Unfortunately, theres a lot at play when it comes to where our body chooses to store its fat… but the one thing we do know is unless you can afford the surgery, we don’t get to choose where its stored! For women lipids are usually stored around the tummy, thighs and lateral arms and for men its our belly’s (mainly the sides) and glutes but everyone’s a little different.

So when it comes to that stubborn fat there is no set of exercises to do to specifically lose fat in an area, so instead let’s think a little bigger picture… If our goal is to lose fat, the one rule we must keep in mind is we have to BURN more calories than we BRING in - expend more calories than we eat as excess calories get converted into that stubborn fat.

The best way to do this is through exercise… specifically resistance training though cardiovascular is fantastic as well. When we resistance train we build muscle and thus “tone” our bodies so while we can’t decide where the fat goes in our bodies we can certainly tone the muscles underneath so they’re

ready when the fat burns! In comparison to fat, muscle burns about 30 more calories a day for every 10 pounds of it… so more muscle = more calories burned = less fat stored.