Sit-ups can exercise abdominal muscles, but they have no obvious fat-reducing effect. Sit-ups have no effect on reducing abdominal fat. If there is a lot of abdominal fat, you can't see it even if you practice abdominal muscles.

To reduce abdominal fat, sit-ups can be combined with jumping in place. Do sit-ups for one minute and then jump in place for three minutes, and so on for 20 to 30 minutes. For beginners, if you can't persist for 20 minutes, you can appropriately reduce the range of jumping in place. The principle of losing weight according to this exercise method is to improve metabolic rate and reduce fat for a long time.

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Advantages of boys doing sit-ups

1, enhance abdominal strength

Long-term sit-ups can greatly enhance the strength of the abdomen, make the muscle group more developed, and can effectively exercise your abdominal muscles, while simple sit-ups can't consume fat better.

Of course, you can usually do it five times a minute at first, and then you can gradually increase it until it is about 50 times. Of course, if you want to practice your abdominal muscles through this action, you can look at this method.

2, it is beneficial to gastrointestinal movement

When doing sit-ups, it can constantly stimulate the peristalsis of the stomach during exercise, which is conducive to discharging the dirt in the body and dredging the air in the stomach. Of course, pay attention to the correct posture, which will hurt the stomach and cause stomach pain.

Therefore, breathing is very important in this process. Adjust your breathing. Generally speaking, when people exert their strength, people's muscles contract, the volume of chest and abdominal cavity will shrink, and the internal pressure will increase. Exhale becomes easy, but many people find it particularly difficult to inhale when doing it. Exhale when the abdominal muscles pull the body up to ensure that the muscles deeper in the abdomen participate in the work at the same time.

3, improve sexual ability

Sit-ups are mainly used to exercise abdominal muscles. It should be said that there is no improvement in sexual ability, but the strong abdominal muscles and flat abdomen may help to improve sexual ability. At the very least, doing sit-ups often can make your body very symmetrical. If you stick to it, many men in the office will not have to worry about abdominal fat.

And at the same time, it can effectively improve your central nervous system, make your joints more flexible, make your muscles more elastic and very strong, so from these aspects, it can indirectly improve your sexual ability.

Reference source; Baidu encyclopedia-sit-ups