Belly fat is not only bad for your health, but it can also be very dangerous and put your health at risk. Carrying around the extra weight of belly fat tends to make you feel sluggish and lethargic.
Belly fat also puts us at risk for diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and obesity.
This pose not only strengthens the abdominal muscles to help reduce belly fat, but also helps strengthen the upper body.
Some of the reasons for abdominal fat can include genetics, specific diseases or even obesity, unhealthy eating habits, irregular sleeping patterns, lack of exercise, etc.
As an effective way to to reduce stubborn belly fat, yoga gives us the equivalent of cardiovascular exercise to get our heart rate up and this helps burn those calories.
Yoga asanas to burn stubborn belly fat
1- Downward Facing Dog
Inhale and exhale through the nose 3 times.
2- High Plank
This posture should be performed in a similar way to the normal plank position, only here we will not have the arms stretched and we will lean on the elbows, always contracting the abdominal to keep the back straight.
Form a straight line from the feet to the head and hold the posture for 2 or 3 minutes.
3- Low Plank
Exhale
4- Cobra
This is simple, we just have to place our hands at chest level and rest the palms on the floor. Then we rise up stretching our arms, with our back straight and contracting the abdomen. We support ourselves with the tip of the foot, we must maintain this posture for two or three minutes and repeat the process 5 or 10 times.
5- Lateral Plank right side
Exhale
6- Lateral Plank left side
Inhale
7- Dolphin Plank
Inhale and exhale through the nose 3 times.
8- Dolphin with right leg up
Inhale and exhale.
9- Dolphin with left leg up
Inhale and exhale.
10- Child’s Pose
Inhale and exhale through the nose 3 times.
Repeat the sequence at least 3 times, while keeping your focus on your breathing in each pose.
