what kind of exercises are good to lose fat around the lower stomach without hurting a weak back?
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when i exercise i do bicycle crunches. my back is almost flat on the ground and im getting an ab workout.
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First of all, congrats on your weight loss efforts! If you want to flatten and tone your stomach, what you need to do is strength train. That means doing crunches (the regular crunch and reverse crunch), the bicycle crunch, the side crunch, the ab reach and the crunch on a workout ball are all good. For info on doing these exercises check out: http://www.toneteen.com/exercises/stomach.htm \n\nDoing these exercises with weights will help build muscle and your abs will look even better! Good luck!
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Press ups and abdominal crunches are effective exercises that you can to at home without equipment and without taking up a lot of your time. They will tone your body and strengthen your core muscles which will reduce your paunch.\nHowever, if you have excess fat as well you will need to exercise for longer or more intensively to lose it, or reduce your calorific intake.
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the best exercise to reduce your balloon stomach is the sit and reach exercise or the curls up!!
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it sounds strange, but for real, try this exercise. Lay on your back, arms out to the sides. Bend your knees up and with your feet together, make figure eights in the air. Do as many as you can every day.  It tightens your stomach muscles.
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Exercise more and cut down on excess food- try eating a balanced diet of protein, fat and carbs. Pilates and sit ups are excellent tummy reducers and low impact cardio is good too. Jogging at a low impact, swimming, etc... When your heart rate is low is when you are burning fat..
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dont JUST target the ab area. You need to do cardio along with an ab exercise.    I use the Ab Lounger which works really well..or just plain old crunches..when you lean back to begin another sit up, hold it for a few seconds to help strengthen those muscle...also a lot of people mistakenly use their legs too much when doing crunches, so be aware of that and really try to let your ab muscles do the work.  That with cardio would be great and a somewhat lean diet to avoid any extra fat in that area.  Just don't over do it right away...baby steps..or else you'll be hurting and won't be able to exercise for a few days
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You should perform a variety of exercises to strengthen or 'tone' your stomach muscles. This includes, incline sit-ups, crunches on a fitness ball, leg raises, etc.\n\nOne of the best ways to tone your stomach though is to perform weight lifting exercies that you do while standing or end up standing while holding the weight. This includes squats, deadlifts, standing shoulder presses, lunges, etc. The exercies require you to contract your abs to support the weight and can provide better benefits than crunches and sit-ups.\n\nCurt
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For the best results you should incorporate cardiovascular exercise with weight training and abdominal work. Exercising aerobically burns fat and calories, and decreases the amount of fat that lies over the abdominal muscles. Many times people do hundreds of sit-ups and never see a change in their bellies – that’s because unless you reduce the fat that covers the muscles, you can’t see the definition underneath. Excellent choices for aerobic workouts are swimming, interval training, and speed walking. You should ideally work out four to five times during the week. Strength training is also important because you need strong muscles in order to power your aerobic training. Additionally muscle burns more calories than fat and takes up less space, too. The final part of your program is the abdominal work itself. Traditional sit-ups are fine but try moves with a twist for an extra boost in metabolism. Pilate’s moves are great for tightening abdominal muscles as is belly dancing.\n\nsource: http://www.newagey.com/physical-fitness/six-pack-abs-without-supplements/\n\nThey recommend a couple of good books near the end.\n\nGood luck.
