Toning the mid section

onederbaby

With all of the different ways to tone a mid-section now, what is the best way for an overweight person to tone/tighten up the mid section durung weight-loss? Sit-ups, crunches, or planking?

RecognitionT

Losing weight.

onederbaby

I get that. But the stomach doesn't just flatten itself during weight loss.

ceiswyn

Why not do sit-ups, crunches and planking? Plus some leg raises, leg raise holds, squats, lunges, all that painful fun stuff...

Only doing one exercise is boring. Plus focusing on a single muscle group in the same way all the time will pull everything out of whack and result in injury.

ninerbuff

Well yes it does. Exercise can help to CONDITION the muscles underneath the body fat of any given body part, but it's NOT going to directly affect fat being lost off over it. How someone loses body fat and where it's stored on places on the body is more of a genetic issue. For many of the general population, the abdominal region is usually the last place to lose body fat.

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tirowow12385

Lose weight and your mid section tightens, thing is you can do those ab exercises and develop your mid section and still have a fat tummy.

onederbaby

Thank you for informing me. I did not what to expect during my journey.

RecognitionT

onederbaby wrote: »

I get that. But the stomach doesn't just flatten itself during weight loss.

Actually, it does. LOL.