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Defeat of the beer belly
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Hi
Whats the best exercise to flatten the belly? lol
Ive started to go swimming for an hour a day - 4 days a week. Is that a good way? Or should be I be doing something else?
thanks!
MeSquared
Whats the best exercise to flatten the belly? lol
Ive started to go swimming for an hour a day - 4 days a week. Is that a good way? Or should be I be doing something else?
thanks!
MeSquared
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If you improve your abdominal muscles with situps and crunches and so on, you will improve the tone of your stomach, which will flatten it to an extent too.
Lie in a postition where your backs on the floor as and your knees are bent (as if your are about to start a sit-up)Breathe in normally, and as you breathe out tense your stomach inwards as if your trying to fit into a tight pair of trousers, hold for 2-3 seconds then relax as you breathe in. Repeat for about ten 10-20mins and you will feel that yout abs would have done a proper workout! Do this everyday.
its great because you can do it while your watching TV or something. For a reference its in FHM either June or July 2003, in the health questions section near the back
I dont drink much to be honest, but I am a big fan of chocolate lol
I've been trying to eat apples instead of chocolate but its hard work haha
Im gonna try keep up the swimming and i'll try the breathing thing, perhaps some situps before i go to sleep - How many should a fairly unfit person try?
thanks again.
MeSquared
the quest for the six pack
(sorry, couldn't work out if you're m or f!)
He doesn't have to, he can still drink beer but is moderation. Simple as.
And MeSquared, sit-ups won't do shit unless you get rid of the belly first, you won't notice any difference.
Im male :P
again thanks for the help!
Got a question about the crunches/ab curls whatever you call them, when im doing them I get a pain just below my ribs - goes away in about 10 seconds after I stop. My question is should I stop once I feel that pain then start again once its gone, or should I be carrying on and ignoring it?
thanks!
MeSquared
A pint of premium lager such as stella, contains about 250 calories - roughly the same as a mars bar.
Now if you went out of a night and ate 6 mars bars or more, then you wouldnt be on here asking why you had a tum.
rainbow brite im not on here asking why ive got a tum??
may be though you do need to rethink your lifestyle wrt alcohol / beer... becasue no matter how much exercise you do, its still going to be a problem.
They will not do anything until you lose your gut. I've said this before, just doing stomach crunches will not make you loose weight, it will only exercise the muscles under the fat. The ONLY way to show your abs is to lose that layer of fat covering them. The way to lose the abdominal fat is by dieting and regular cardio exercise.
Don't eat crisps, chocolate, pastry, or anything that is high in fat. Stick to about 5000 calories a day. Run, skip swim, anything that is good cardio exercise.