OK travelers, spring is over, and summer is here! It’s time to get settled into your assignment and work on your beach body. There are opportunities in each of our days to get that little bit of extra burn to lose some weight.
I found this article from World Gym 24, which talks about one of the most common problems we face when it comes to weight loss – the belly bulge! The most eye-opening part of this article for me is that crunches and core exercises are not the secret to flatter abs! Here is an excerpt from the article:
The belly is the most commonly cited trouble zone. A slimmer waistline can be hard-to-get because excess calories that you eat, or fail to burn off by being active, tend to get stored as fat in your midsection. The flab can accumulate underneath your skin or deep in the torso surrounding your organs. Not only can a spare tire keep your waistband tight, but a belly bulge is associated with higher cholesterol and blood pressure, insulin resistance and a greater risk of heart disease and diabetes.
But you can’t fight the flab sitting (or lying) down. Study after study shows that burning more calories by moving your whole body is the secret to flatter abs. So, to burn belly fat nix the crunches, bicycle moves and core exercises and do more cardio. Specifically, walk, run and jump as much as you can to get in a total of 60 minutes or more of moderate- or vigorous-intensity cardio into your day. You can meet the quota by being active throughout the day, doing such things as walking the dog, playing with your kids ands hopping on a cardio machine.
Good luck and get moving!
Steve Stamm has been working for Aureus Medical since December 2005. He started working in the Imaging Division as an Account Manager where he learned the craft and skill of being an effective recruiter. From there became a team lead in the Imaging Division, and then promoted to a Branch Manager position in the Nursing Division. As supply and demand have changed, he moved to his current position as a Rehab Therapy Branch Manager. What he enjoys the most about his job is the relationships that he’s made while recruiting. He says its amazing how close of a relationship you can develop over the phone with employees. In his free time, he likes to golf, run and workout. He has a background in professional baseball which has always kept the fire alive to stay in shape…just in case he gets that call up to the majors!