Comments | beauty101: abdominal exercise

aki_no_kaze in beauty101

abdominal exercise

Jan 06, 2007 15:42

I know a bit about cardio, but this is the first time I have tried to target a specific body area and I'm at a bit of a loss ( Read more... )

general health, body, exercise

Comments 10

shipwrecked January 6 2007, 21:15:41 UTC

Unfortunately, the only way to get rid of flab and love handles is to do more cardio. Spot reducing doesn't exist so you can't whittle away fat on just those areas.

Do you lift weights at all? If not, you should. Stumptuous is a great resource to learn about it.

aki_no_kaze January 6 2007, 21:19:05 UTC

well these things were still there even when I was doing 2 hours+ of hard cardio a day, every day, for 8 months.

shipwrecked January 6 2007, 23:43:52 UTC

That's unfortunate, but spot reducing still doesn't work. It may just have more to do with where your body carries fat. Everyone's different -- for some people, they may lose their love handles at a higher body fat percentage because of where they carry fat. Do you know what your body fat percentage was when you were doing that much cardio?

beaneebaybee has some good suggestions as well.

aki_no_kaze January 6 2007, 23:46:50 UTC

unfortionatly not

x_crazyness_xxx January 7 2007, 03:35:04 UTC

stop doing sit ups on your bed please? Its going to make your back situation worse.

aki_no_kaze January 7 2007, 03:39:39 UTC

it is a patrudting spine... basicaly my body lacks the "cover" over the backbones, if i do situps on a hard floor the only thing between my bones and the fllor is a very thin layer of skin.

x_crazyness_xxx January 7 2007, 04:00:26 UTC

Then I suggest refraining from doing sit ups?
Its not that great for your back. There are other ways to work your abs (like the plank)
Just my 2 cents.

shoobshoobiedoo January 7 2007, 04:26:17 UTC

have you visited/are you visiting a chiropractor? you should really be having a doctor help you with your back situation in combination with stretching and exercising at home by yourself. they also know and keep up with modern means of improving back conditions and such. your situation sounds kind of serious... at least consult a doctor as to what would be the best way(s) to improve your back situation. special stretches are usually better (and safer) alternatives to sit-ups, because if you do sit-ups, you can seriously damage your back rather than helping it.

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caliginous January 7 2007, 05:29:03 UTC

I'm in agreement with everyone above. You really should get a professional opinion about your back. It might hurt do do situ ups because you aren't doing them right, everyone has some discomfort doing them without proper padding, but if you are keeping your lower abs tucked your spine doesn't stick out as much unless there is something pretty significant going on. There are a number of ab exerercises that don't involve laying on your back, plank is a great one, there is also the roman chair (if you have access and it's actually just bone not muscular problems), lever crunches, side bends, etc. and a stability ball can be used for comfortable support as well ( ... )