I have had a buddha belly since I was a wee one, what are some excercise that would be the best at flatting it
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Leg lifts haven't been mentioned yet. Crunches are great for upper abs but have less of an impact on lower abs. Leg lifts should definitely be part of any abdominal routine. Personally I alternate leg lifts, laying down knee lifts and the bicycle (elbow to knees) one day with crunches of various types the next. Amazing results in about four weeks.\n\nCardio is necessary too but will not get you there by itself. No one can say why but if you want to reduce your midsection you must train your abs. I know, spot reduction is a myth but something is going on in the middle. Plus muscles in general use a lot of energy and when the body needs energy in excess of what is available through diet it metabolizes fat.\n\nWater is not directly related to weight loss. By itself it will do nothing to help you lose weight. Rather it's presence in adequate quantities helps the metabolism perform all of it's functions better, including building new muscle and converting fat to energy.\n\nIn general if you wish to lose weight start an overall exercise program that involves 15-30 minutes of cardio (depending on your current fitness level) weight training exercising each body part each twice a week, control portion sizes, hydrate adequately and get enough rest. And don't overlook the rest. Your body will be adding muscle and increasing metabolism both of which will increase your need for rest. If you don't get enough the whole process slows down considerably\n\nAnd whoever said getting your abs to burn during your ab exercises was spot on. As you progress it will be harder and harder to get them to burn but it is something that needs to be done or your results will take much longer to be materialize.
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Best are the stretch exercises. Lie on tummy. Lift legs, 1 at a time ,then both together. also lift head. Best to check on "yoga" exercises yourself . Must be done properly. Is easy.\nBesides , drink lots of water ,take care of your diet . Eat fresh fruits and vegetables , raw or cooked and less fat and meat. Start the morning with a glass or 2 of water and OM Yoga. And other stretch exercises . Take walks.\nSugar is the main cause of tummy fat. Try it out. Just reduce intake of sweets and sugar. Avoid Cola
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sit-ups are the old fashioned way of getting your stomach in shape. these are when you go all the way from the floor to your knees. crunches are a newer concept and are much better for you. put your hands behind your head and stare at the ceiling. bend your knees just like you were going to do sit-ups. now try to get your face as close to the ceiling as possible. you'll only go a few inches, but that's the idea. isolate your stomach muscles and try to use them only. do not use your hands to pull on your head or neck. at 14, you should see results in a few weeks.
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For your stomach you should try the backwards situps.  Lie down on the floor with arms down and legsstraight down.  Keep your legs straight as you bring them in the air.  Take them back down straight and continue this on a daily basis.  For your butt, try deep lunges.  Just stand up straight and put one leg in front of the other.  Lean into the leg in the front ten times.  (Put all of your weight on that leg.)  And then switch to the other leg and do the same.
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You will certainly need more than 10 days to flatten your belly.  Multiply that by about 10 at that may be a more reasonable time range to see modest results.\n\nFirst and foremost, stay away from any ab machine as they are simply a waste of money and barely effective.\n\nFor the upper abs, focus on crunches which effectively work the abdominals better than sit-ups or any machine on the market.\n\nFor the lower abs, keep in mind there is very little muscle tissue there so decreasing levels of body fat is the most effective way to bring out the best in this area. Hanging leg raises, v-situps and reverse curls are among some of the best exercise for this region. Always make sure your pelvis curls up to maximize lower abdominal contraction during these exercises.\n\nAs far as fat loss and getting ripped goes, cardio, cardio, cardio. In the morning, on an empty stomach at about 70-80% of your maximum heart rate for about 30-45 minutes. This combined with a common sense diet will quickly shed body fat so you can actually see those abs you've developed. \n\nI would encourage you to seek the advice and guidance of a personal trainer in your area for further education on these principles. Please ensure you start off at a very basic level for crunches and cardio if you are a beginner.\n\nHere's a list of ab exercises to help you get started:\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/Strength_Exercises_abdominals.html
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if you stand @ the end of a stair, with just your toes on the step, and go up and down on your tip toes, that really works your calves!...they used to make me do it in gymnastics....For your tummy you gotta do crunches.....the butt gettin bigger, that just comes the older you get, cuz i didnt used to have a booty at all and now i gotta a nice round one ;), you could try eatin lots of cheesesteaks...haha\n\nwhen i turned 21 my asss got bigger and my boobs...haha...and thats it, the rest of me stayed small!  i was sooo excited!
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One thing you shouldnt expect to happen is to do situps and crunches to flatter your stomach. This is will just strenghthen the muscles inside but it wont get rid of the fat thats lieing above. To get rid of this fat, you have to do cardio (combine situps or weights and it will work better). The more intense you do it, the less amount of time you have to spend and it burns more fat that way. Try HIIT. Its a great way. Read here and im sure it will get you alot of confidence that it will work.\n\nhttp://www.musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp\nHope this helped!
