Bodyweight exercises for belly fat after 50 years

Using only your body weight can be a very effective tool for burning stubborn belly fat.

If you’re looking to melt away stubborn belly fat, bodyweight exercises can be a good place to start. Focusing on resistance work using your own body weight is an effective way to shed fat, burn calories and build strength. Plus, bodyweight training provides an affordable way to stay in shape without investing in fancy equipment or an expensive gym membership. Here we are Echo WangCertified yoga teacher and founder of Yoga Kava, who shares the foursome body weight exercises which can help the torch more belly fat than standard gym workouts after 50.

Before diving in, Wang emphasizes, “Fat loss is systematic and requires consistency in exercise, diet, rest, and controlling your stress levels. Most people fail in their fat burning efforts after 50 because of a lack of control, core strength, and consistency in exercise.”

Cat-Cow

1. Assume a table position on your hands and knees.
2. Inhale for cow pose, drop your stomach to the floor, arch your back and look up.
3. To do cat pose, inhale, round your back, tuck your chin into your chest, and tuck your tailbone.

Dead steam

1. Lie on your back, arms extended to the ceiling, knees raised in a table top position.
2. Press your back into the floor and engage your core.
3. Lower one arm and the opposite leg.
4. Return to the starting position.
5. Repeat on the other side and continue alternating.

Glute Bridges

1. Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and legs apart on the floor.
2. Press through your heels so that your body forms a straight line from head to heels.
3. Close your mouth, hold at the top for a moment.
4. Return your legs to the starting position.

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Bird-Dog

1. Start from all four sides.
2. Extend your left arm and right leg.
3. Hold for a moment before returning to the starting position.
4. Switch sides and continue switching.

Alexa Mellardo