How do I get a flatter lower stomach?
I’m having a hard time trying to lose inches on my lower stomach or lower abdominal and I’m not sure what type of exercises would be best to lose fat there. Also..if you know…what’s the best type of exercise for the upper thighs?
jogging is an excellent exercise because it let you lose weight
evenly throughout your whole body. If you want to lose weight in
specific areas, you should target them with exercises. If they are
your problem areas, they will be very difficult to tone. You will have
to work double on them. The best approach is this:
1. Lower/control your daily calorie intake (control for normal
weight, lower for overweight).
2. Run/jog to lower your overall body fat percentage.
3. Target your problem areas with exercises.
an excellent exercise you can do it at home in front of your TV:
Attach a couple of ankle weights to your ankles.
Lay down on the floor or any other hard
surface. Use an exercise rug so as not to bruise your spine off the
floor. Put your hands behind your head, or spread them wide. Lift
your legs perpendicular to the floor, stop for a second. Lower the
legs down. Repeat ten times, stop. Turn on your stomach, raise on
your hands, with the lower part of the body on the floor, as if
trying to look at the ceiling. Turn back, do another set. Do three
sets with ten repetitions every day. In a week, you should see the
results. Once you are used to the exercise, and your muscles won’t
get stronger anymore, add weight to your ankle weights. Remember:
repeating the same easy exercise many times won’t help. Do it only
with the weights. Simple leg raises do not work. Use weights,
they do wonders. Stretch your spine between repetitions. Be careful
not to go for too heavy weight at once. Do not increase the weights
continuously, stop when your abs are defined – too heavy weights
will lead to injuries.
squats
lunges
pilates
yoga
for the abs, leg raises, crunches, none of that sit up nonsense, and knee pull ins.
1) leg raises- lie flat on your back and just raise your legs up without bending your knees, or very slight bend in your knees.
2) crunches, you should know, go check em out
3) knee pull ins- sit on the edge of a sit, stick out your legs in the air just above the ground, toes pointing out and pull your knee in towards your torso.
and for the upper thighs, squats are the best. and then leg extensions, and leg presses. for the squats, just make sure your feet are close together, like shoulder width, and you go halfway down to the bottom only before you go back up.