Belly "pooch"?

Question

I've tried everything...all the ab excercises I do strengthen my upper abs and seem to do nothing for the bottom regiaon by my belly button....swimsuit season is coming up :/ Any advice or good websites? Thanks!

Answer 1

A good percentage of that is the obliques. Do some of your crunches with your knees to the side but not lying on the ground. Keep the knees slightly elevated. Also, while standing with a dumbbell in each hand lean to the side. At one angle (nearly perfect 90 degrees) you feel it more in the back (necessary for removing love handles). If you lean forward just a slight bit--so that the dumbbell instead of being directly beside your knee, is instead just the slightest bit in front of your knee. That will work the front of the oblique.

Also try doing your crunches on the exercise ball instead. that way you will use your lower abs as much as the lower abs to hold yourself steady.

Try a canoe. Lay down and lift the head and feet just the bare minimum off the ground. Hold for 10 seconds, repeat 3 times.

Hold a pushup position. Hold it in the up position for 30 seconds. And if you are strong enough, hold it in the down position for 10 seconds. Do your 5-10 pushups. Hold the position for 30 seconds.

Also, biking. Lay on your back and bicycle in the air. I do this during commercial breaks while watching tv. If you can maintain it through the whole commercial break you are doing good.

A yoga balancing position is good for the lower ab too. Stand on one leg, holding the other one out in front of you. Pretend you have a helium balloon holding your big toe up in the air. Hold for 1-2 min.

The lower abs are the hardest to do. If they have an ab machine at the gym, put weight on it while doing your crunches. If this is at home, try the above and try doing your crunches in a way that you can stretch the muscles back out after each crunch. either do crunches on an exercise ball, or an ab lounger. When you do your crunches on the floor, you are contracting the muscle but the muscle is never stretching. For the ideal workout it needs to contract and stretch back out each time.

Answer 2

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