Common fat loss belief is ‘physically impossible’, says Liverpool PT

Mark Bohannon said this belief “led me in the wrong direction”

A senior Liverpool personal trainer has revealed the answer to a common training myth. Mark Bohannon from downtown Superior PerformanceShe said most women believe in “burning the spot” but it’s not actually possible.

Mark explained that spot burning is the false belief that you can “magically” burn fat from just one area of ​​your body by doing thousands of exercises specific to one area of ​​your body. The chief experience officer explained that this belief is one that many women fall into.

HE he told the ECHO: “It is physically impossible to burn fat from only one specific area of ​​your body. Just do 50 repetitions of triceps kickbacks every day; Nothing else will ‘shatter’ your ‘bingo wings’. Too many women fall into the trap of doing endless crunches because they don’t like belly fat, or doing hundreds of walking lunges every day because they have unsightly fat on their thighs.

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“Men may be equally guilty of this. Many men are jealous Cristiano Ronaldo They think they can achieve his appearance by having abdominal muscles and doing 1000 sit-ups a day. “This approach is a classic rookie mistake.”

Mark claims to have helped his clients achieve a “visibly rippled” six-pack without doing “a single abs-specific exercise.”

He added: “The only way to get rid of fat on your arms, thighs or anywhere else on your body is to reduce your overall body fat level. To do this, you need to be in a calorie deficit, which means consuming fewer calories per day than you expend.”

“Supplement this with compound exercises. Compound exercises are movements that work more than one muscle group at the same time. These are the best exercises you can do if you want to burn calories and build muscle.

“Therefore, you should prioritize big movements such as squats, deadlights, split squats and bench presses in your training. These moves will provide plenty of stimulation to not only get your heart rate up and burn fat, but also to grow your muscles. These big compound movements will also give you a rush of adrenaline and the release of feel-good endorphins, making you look and feel great at the same time.