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Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:36 pm  |
| You can do tummy crunches anywhere, standing, sitting, driving car, etc. Here's how: Pull your navel in toward your spine, hollowing out your tummy, as hard as you can, then release. Be sure to fully release. Hollow, hold, release. Repeat, faster and faster, building a flutter effect. Do these every time a commercial comes on during your favorite show, or every time you stop at a red light, etc. You can also squeeze various muscle groups in the tummy area--tighten top just under ribs, then right side, then bottom, then left. |
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Best, Jeannine (40s, fair skin, hazel eyes, sensitive skin). To fight the dread lemming sickness, I promise not to rave about a product until I have used it for a long while. |
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:01 pm |
When you do those flutters, it also helps to first lift your ribcage up (keeping your shoulders down) and then flatten the small of your back as best you can.
For the buns, Diva Derriere is awesome:
http://www.t-tapp.com/articles/divad/
Follow the pages through to the end and you will really feel it... |
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Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:24 am |
| bkkgirl wrote: |
I find myself walking around tucking my butt and tummy at the same time now since I started this thread. Anyone else? 
Also anyone got a good tip on how to easily tone your upper arms throughout the day? |
I'm going to try to attempt to describe two of my favorite arm exercises...hopefully I'll make sense  :
#1 Stand up straight, put your arms behind your back, palms facing up and thumbs extended. Bring your arms as close together as you can without your thumbs touching, then raise your arms as high as you can without slouching and make tiny fast circular motions.
#2 Hands in fists, arms stretched out to the side and level with your shoulders make small circular motions. You can do this with your palms facing any direction. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:24 am |
A tummy roll up can help, but only if you can access the lower muscles. The theory is that you have to find and then access the muscles before you can work them to make them stronger. So, if you are trying to pull in your lower muscles, but can only pull in as low as the belly button level, then you haven't found those lower muscles yet.
One way to find and then develop control of those muscles is this: Stand up straight with your knees slightly bent and your hips over your feet and your ribs over your hips. Ensure that your pelvis is slightly tucked so it's parallel to the ground and not tilted back like the way the butt sticks out when wearing heels. Relax the tummy. Place one just above the navel and one hand just below the navel. Now try to pull your lower tummy away from your lower hand while leaving your upper tummy in place against the upper hand. Do not move your hands, use only your tummy muscles to pull away. If you are still having trouble lean forward and try again. Once you can move the lower without engaging the upper, you can work the flutter (rapid tighten then release) on just the lower.
All of that said, pilates is best for sculpting the lower tummy muscles. Take a pilates class and ask the teacher for specific exercises for that area.
| bkkgirl wrote: |
Hi Jeanine,
If I try to control my tummy muscles, and do a tummy roll throughout the day, would that help wiht the lower tummy part? How do you focus on flattening that one? I have a problem with the lower tummy sticking out b/c I have two kids.  and  (couldn't make up my mind which emoticon is appropriate..lol)
Is there a good simple exercise you can do for the lower tummy area? When I suck in my stomach, it seems to focus in the belly button area.
Thank you.
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