
It is important to remember that it is not possible to spot reduce however do incorporate some specific exercises that will help you to reduce your belly fat. When you incorporate these into your exercise routine you will enhance any changes you are making like healthy eating and regular exercise.
Do not forget if you reduce your overall body fat by as little as 10% . 30% of that fat loss can be belly fat.
Lower belly fat can be a problem if you have had children or if you lead a very sedentary lifestyle and is a very easy part of the abdominals that are easy to forget but looks awful as it hangs over low cut jeans and gives the appearance of early pregnancy in high wasted trousers and skirts..
Before you start any exercise routine make sure you consult your doctor or health care professional or if you have the resources a personal trainer. Make sure you always warm up with a series of stretching exercises that will prepare your body and warm up your muscles to prevent possible strain of injury.
Be careful of your back, one of the problems that can occur with work-outs that are specifically for the abdomen is that done incorrectly you can end up putting unnecessary strain on your back.
Do not be tempted to do endless crunches those exercises alone will not help you to reduce belly fat.
Try The Crunch-less Crunch
This is a fairly simple exercise but do not be fooled into thinking that is very easy. What you will be doing here is trying to pull your belly button towards your spine and this where we have the difficult part as it may involve using muscles you have not activated for a long while. Having said that it is possible to do to in the breaks in between watching T.V or while lying on your bed if you are being a bit a lazy and regular practice of this will help to strengthen your lower abdominal muscles.
To start, either lie or on your stomach or kneel. If you have been particularly inactive try both ways to see which one feels more comfortable and natural to you. You can also do this standing up.
Keeping your body as relaxed as possible try to use your lower abdominals to pull in your belly button towards your spine. Hold for 10 seconds if that feels easy hold for a longer period. Your ultimate aim here is to hold the contraction in the muscle long enough to either feel other muscles working harder like the transverse muscles or u can no longer feel it.
When that occurs it is time to let the contraction out
Practice this regularly untill you can hold this pose for a long while each time you do it increase the amount of time you hold the contraction for and increase the amount of times you do the exercise.
Alternating Toe Touch
Again you need a nice flat surface for this exercise ther floor is ideal although I always like to do floor work on a yoga mat as this prevents fibres from the carpets or the coldness hard hard surface of tiled floors from making a work out uncomfortable.
You can also use a towel or small cushion to support your back or at least cushion it.
Lie on the floor and pull your knees up to your chest then raise them up into the air.
Extend your right arm and use your lower abdominals to lift your shoulders off the floor.
You will be attempting to touch your left toes with your right hand, then lower yourself back down slowly. Switch hands and repeat.
Keep your knees straight throughout and maintain a space between your chin and chest.. Do these exercises slowly. Always remember that a set of 4 exercises done well is worth a lot more than 10 of 15 reps completed with momentum rather than engaging your muscles and using them to complete the exercise and then the set.
Sit-Up Hold
This is a variation of the old sit up which we know can damage your back and this exercise can be performed on the floor as well. Lie on your back and bend your knees with your feet firmly planted on the floor. Place your hands behind your head keeping your elbows back so that you cannot see them but do not place them along side your head. Use you lower abdominals to lift your head and shoulders off the floor. Hold for 10 seconds. As this exercise becomes easier increase the amount of time you hold the position for. Do not use your arms to lift up your head and shoulders and this will put a strain on your neck. You are just using your hands to support your head
Again do not forget to use you muscles keep them engaged and do not let your self flop back down when you lower your head to the floor. You can increase the amount of times you repeat the exercise as well .
Lower Back Flatten
A good natural progression from the sit-up hold, this exercise starts from the same basic position: lying down, on your back knees bent, feet flat firmly planted on the floor.
As you have been doing these floor exercises you may have noticed that there is a natural space between your lower back and the floor, this is created by the curve of your spine. When you do these exercises, you will want to use your lower abdominals
to push your lower back toward the floor and eliminate the space. Focus on pushing only with your lower abdominals and not your legs.
Notice that your pelvis will rotate slightly, which is perfectly fine so long as it is your lower abdominals that are doing the work.
Hold your contraction for ten seconds, with your back flat on the floor.
All of the above exercises will help you to build muscles that with the right diet will produce shapely abdominals. If you continue to work your whole body increase the amount of repetitions then over time your stomach muscles gain strength and endurance.
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