Get rid of lower stomach
giggles_del
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So I have lost a lot of weight over the years, but I can not seem to get rid of my lower stomach. I also want to tighten my stomach overall. What excercise a can help, or what in general can I do to get rid of it?
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Work on your core. Cardio...over 45 min, ab machines, lifting legs...that elevated chair exercise where u have to bring ur knees to ur chest. That's how u know how weak or strong ur core is!0
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KatyDidIt9090 wrote: »Work on your core. Cardio...over 45 min, ab machines, lifting legs...that elevated chair exercise where u have to bring ur knees to ur chest. That's how u know how weak or strong ur core is!
Doing ab work will not get rid of the fat covering your abs - spot reduction does not happen. Tighten up your logging - weigh everything you consume, only eat back about 50% of your exercise calories, and do more of the exercises that you enjoy doing. Full body lifts/compound lifts will usually burn the most calories, and if you like cardio - do that too
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Will that help with my lower stomach? I seem to lose wait inches with the workouts and cardio, but my lower stomach doesn't seem to go down0
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Depending on how much you weighed at your heaviest, it may just be loose skin. I have the same problem. No matter how low my bodyfat % is, I'll never have washboard abs.0
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To tighten that area. Do bicycles, leg lifts, and planks. Make sure your form is correct, your head sould never touch the ground during core work outs to prevent neck and back injury. Keep up the rest of your routine as well. Good luck!!0
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giggles_del wrote: »Will that help with my lower stomach? I seem to lose wait inches with the workouts and cardio, but my lower stomach doesn't seem to go down
You can thank genetics for that. Achieving a flat stomach will be determined by your body fat %, genetics (this determines when) and your body composition.
What is your current workout schedule? How many calories do you eat?
At this point, you want a small deficit and a workout routine that is focused on progressive lifting and some cardio.
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Depending on how much you weighed at your heaviest, it may just be loose skin. I have the same problem. No matter how low my bodyfat % is, I'll never have washboard abs.
I don't know my body fat % but I have lost a total of about 55 lbs so I do believe it's lose skin, so I won't get rid of it with workouts?0 -
giggles_del wrote: »Will that help with my lower stomach? I seem to lose wait inches with the workouts and cardio, but my lower stomach doesn't seem to go down
You can thank genetics for that. Achieving a flat stomach will be determined by your body fat %, genetics (this determines when) and your body composition.
What is your current workout schedule? How many calories do you eat?
At this point, you want a small deficit and a workout routine that is focused on progressive lifting and some cardio.
I started my workout more consistently recently, I try to stick with an hour, 3 times a week. I mostly do cardio in the treadmill. This is my first week counting my calories and I try to stay under 1,200 when I don't work out. I do have days when I consume more calories and don't workout a lot0 -
Well considering you dont have much to lose so you will want a smaller deficit. Also, cardio is great for heart health but you really should look into resistance/weight training as it works the muscular system. Also, upping protein to around .6 to .8g per lb of body mass will help too.0
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Sounds good, I will continue with the cardio and start doing more weight training .. Again, thank you!0
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I would also like to add, that you should look into a few things. First a structured weight lifting program such as: New rules of lifting for women (NROL4W), Strong Lift, Strong Curves (this one is more focused on lower body and towards women who want that booty), or starting strength. All of these are beginner workouts. There are plenty of other good routines depending on access to equipment. So if you want, let us know what access you have an we can give a few suggestions.
Also, regarding your calories, drop your per week weight loss goal down to 1 lb or .5 lbs. This is where you should be aiming. Or what you can do is switch over to the TDEE way of tracking. TDEE = total daily energy expended or maintenance. This way of doing calories incorporates exercise into the equation and gives you a standard calorie goal to reach. So each day, you are aiming to get the same calories instead of eating more calories on workout days. Many of us prefer this way because it makes it easy to hit our macronutrients.
If you want some helpful threads below are some good reads:
Logging Accurately..step by step guide
Calorie Counting 101
A guide to get you started on your path to Sexypants.
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I also struggling with this area! It's the only part I have left to tone really.... I've started this week with the bicycle sit-ups, the bench sit ups and knee to chest. I have to be patient now to see if this pays off!! :-) I did a similar post and many suggestions were that food plays a huge part so I have also started to be more strict and a more protein based diet.
Good tips here though!0 -
giggles_del wrote: »So I have lost a lot of weight over the years, but I can not seem to get rid of my lower stomach. I also want to tighten my stomach overall. What excercise a can help, or what in general can I do to get rid of it?
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KatyDidIt9090 wrote: »Work on your core. Cardio...over 45 min, ab machines, lifting legs...that elevated chair exercise where u have to bring ur knees to ur chest. That's how u know how weak or strong ur core is!
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The lower part of my stomach is the HARDEST!! It really depresses me at times (well really all the time). I've realized that I have to cut sugar, very hard when I'm a coffee addict. Cardio, lots of freaking cardio, crunches and planks. That's my biggest issue for me regarding my difficult area on my body.0
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jennmpantoja wrote: »The lower part of my stomach is the HARDEST!! It really depresses me at times (well really all the time). I've realized that I have to cut sugar, very hard when I'm a coffee addict. Cardio, lots of freaking cardio, crunches and planks. That's my biggest issue for me regarding my difficult area on my body.
Cutting down on sugar and cardio do not help to get a flat stomach.
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I can say that if I don't lose this belly with all the working out I'm doing within a year I'm going to get it fixed @psulemon0
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jennmpantoja wrote: »I can say that if I don't lose this belly with all the working out I'm doing within a year I'm going to get it fixed @psulemon
Well that is good.. I would make sure that you are doing some lifting too. Personally, I have seen much more body changes with lifting that I ever did with cardio. But to reiterate, achieving a flat stomach will be determined by your body fat %, genetics (this determines when) and your body composition.
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Oh yeah @psulemon genetics are a HUGE battle for me. So many women in my family have the lower tummy issues, however they have had kids. I've not, so its just really depressing for me.0
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jennmpantoja wrote: »The lower part of my stomach is the HARDEST!! It really depresses me at times (well really all the time). I've realized that I have to cut sugar, very hard when I'm a coffee addict. Cardio, lots of freaking cardio, crunches and planks. That's my biggest issue for me regarding my difficult area on my body.
coffee has nothing to do with sugar.
work on cardio and strengthening. the strengenthing will make them more pronounced after you lose the body fat necessary to see them. (if that made sense)0
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