The pull-up is a great exercise to lose belly fat, because it is a full-body movement where you are pulling the body through space. Push-ups are a good example as opposed to a bench press. A lot more muscles are activated during the push-up since you also have to keep the core engaged and legs hard etc.
The pull-up is this exact thing, but instead of a “pull-down”. You are moving the body through the motion, meaning you are getting many more stabilizers into the movement. This is great for over all muscle stimulation, thus fat loss. It will also make your lats and upper back stronger and bigger making your waist appear smaller.
Weighted pull-ups are one of my favorite exercises for upper back and lats development. Doin heavy sets of 5 x5 is my routine. This gets the lats the width you want and the added benefit of fat burn. The metabolism in your body is also greatly stimulated during this exercise, which makes it a perfect exercise to include in a fat loss plan.
A few great full-body exercises that can be combined with the pull-up to lose belly fat are:
- Squats
- Lunges
- Push-Ups
- Inverted Rows
- Split Squat with elevated back foot
- Handstand push-ups
- Hanging leg raises
- etc
Combine these exercises with pull-ups to get a great full-body workout! Make sure you superset the exercises using one upper and one lower body exercise each time! Wait to lose some belly fat my friend =)