat around your midsection because even if you’re slim elsewhere, a pot belly raises your chances of being hit by a heart attack, stroke or diabetes.
Grab a tape measure and wrap it around your body just below your bellybutton. If the number’s 94cm (37in) or more, it’s time to take action.
Here’s what you need to know before you start.
1. You’ll be doing circuit workouts
The plan involves doing four circuit workouts a week. Circuits are sessions where you do one set of an exercise before moving on to the next exercise without resting
2. You’re against the clock
The five-move circuits are arranged so that you perform the first four exercises for time, as opposed to a set number of reps. There are two main reasons for this. First, it means that you can record the number of reps that you perform and then try to beat your score the next time you do the workout.
3. Things progress every week
Each week involves doing the same four circuits but that doesn’t mean you get to coast through the plan. For a start, we’ve made weeks three and four more challenging because we’ve increased the duration of each set from 40 to 50 seconds.
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