I've got GREAT NEWS for you if you like to do crunches to burn fat.

[Zalatix]

You'll have to do them 250,000 times just to burn one effing pound.

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/fitness/3-step-strategy-flat-stomach

[anon223]

1. Yup

I just started hearing the no crunches bit - if you want to do your laundry on your abs, then:

eat a lot of protein
do cardio and lift - lifting burns way more calories than cardio
watch what you eat
try different supplements for recovery, etc.

After that, it's a matter of how bad you want it.

[Marr]

2. Who does crunches to burn fat?

Ninety-eight percent of getting a "six pack" is plain old fat loss. Clean up your diet and move around enough to lose the fat, and a very moderate core workout regimen will do the job.

[Denninmi]

3. Wow, biking is a calorie bargain, then.

My Polar said I burnt 2752 calories on my 40 mile ride T-day morning. 40 miles is a lot easier than about 200,000 crunches.

[reeviint]

4. Exercise

Exercises plays a vital role in to burn fat more quickly and efficiently.Every kind of physical workouts are quite beneficiary for our health and fitness as well.Diet also is the core thing to control or burn fat and calories.

[bike man]

6. Exercise and diet (everything one eats, not just a box with a celebrity name on it) are generally

considered the primary means of weight control.

How does the application of an ointment fit in with "calories out > calories in = weight loss" (sometimes called 'eat less, move more')?