Are you the individual who has gotten out of shape and is looking to shed weight? You are looking to get in some daily exercise but are unsure what would be beneficial in toning your body. In particular you are looking to reduce that waist line that has expanded in recent years. Fact or fiction: Will performing sit-ups daily help you lose weight, burn fat and enable you to fit into smaller sized jeans?
I remember when I was a kid in elementary and then middle school when we had physical education classes. The phys. Ed teacher had the entire class on our backs, (partnered by twos so that a classmate could hold your feet in place) and made us to sit-ups as part of the exercise program. The teacher stated that he wanted to have the "out of shape kids" in the class lose any bulge around their stomachs by doing a bunch of sit-ups. In reality the 20 or so sit-ups performed by the kids in the class did absolutely nothing for those individuals who were a little "hefty" around the middle.
So you are now an adult. At work you either sit in front of a computer typing on your keyboard or operate a machine at a factory for 8 hours daily. During your 40+ hours at work weekly you do very little physical activity. Following your work day you then come home and zap a frozen entree in the microwave to eat for dinner. Because you haven't been involved in a dedicated multi-performance daily workout regimen for several years now you have put on weight recently, especially around that waistline.
