Muffin top

fat2fit33
fat2fit33 Posts: 30
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there I am in need of some exercises to lose my muffin top it has to be no weights or machines as I don't have either.
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  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Hi there I am in need of some exercises to lose my muffin top it has to be no weights or machines as I don't have either.

    You can't spot reduce. Just stick to the plan, stay within your calorie goal, log faithfully and you will see results. Do some cardio, lift weights, eat enough protein.
  • unJunk
    unJunk Posts: 29
    Hi there I am in need of some exercises to lose my muffin top it has to be no weights or machines as I don't have either.

    burpees ....as many as you can do every day.
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    Hi there I am in need of some exercises to lose my muffin top it has to be no weights or machines as I don't have either.

    You can't spot reduce. Just stick to the plan, stay within your calorie goal, log faithfully and you will see results. Do some cardio, lift weights, eat enough protein.

    This is correct. You will see the best results if you challenge every single muscle in your body not just your waist. Do some cardio, and above all else diet comes first.
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    As well as weight loss,
    one can do pilates for free, there are free videos on youtube.

    I do a few pilates type of stretches/toning moves,
    which seem to be helping reshape me.

    One i do,
    for muffin top areas,
    is
    i lean forward, so my top half is almost parallel to the floor,
    and hold onto bedpost, or a kitchen bar stool,
    and lift up my leg way up behind me,
    swinging it side to side, til i feel that pull along the sides of waist and upper hip area.,,,,,,then i move the leg back and forth or around, riiiiiiiight there.

    then i also bend that leg, and move it again,
    just twisting around til i find that position that pulls where muffin tops are, then i move the leg back and forth riiiiight there.


    seems to be helping.:bigsmile:

    worth a try anyway, but stand by for the inevitable attack of the bodybuilders who will tell you that you can not target a specific muscle, nor reshape a specific body part.....

    *sigh*
  • shorty35565
    shorty35565 Posts: 1,425 Member
    I still have muffin top. Unfortunately, like others have said, you can't spot reduce. You just got to keep on lowering ur body fat & it will get there. Can't pick what goes 1st. Oh, how I wish we could.
    Different people lose from different places 1st. Those who claim to be able to lose fat from certain areas are just lucky cuz they get to lose from the areas they want 1st. But i don't believe it has anything to with what exercise they do. It's just luck of the draw imo
  • japerkat
    japerkat Posts: 7
    Hey there! There are a couple of things you can do.... 1st nutrition is key - you have to lose the weight. 2nd - core strengthening will help tremendously. Have you heard of planking? I would suggest planking a few times a day for as long as you can and work up in time. Try 20-30 secs at first and do that 4-5x/day and then try to increase your time. Planks are a staple in my core strengthening work. It tones all over, lower back, obliques, belly... I have seen pretty great results.
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Hey there! There are a couple of things you can do.... 1st nutrition is key - you have to lose the weight. 2nd - core strengthening will help tremendously. Have you heard of planking? I would suggest planking a few times a day for as long as you can and work up in time. Try 20-30 secs at first and do that 4-5x/day and then try to increase your time. Planks are a staple in my core strengthening work. It tones all over, lower back, obliques, belly... I have seen pretty great results.

    For this type of planking ...You don't need to lay across your kitchen counter and have someone take a photo and post it to facebook. Sorry I couldn't resist:bigsmile:
  • wtfusernameisnttaken
    wtfusernameisnttaken Posts: 192
    There are types of sit ups you can do to target those muscles.... Jillian Michael's 30 day shred is helping me a lot to lose those particular areas (and strengthen others as well).... Maybe you wanna try that.
  • antizoni1
    antizoni1 Posts: 334
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  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>

    Me too. The easiest way to get rid of a muffin top is to buy pants that actually fit rather than pants you have to "suck it in" to get buttoned.
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>


    i think this person IS right, too,
    if you wear appropriately sized clothing your shape will be less distorted into "extra" curves which are not even there when you are nude.
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    try candle stick dips ( on your knees one leg extended to the side *foot flat*. Bring your arms above your head with your hands clasped and bend to the side that your leg isn't stretched out.)
    Wiggles (on your back hands behind the nape of your neck and legs bent into tabletop with your knees outward. bend your elbows to your knees. No upward or downward motion only bend to the sides)

    Hopefully my descriptions make sense :embarassed:

    These moves will work the obliques
  • RonnaAustin1111
    RonnaAustin1111 Posts: 10 Member
    you can have muffin top or what some call a spare tire even naked.. ;)
  • antizoni1
    antizoni1 Posts: 334
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>


    i think this person IS right, too,
    if you wear appropriately sized clothing your shape will be less distorted into "extra" curves which are not even there when you are nude.
    thats called a Camel toe
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    you can have muffin top or what some call a spare tire even naked.. ;)


    oh yeah, guess that is true....
  • fat2fit33
    fat2fit33 Posts: 30
    thanks everyone I wrote down your advices I will get to work on it.
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>


    i think this person IS right, too,
    if you wear appropriately sized clothing your shape will be less distorted into "extra" curves which are not even there when you are nude.
    thats called a Camel toe


    not necessarily.
    one can wear too tight of a waistband, and have the seat of pants be long enough and loose enough there's no camel toe.


