Do you hold your stomach in...

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  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
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    I don't 'suck it in'...but I hold it tight. This is a position I try to maintain 24/7 though...so progress pictures are just another reminder.

    Besides, your belly fat is still going to show no matter how tight you hold your abs. I could even argue that holding your stomach perfectly tight will make your progress pictures more repeatable a guage of fat loss. But either way, even if EVERY time you take a progress picture you suck your stomach in as far as you can, you'll still be able to use the pictures for their intended purpose, which is guaging your progress lol.

    /shrug
  • DaisyHamilton
    DaisyHamilton Posts: 575 Member
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    I don't let it all jiggle out, but I don't super-suck it in either. I just do my normal, every day sucking it in, what I look like all the time. Pretty much just contracting my muscles.
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
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    Nope... I like to see my actual progress! :smile:
  • LauRoxx
    LauRoxx Posts: 115 Member
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    I don't suck in, I merely contract my abs. :)
    ...speaking of, I need to do a progress pic!
  • CollisionofNova
    CollisionofNova Posts: 98
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    I hold mine in all the time. I have to really think about it to let it go. Wonder if that will ever go away.

    This!

    It sounds crazy, but I don't even know when I'm sucking in or not anymore. I don't know the difference. I don't super contract all day long, but my mom taught me to suck in from a very (very!) young age so it's a 20 year habit.

    In my pics I try to let it go, but I think I'm going to just do my usual amount of sucking in during all my photos. I'll still see the difference.
  • twisted88
    twisted88 Posts: 330 Member
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    I do this

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    That's awesome.

    On topic: No, I don't hold it in.
  • melissafranks90
    melissafranks90 Posts: 42
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    I will be honest I do suck in, not all the time but sometimes. I want to look better off than I am, but I am gonna work on it. I am learning to love myself again it takes time.
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,253 Member
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    I started holding my stomach in...most times I don't and I hear this helps with the abs....
  • AABru
    AABru Posts: 610 Member
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    I do this

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    HOly crap! LMFAO!
  • Skymochalite
    Skymochalite Posts: 5 Member
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    Well, what's the difference between flexing and sucking it in?
  • cmm7303
    cmm7303 Posts: 423 Member
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    Nope, I try to stand up straight though.

    THIS^
  • MsQt
    MsQt Posts: 793 Member
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    I flex... but I wanna see my abs!

    Yup! I just flex
    Me too :wink: I kinda suck it in too! :laugh:
  • Mrs_Padgett
    Mrs_Padgett Posts: 191 Member
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    Nope. I usually take the pics for myself anyway. But like others said, I have now started flexing since I am working on some better abs :)
  • Mrs_Padgett
    Mrs_Padgett Posts: 191 Member
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    Well, what's the difference between flexing and sucking it in?

    Sucking in is hiding what's there, flexing is showing what's there.
  • strawberrie_milk
    strawberrie_milk Posts: 381 Member
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    Nope, I try to keep my stomach in a neutral position.
  • NicolettetheGreek
    NicolettetheGreek Posts: 246 Member
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    I do this

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    I'm sorry, the lighting a little off in your pic..could you do it over, and over, and over...lol!

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