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Bad posture or big belly?

Saab_2015
Saab_2015 Posts: 277 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I find if I breath in (suck it in) my stomach is flat but when I let it all out or am slouching then it it sticks out. Any ideas ? Bad posture ?

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    I learned to breathe the other way around -- Breathe in through the belly and out with the belly. :)
  • ibnfaqir
    ibnfaqir Posts: 139 Member
    Mine is the other way around: when I breathe in it gets big, when I breathe out it gets small.
  • Saab_2015
    Saab_2015 Posts: 277 Member
    http://stronglifts.com/how-to-eliminate-protruding-gut-lordosis/
  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    I learned to breathe the other way around -- Breathe in through the belly and out with the belly. :)
    Yeah I made myself do it when I started running, then when I started taking voice lessons that's how they teach you to breathe anyway so I was a step ahead :smile: It's called abdominal breathing and I've heard there are many benefits.
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    Back straight and shoulders back is one thing. But, "sucking it in" is belly not posture...
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    DuckReconMajor wrote: »
    RodaRose wrote: »
    I learned to breathe the other way around -- Breathe in through the belly and out with the belly. :)
    Yeah I made myself do it when I started running, then when I started taking voice lessons that's how they teach you to breathe anyway so I was a step ahead :smile: It's called abdominal breathing and I've heard there are many benefits.
    Yes! Vocalists and athletes breathe using the diaphragm :mrgreen:
    That kind of breathing helps reduces stress too.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Standing up straight will reduce belly bulge, unless you are fat and have a big belly, or you drink too much beer and have become bloated, or you are out of shape (although good posture will help).
  • ohgeeque
    ohgeeque Posts: 224 Member
    "Chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach in", that's what my father taught me.
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Can you grab your stomach with your hands while sitting and feel a substantial amount of fat? Betcha can.

    I'm at a weight now where my stomach is allllmost flat standing. But I have 5lbs of pure fat wrapped around it, so sitting busts the illusion!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Lift, Lift, Lift.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    DuckReconMajor wrote: »
    RodaRose wrote: »
    I learned to breathe the other way around -- Breathe in through the belly and out with the belly. :)
    Yeah I made myself do it when I started running, then when I started taking voice lessons that's how they teach you to breathe anyway so I was a step ahead :smile: It's called abdominal breathing and I've heard there are many benefits.
    Yes! Vocalists and athletes breathe using the diaphragm :mrgreen:
    That kind of breathing helps reduces stress too.

    Yogis and babies breathe using the diaphragm too!
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    DuckReconMajor wrote: »
    RodaRose wrote: »
    I learned to breathe the other way around -- Breathe in through the belly and out with the belly. :)
    Yeah I made myself do it when I started running, then when I started taking voice lessons that's how they teach you to breathe anyway so I was a step ahead :smile: It's called abdominal breathing and I've heard there are many benefits.

    It's the way we're meant to breathe. Babies, children, and you when asleep breathe this way.

  • Beploveshomer
    Beploveshomer Posts: 283 Member
    Saab_2015 wrote: »
    http://stronglifts.com/how-to-eliminate-protruding-gut-lordosis/

    Great stuff! thanks
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    ohgeeque wrote: »
    "Chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach in", that's what my father taught me.

    in dressage we added "bottoms up" for the ladies and their chesticles
  • Saab_2015
    Saab_2015 Posts: 277 Member
    I have spent the last 10minutes trying to sort out my breathing now I got a head rush lol
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Breathing:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd94Gh4lKOA&list=PLhiNtEBsgk1SKo-3NnmoWMeu_BkRS_kgw&index=1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxbdx-SeOOo&index=5&list=PLhiNtEBsgk1SKo-3NnmoWMeu_BkRS_kgw
  • DisneyDude85
    DisneyDude85 Posts: 428 Member
    Saab_2015 wrote: »
    I have spent the last 10minutes trying to sort out my breathing now I got a head rush lol

    This happens. I was an acting major in college and when I took my first Voice and Diction class, there were people just learning how to breath from the diaphragm. people were dropping left and right. It just like any other muscle, you have to exercise to build its strength.
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