    one can wear a skirt too tight, so that muffin tops appear,
    and have no camel toe.


    one could have on pants with loose enough waistband,
    and still have the seat of pants be too short, too tight, and have camel toe.

    most all grownups DO know what camel toe is,
    and it's not necessarily related to muffin tops.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Exercises won't work, you can't spot reduce. Exercises will strengthen the muscles, but not get rid of the fat covering them. As you lose the bodyfat it will go away, but no exercises will change your genetic pattern for how/where fat comes off.

    Here's a study regarding "spot reducing":

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21804427
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    btw, TO THE OP,
    congratulations on your weight loss!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!:drinker:
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    Exercises won't work, you can't spot reduce. Exercises will strengthen the muscles, but not get rid of the fat covering them. As you lose the bodyfat it will go away, but no exercises will change your genetic pattern for how/where fat comes off.

    Here's a study regarding "spot reducing":

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21804427


    I saw a post where a person posted before and after photos,
    she weighed 130 in her before picture,
    and was lumpy, flabby, had a flabby round tummy, and said she had back fat rolls, too.

    in her after picture,
    she weighed 133, and had a very small waist, and looked quite buff.

    she changed shape but not her weight. (yeah, yeah, i get that she must have reduced her body fat % )


    One CAN change the shape of a body.
    but, no argument, that weight loss is great way to lose lumpy parts.
    especially excessively large lumpy parts, will require weight loss to reduce, no argument.

    but a person can be thin, and still have some lumps, too. Who hasn't seen a normal weight person, or even a thin person
    with lumpy parts? lot of 'em out there. They do not need to lose weight,
    they need exercise.
    Exercise can target specific spots, and tone them up, and reshape those parts.
  • shorty35565
    shorty35565 Posts: 1,425 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>

    Me too. The easiest way to get rid of a muffin top is to buy pants that actually fit rather than pants you have to "suck it in" to get buttoned.

    It sorta it from clothing, but with me, when I wear pants tht don't give me muffin top, they're too big & I have to pull thm up constantly. I'm smaller in my pants area thn I am in my torso. So pants tht actually fit right in the legs, band & butt give me muffin top :( can't wait to lose this body fat.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,973 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>
    This.

    Moderate calorie deficit and patience.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • JustineMarie21
    JustineMarie21 Posts: 437 Member
    Go to Youtube.com and search Tiffanyrotheworkouts.She has a a few shrt excersises for your core that left me sore a couple times plus she has other good workouts for stubborn areas. Good luck
  • Nikilette
    Nikilette Posts: 1
    Honestly, one of the best things you can do for that is to not eat anything with High Fructose corn syrup, dextrose, sucralose and soy in it any more. I stopped with the high fructose corn syrup and i lost the tire around my waist within a month. I was amazed. i wasn't doing any exercises at all. The body holds the fat around the belly there if you eat this stuff. Hopefully this will help you. Best to you and your journey,.
  • MemphisKitten
    MemphisKitten Posts: 878 Member
    Cardio and Core! Also, wearing pants that fit loosely in the waist will help the fat not "bunch up" so badly. And stay away from Spanx!!
  • Yes2HealthyAriel
    Yes2HealthyAriel Posts: 453 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>

    I dont wear my pants tight at all and I have a muffin top. It is getting a bit smaller as I lose weight.
  • rcclcruiser
    rcclcruiser Posts: 98 Member
    Not true about muffin top - My jeans are so baggy that I need a belt to keep them on. Yet I still have a muffin top. If you gain all of your weight in your belly like I do and have narrow hips, this can happen.
  • geonbaeLeilee
    geonbaeLeilee Posts: 606 Member
    Hm I thought a muffin top was from women wearing pants that are too tight for them... >.>

    I dont wear my pants tight at all and I have a muffin top. It is getting a bit smaller as I lose weight.
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    All my pants are loose fitting and I still have a muffin top. :( My pants slide down more than anything.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I saw a post where a person posted before and after photos,
    she weighed 130 in her before picture,
    and was lumpy, flabby, had a flabby round tummy, and said she had back fat rolls, too.

    in her after picture,
    she weighed 133, and had a very small waist, and looked quite buff.

    I think that's me. :blushing:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/709987-how-wrong-i-was-600-days-of-mfp-lotsa-pics

    The photos were five years apart, but it was the difference between losing weight while eating right and exercising, vs just going very low calorie. Eating low calorie, I lost more muscle than I should have. Eating right and exercising regularly, I kept more muscle and lost more fat.

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