Flat stomach

rachelball590
rachelball590 Posts: 2 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Any tips on how to achieve a flat stomach, I know body fat is the way to go but I'm 8 st 2 and 5ft 2 with around 15-16% body fat (just a guess from 4 weeks ago) and still have a podgy stomach. I appreciate all the help. Thanks in advanced

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  • rachelball590
    rachelball590 Posts: 2 Member
    bmg8v53hfgm1.png

    This is the kind of look I want to achieve, realistic or just breathing in?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    rachelball590 wrote: »
    bmg8v53hfgm1.png

    This is the kind of look I want to achieve, realistic or just breathing in?

    I think the middle and legs are from working out but the boobs are surgery and the big boobs are making their stomachs look smaller. Without the silicone they would look more like skinny chicks.

    It's not good to lose more fat if you are truly at 15% though. Hair, skin, nails, hormones suffer if you don't have essential fat stores.

    Try posing like they are, turned halfway and a little twisted, middle held tight, and see if you are doing better than you think :)
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    edited March 2016
    rachelball590 wrote: »
    Any tips on how to achieve a flat stomach, I know body fat is the way to go but I'm 8 st 2 and 5ft 2 with around 15-16% body fat (just a guess from 4 weeks ago) and still have a podgy stomach. I appreciate all the help. Thanks in advanced

    If those pics are current, you are more in the 18-20% body fat range and would appear to have a flat stomach. If you want highly defined abs, you would need to drop some more body fat as well or potentially gain some muscle


    Another thing to keep in mind, the pose and genetic make up of a person can have huge effects on look. Also, many competitors will go on a low carb or keto diet temporarily to drop water weight an get that look as well.
  • drachfit
    drachfit Posts: 217 Member
    Lose fat and do workouts that target your core to gain muscle there.

    Also a lot of it is posture. Gaining core strength and learning proper positioning for many core exercises will help improve posture.

    Great exercises to build corr strength and size while learning positioning are: plank, hollow body hold, deadbug, ab wheel, toes-to-bar raises, and gymnastic progressions.

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