What are the muscles underneath your bellybutton, above your pubic region, between your hipbones called, and how do you tone them?
I'm a 39-year-old woman who's always had a stomach "pooch". I have never had kids, but from childhood have always had a "pooch" that has never gotten any smaller and has begun, alas, to grow. I am swimming for overall toning but would love to know how to tone up this area specifically along with overall exercise like swimming and walking. Thank you!
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2007-02-25 04:57:32 · 4 answers · asked by Kate 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The muscles you are inquiring about are the obliques. Here are some exercises you can do to strengthen/tone your obliques. http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/WaistWt.html#anchor1944764. Working your hip flexors(illiopsoas) will also help, here are some exercises to strengthen/tone your hip flexors. http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/HipsWt.html#anchor1938598
2007-02-25 05:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Pat S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do this workout. Laydown as you would do as a normal situp. Touch your left elbow with your right knee and the opposite. You also need to do a lot of reps and different workouts. Buy a medicine ball.
2007-02-25 05:02:29 · answer #2 · answered by thealmightysonics 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
V ups, Abdomical Suck Ins. * Hold your stomach in and flex as hard as you can* Crunches, Side crunches/ for obliques, weighted sit ups for hip flexors, and all jogging can decrease it.
I recommend the Abs Diet.
2007-02-25 05:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by Phlow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
running
2007-02-25 05:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