SUCK IT UP
If you look at your stomach in the mirror standing sideways, when you suck in your stomach it leaves all the outside muscles loose. You can only pull it in as far as your muscles underneath the fat can tighten. Instead of sucking your stomach in, suck it UP. It’s the same motion as a belly laugh. Raise your belly button up toward your chest. When you suck it up, you are engaging all of your abdominal muscles, making them longer. This gives the muscles more room to spread out, so you end up flattening your abs all the way from your ribs to your pelvic bone, not just flattening your lower stomach.
Sucking it up while sitting at your desk is a great way to squeeze in your crunches. Envision pulling them up and under your ribs. Really try to raise your belly button a few inches. The added benefit to doing this at your desk is it improves your posture. You have to sit up straighter to give your abs more room to flatten out. Plus you get the added bonus of being able to do it without anyone noticing.
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1 comments:
This is so true. I am in my 70's and 6 years ago I lost 60 pounds and as a result had and ugly 2 inch long flap at the bottom of my abdomen. I hated it, then I discovered how to suck it up. I still have a small area that sticks out a little futher than the rest of the abdomen but is not noticed when I am dressed. So you are never to old or too out of shape to change. So SUCK IT UP!!! and keep trying you can do anything you believe you can.
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