Step-by-Step Exercises to Lose Belly Fat at Home
One of the hardest areas to reduce is belly fat. However, even at home, you can tone your abs, burn calories, and show results more quickly with the correct exercises. In this guide, I’ll show you 10 of the Best Exercise for Belly Fat, step-by-step, with images, so you know exactly how to do them right.
Step 1: Crunch Hold
Target: Upper belly fat & core strength
Duration: 40 sec
How to do:
- Lock your lower back into the mat when lying down.
- Bend your knees at 90 degrees directly above your hips.
- Keep your hands behind your head.
- Inhale, tuck your chin in.
- Exhale, crunch up from your shoulders.

Step 2: Low Plank Hold
Target: Full belly fat burn & stability
Duration: 40-60 Sec
How to do:
- Get into plank position on your elbows.
- Keep your tailbone tucked in and abs tight.
- Push your shoulders into the floor.
- Engage your whole body and hold.

Step 3: Toe Touch + Plank Tuck
Target: Upper belly fat & cardio boost
Repeat for 10-12 raps.
How to do:
- Place your arms overhead and your legs straight up while lying on your back.
- Exhale, crunch to reach your toes.
- Inhale, return down to mat and move into plank position.
- Tuck your knees toward your chest.

Step 4: Alternating Knee to Elbow
Target: Side belly fat (obliques)
Hold for 2 sec each side and repeat 10-12 raps
How to do:
- Start in plank position.
- Right knee should be tucked into your right elbow repeadly.
- Switch your positionand tuck left knee to left elbow.
- Tuck your right knee to opposite elbow, then switch repeadly.

Step 5: Side Plank Rotations
Target: Love handles & core strength
How to do:
- Start in low plank.
- Exhaleand rotate hips into a side plank on left forearm, right arm up and hold.
- Hold, inhale, return to low plank.
- Switch to right forearm, left arm up.

Step 6: Bench Hip Lift Hold
Target: Lower belly fat
Hold for 20 sec
How to do:
- Sit tall on a bench, palms next to hips.
- Grip the edge of table, round your upper back slightly.
- Push into bench, lift hips up.
- Engage abs, squeeze inner thighs together. Hold 20 sec.
