belly busters??

hannahdiaz35
hannahdiaz35 Posts: 21 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have a pretty bad saggy belly (3 babies in 5 years) and I'm trying to find a good exercise that will help me tighten it back up again. I have been doing scissor kicks and leg lifts, and I can feel them helping, but I'm looking for something that will really help my deflated balloon belly...

Suggestions? :-)

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

    This explains how to get the best tummy you can. You still have to eat a deficit to lose fat, you can't spot reduce. You can retain as much LBM as possible by meeting the appropriate protein goal and lifting or body weight training, which will help with the appearance.
  • amwood1528
    amwood1528 Posts: 24 Member
    I know a lot of people wrap their stomach after having kids to tone their mid section post partum.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited June 2015
    amwood1528 wrote: »
    I know a lot of people wrap their stomach after having kids to tone their mid section post partum.

    No...this does not work. And there is no such thing as "toning". Especially not in this sense. You can only lose fat through calorie deficit to reveal the muscle that is underneath.
  • Reddevil11_99
    Reddevil11_99 Posts: 3 Member
    Crunches
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Reddevil11_99 wrote: »
    Crunches

    Also not necessarily. Doing crunches in a calorie deficit doesn't do much to save LBM, and you can't create abs this way. Better to do full body resistance training, or compound heavy lifts.

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