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is it pointless to do crunches when you have excess belly fat? i have a huge belly and i've been doing crunches, but all they have done is made my hip bones go away! I looked online and read that you shouldnt do crunches with excess belly fat because it'll just puff your stomach out more.

is this true? should i continue doing the crunches? does it get worse before it gets better? if not, how do I burn the belly fat and or lovehandles? thanks!

Pointless? Not really

But you will pass a point of diminishing returns. You have to do what we call in the game "your homework" and make sure your diet is clean and you're doing enough cardio.

From your question I can tell that you really don't care about any other bodypart as much as you do your stomach or you would be asking about making your whole body better.

It doesn't get worse before it gets better...you just need to do all the work- the exercising, the eating and the cardio. I would bet my last dollar that the reason for this is you're either not doing enough cardio for a consistent amount of time, you're eating too little, too much, or you're eating too many different foods that confuse your body's chemistry.

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