Best ab exercises for lower belly

flippy1234
flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What is the best ab exercise for your lower belly that you have had success with. Please share

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  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    stomach vacuums done properly to stimulate the TVA
  • Dedshot
    Dedshot Posts: 145
    Double leg circles. Love them.
  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
    What is a stomach vacuum?
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    What is your goal? To lose fat? Strengthen? Planks, leg lifts and reverse crunches will help with strengthening the lower ab area, but compound lifts and general core work will make your whole core stronger. For losing fat, no exercise is going to make that happen. You cannot spot reduce fat. You must consume less than you burn and create a caloric deficit. Your body decides where you lose fat from when in the process. For many, the belly, particularly the lower belly, is the last to go.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,086 Member
    If you're speaking of conditioning and making them stronger, just about any kind of leg raise will do the trick. If you're thinking that the fat from your low abs will disappear with them, you'd have to be more concerned with your calorie deficit.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Fleabag101
    Fleabag101 Posts: 2
    Stomach crunches have worked for me.
  • JessicaPippen
    JessicaPippen Posts: 21
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    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
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    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
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    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
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  • lambchristie
    lambchristie Posts: 552 Member
    Leg lifts.

    There are various ways to do them.

    1) Lay on your back ... hands under your bottom, and raise your legs up and straight as you can into the air. Lower them slowly to about 6" off the floor, repeat 10x, 3 sets.

    2) Lay on your back...raise legs, bent in a 45 degree angle and slowly roll your but up off the floor as you raise your legs up towards your belly/chest area, roll back. Repeat 10x, 3 sets.

    3) Bicycle crunches ... again laying on your back, raise legs, bend in a 45 degree angle and slowly bicycle. You can just 'bicycle' for the lower ab area or add in churches ... crossing over your right arm to your left leg, down and then raise and cross your left arm over to your right knee. This works ALL the abs.

    Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred, Level 1 goes through all these. You can find it on YouTube: Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred - Level 1.

    Best of luck.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    sit ups.

    do a sit up every morning. sit up when your alarm goes off and go to the gym to do some strength training with a concentration of barbell movements.
  • nonstopper
    nonstopper Posts: 1,108 Member
    Drink WATER non stop, Leg raises and SPRINT! Simple ;)
  • Sunbrooke
    Sunbrooke Posts: 632 Member
    Work on always holding your core tight. Even when not working out. It becomes a habit.
  • ruffnstuff
    ruffnstuff Posts: 400 Member
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  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
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