The best way to tone after csection?
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elkins3241
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Ok so I have been working on losing baby weight after my fourth child via csection! And let's just say I've lost a decent amount of weight. Now my stomach has extra skin! I've had four csections. I have noticed it's really hard to tone my stomach. I don't really have any feeling from my belly button down. Doc says I have a lot of scar tissue. So what should I do? Keep trying to work my abs and see if my stomach eventually tightens up?
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A heavy lifting progressive program, diet and patience helped me.
I'm a mom of 5 with 3 c-sections. Working on this last one, currently 7 months PP.1 -
A lot of it will have to do with genetics. I had 2 babies via c-section. My last one was 17 years ago. I still have that csection shelf. I've been really skinny and fat and it has never gone away.0
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I've only had one c-section and I don't have much feeling from the belly button down. The only way I've ever been able to tone below my belly button is basically by doing exactly what Chef_Barbell said - heavy lifting & I've cut sugar out as much as possible.
Throw some ankle weights on and just lay on the floor/yoga mat/chaise/etc and just start scissor kicking, bicycling, or just bringing them in and out to your chest. Those are the absolute best lower abdominal exercises I've found/stolen from my workout group.3 -
If you have a lot of scar tissue you may be limited in how much you can "tone." I've heard massage may be helpful in breaking up scar tissue to make it lay a little flatter, but that's anecdotal (I don't have studies to link to). That said, weight work will help rebuild your core strength which is a good idea as long as you don't have diastasis recti.0
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Awesome thank you all so much!!
I will definitely try to strengthen my core!0
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