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You can change your diet to lose fat and weight, but to actually "flatten" your stomach, you'll have to exercise the muscles to make them stronger.\n\nHalf-crunches and crunches with bent knees are best, sit-up work well, and reverse sit-ups even better. Start easy and work up to about 25 reps a day. Takes about 10 minutes and depending on your age will start to show results in 2 to 10 weeks.
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Here's my advice and the cold hard truth - if your going to buy an abs machine the only thing its going to do is tighten your muscles if you have some fat in the tummy area its not going to get rid of it. The only way to get rid of the jelly belly is thru total body loss. A good way to have great abs is through Cardio which will trim away the fat and then strength excercises which is good for your abdominal muscles.
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Definitely sit ups, another thing you can do is pushus, yeah sounds weird but it does help somehow, you can also do this one exercise were you lay flat on your back, then putyour arms andhands flat on the ground as well, and keep them right by your sides without moving them and you lift you legs up 6 inches or a foot, the less you raise them the better the work out cause it really constricts and tightens up your lower abdomen muscles, well you lift your legs up striahgt together and then out them down the same way, don't bend your knees, don't let them drop, and do about 20 of these and then 30 and then 50 etc. as many as you can do as many reps and you will see some awesome results in a week if you do a lot of reps everyday a few times a day. It's the best thing I can think of, apart from running of course
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At home:\n\nlay face up on the floor with your legs straight, together, and just off the floor (wear shoes/boots if your prefer).  Place your hands on your hips and sit up while bringing your knees into your chest.  Lay back down, extend your legs, and keep your feet off the floor.  Put your hands on the floor close to your body and bring your legs up and over your head so that your toes touch the floor above your head.  Keep your legs as straight as possible with feet together.  It should be as if you almost do a backwards summersault.  Your head, shoulders and arms are unmoved but your legs arc 180 degrees from front to back.  Now, swing your legs to their original position while swinging your feet apart to either side and together again.  It is like making a snow angel with your legs in three dimensions.  Bring your feet together and a few inches off the floor below you again.  Next, put your legs straight up in the air and do a sit-up by attempting to touch your toes.  Lower your legs back down until your feet are just off the floor again.  Bring your legs in and curl into a fetal position on your left side (feet on ground).  Do a sit-up while rotating your upper body towards your right side (a sit-up with a twist).  Switch sides, then start from the beginning.  This exercise will get all the muscles that make up the six-pack and will focus on the very hard to develop lower "cans".  This exercise will KILL YOU, and you may need to do conventional ones to get ready for it.\n\nDo it everyday when you wake up and before you go to sleep until you can't do it anymore.  You will have a six-pack in 3-5 weeks.\n\nTang Soo!
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Filipino,22,female, middle class.Sit ups in am and pm! Swimming is best for flattening stomach butt lifting and firming(legs, thighs, waist too!)Without tension on your legs and lower back becasue there's a little gravity on the water. Hope this help!
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hi im a personal trainer.\nthe best exercises would be by doing exercises concentrating on the abs.such as sit ups, it will no take you long to do about 50 st ups each day. if these begin to get boring or too easy try ab crunches. another really good exercise is the reverse plank, (can be hard to hod for long time). or you could try when you lie on a flat surface on your back ars by your side, lift your feet 5-10 inches above the floor hold for 15 seconds and repeat 10 tims (twice daily). this will only take you about 5 minutes out of a 24 hour day! definately worth it.\n\nhttp://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm (it might help)\n\nGood luck.
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The best piece of ab workout equipment is your floor.  Sittups crunches flutter kicks scissors bicycles, they're all good.  Alone that will help flatten your stomach, but honestly in order to burn all the fat in front(assuming you have some) you're going to need cardio-respatory fitness which means jogging or a bike or something for at least 20 minutes.  You should really strive for a total fitness routine rather that just "I want flat abs".  If you're only working out because you want a certain part to be more appealing I'd be willing to bet you're less likely to stick with the routine than if you were going for total fitness.
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HA! I thought you were talking about the ones inside the turkey along with the giblets....DUH! \n\nAnyway, I do some exercises that I read about in Cosmopolitan, and they have worked wonders. One thing you can do is stretch your neck as far out and upward as you can. Repeat this whenever you think about it. Also, another good one (and this helps to prevent your facial cheeks from sagging is to silently mouth the letters A-E-I-O-U, making sure that you stretch your mouth like you are really annunciating each letter. It's best to do this in private, because you won't get funny looks from your kids or others!! LOL!) These simple exercises really do work, and make you look much younger if you do them faithfully! Luckily, my neck didn't show it very bad when I lost weight, because I started doing these exercises about 10 years ago. As you get older, your skin loses elasticity, and is much harder to tone. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the loose tummy skin. Do you have any ideas?????? Good luck with the neck exercises, though! :)
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no matter how much exercise and dieting you do you will not achieve a flat stomach unless you also have a high calcium intake. Drink lots of skim milk or take a calcium pill with vitamin D. (Vitamin D helps your body absorb the calcium)
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Do kapalbhatti as taught by Swami Ramdev. Force the breath out from stomach in rapid succession for 15 minutes everyday and loose 3kg a month