Exercises aimed for your lower belly?

salemnye
salemnye Posts: 305 Member
edited December 22 in Fitness and Exercise
I am running (aiming for 4+ days a week at 1.75 miles a trip) and doing burpees (goal is 20 a day)....

Well jog/walk thing any who. I started a week ago monday. Lost a pound, yay :)

but my issue is towards lowering my lower belly fat. My natural waist measurements have gone down. Was 33 in now 32.5 but my hips (widest point on me) hasn't changed, well went up about .25 :/ (44.25 in as of today)

Are there any exercises for targeting your lower stomach fat?

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  • Jynus
    Jynus Posts: 519 Member
    Are there any exercises for targeting your lower stomach fat?

    Fork Putdowns.
  • Venturin
    Venturin Posts: 244 Member
    Push aways.. (From the dining room table)

    There are no real exercises for reducing fat in targeted areas, you just have to diet and exercise and the fat will leave where ever it wants. Keep it up and the fat you want to see go away will go away. THEN you can do targeted exercises to firm and tone your tummy.

    Planks are great, try holding a plank as long as you can and feel your tummy burn.

    Keep up the running too. That's terrific for toning.

    Good luck!
    -V-
  • downinaggieland98
    downinaggieland98 Posts: 224 Member
    I've heard that captain's chair leg raises are great for the lower belly, if you have access to one. I'd say keep up your full body exercises, though! Nothing better.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    To tighten the ab muscles, the best of all is planks (both regular and side planks, to catch the obliques) according to my Boot Camp instructor. She also tells me "Don't wait - start working on them now. " The reason being, the better shape your muscles are in, the higher your resting metabolism.

    It is true that there is no such thing as picking which pool of fat will be burned, but there's nothing stopping you from working on the underlying muscle in the meantime, which will start changing the way it sits even before it is burned off.
  • LizHowerton
    LizHowerton Posts: 329 Member
    Are there any exercises for targeting your lower stomach fat?

    Fork Putdowns.

    lol :)
  • StacyPervis
    StacyPervis Posts: 32
    Im sure everyone wishes they could control where the fat leaves from first. I saw it in my waist and belly first but then that stopped and it went to my face and then to my chest and shoulders. Im ready for it to start burning from my spare tire again as thats the biggest issue. I feel sure it will move back there soon.
  • salemnye
    salemnye Posts: 305 Member
    Thanks for the tips :)

    I'll start adding planks into my work out regimen. Any idea of how many reps you should do a day?
  • kariebo
    kariebo Posts: 101
    I have to say planks too. i do a Body Pump class at the gym and the planks really target my lower abs and core. Also consider doing pushups--- they require you to keep your tummy in and back straight and supported to get them right... plus you get the added bonus of arms! Aside from the planks and pushups, I do a lot of elliptical ... with my lower tummy jiggling all over... but its working! Its gotten smaller. You may also look in to trying belly dancing if you have a gym membership and they offer it at the gym... the slow concentrated movement of the abs does help.. and if the instructor is good she will help get the form right and slow it down ALOT to make it really target the right areas...


    as far as reps... in class we mainly hold them for a while and then push back and forth on our toes and elbows... so it looks like a rocking motion. then its up on the side for obliques for a while... the pushups we do 2 sets of 8 wide and 2 sets of 8 for triceps... then we do 4 regular pushups and then hold down on the last one then another 4 and hold down on the last one.

    if you dont have a belly dance class here is what I do during work :

    100 standing pelvic tilts --- use your lower ab muscles to draw up the hips.

    100 hip swivels -- this is where you are standing and you keep your upper body still and swivel your hips only from left to right like you are swiveling in an office chair... 1 full twist is 1 count.. so you should have a number every time you hit either your left or right... you shouldnt be counting both left and right.

    Hip shimmy for 100 counts... shake your booty while you count to 100.. your upper body should remain still.. dont move your shoulders

    100 hip raises and drops... this looks like you are drawing a figure eight on the wall in front of you... lift one hip like you are going to carry a baby... then jut it out to the side.. then drop the hip. now lift the other hip like you are putting a baby on it... jut it out and then drop. Once you smooth out the movement it looks like a figure 8. Keep your upper body as still as possible... holding your arms out sometimes helps. When you lift your hips it is easier to lift the heel of that foot as well.. so you lift your right hip and your right foot at the same time... it makes it easier to get the movement. Do this slow until you get the movement down... it may be hard at first, especially if you have a tighter lower back. A full figure 8 counts as 1.

    50 upper torso leans.... feet hip width apart to stabilize the bottom of your torso.. arms out. lean from one side to the other like someone is pulling you left then right but keep your bottom half still. It helps if you stop in the middle to keep yourself stable.

    Hope this helps.. let me know if you want to try these moves but need more explanation!
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