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The 3 Most Effective Stomach Exercises \n1: Bicycle Maneuver \n\nGetting Into Position \n\nLie flat on your mat, with your lower back pressed to the mat. \n\nYour head is resting on your hands with elbows bent and out to the sides. \n\nRaise your head, neck and shoulders as you pull your knees up towards your chest. \n\nThe Exercise \n\nSlowly go through a bicycle pedaling motion by pushing your left leg out while at the same time twisting your torso to bring your left elbow to touch your right knee. \n\nReturn slowly to the starting position by pulling both knees into your chest. \n\nWithout stopping, push out your right leg while at the same time twist your torso to bring your right elbow to touch your left knee. \n\nKeep even relaxed breathing throughout. \n\nRepeat this continuous motion by alternating 5 times on each sides. As you get stronger, alternating 10 times on each side. \n\n2: Captain's Chair \n\nThis exercise requires a piece of stomach workout equipment, the Captain's Chair, which looks like a tall chair without a seat. \n\nGetting Into Position \n\nStabilize your upper body by gripping the handholds and lightly pressing your lower back against the back pad. \n\nThe starting position begins with you holding your body up and legs dangling below. \n\nThe Exercise \n\nNow slowly lift your knees in toward your chest. The motion should be controlled and deliberate as you bring the knees up and return them back to the starting position. \n\nDo 12 repetitions. \n\n3: Crunch on Exercise Ball \n\nGetting Into Position \n\nSit on an exercise ball with your feet flat on the floor. Let the ball roll back slowly. \n\nNow lie back on the ball until your thighs and torso are parallel with the floor. \n\nPlace hands behind your head (or cross your arms over your chest) and slightly tuck your chin in toward your chest. \n\nThe Exercise \n\nContract your stomach, raising your torso to no more than 45 degrees. For better balance, spread your feet wider apart. \n\nTo challenge the obliques, make the exercise less stable by moving your feet closer together. \n\nExhale as you contract; inhale as you return to the starting position. \n\nDo 12 repetitions. \n\nThe Cool Down \n\nDo a lower intensity version of the marching in place warm up exercise, for 3-5 minutes, to cool down your body and get your heart rate return to normal level. \n\n\n\nThe Stomach Stretch \nStomach Stretch 1 \n\nStand tall with with your feet hip-width apart. \n\nLift your arms straight up towards the ceiling, your palms facing forward. \n\nWith slow, controlled movements, bring your arms down to your sides. \n\nYour palms should end up facing inward. At the same time, round your back, bring your chin towards your chest and contract your stomach muscles. \n\nHold for 20 seconds. \n\nReturn slowly to the starting position. \n\nDo 10 times. \n\nStomach Stretch 2 \n\nStand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Unlock your knees and roll back your shoulders. \n\nRaise your arms out to the sides, to shoulder level and parallel to the floor. \n\nTwist your torso as far as you can to your left. \n\nTry to twist only from your waist and keep your lower body stable. \n\nTwist back as far as you can to your right. \n\nContinue twisting left and right until you've done 30 to 50 times. \n\n\nStomach Exercises And Healthy Weight Loss Diets \nExercise alone will not get you a flat stomach; it'll merely give you stronger stomach muscles. \n\nThe key to having a flatter stomach is a combination of these 3 things: \n\n\n\nEat a healthy-weight-loss diet; \n\nInclude cardio exercise in your exercise program; \n\nPlus doing extra of the 3 above proven effective stomach exercises \n\nThen you'll be on your way to having a stronger and flatter stomach!!!!
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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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ab workouts roman chair situps and leg lifts are the best ab developing workouts you can work abs twice a week since they are a slowtwitch muscle fiber and heal faster.  Abs shouldn't be done daily with 100 crunches this and 100 of that abs are not a cardio.  you have to lower your overall bodyfat % to improve your abdomen.  Butt... lying leg curls revers lunges with dumbells and cardio 20-45min a day 3-4times a week.  Hip flexes too for butt.  kind of like doing a bridge on your back and humping the air on top of you flexin the cheeks lol... good for developing sex skills too lol.
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To lose tummy fat\n\nEat less salty foods.\nDrink 8 glasses of water daily to avoid fluid retention.\nRemain physically active to burn calories. Different activities burn different number of calories. Choose an activity suitable for you.\nDo cardiovascular exercise (for at least twenty minutes, five times a week) like walking, jogging, swimming, bicycling, tennis, basketball, etc. You can also use a fitness ball. Remain in the target heart rate zone of the exercise intensity.\nWalking briskly for at least thirty minutes puts all of the abdominal muscles to work.\nAdd more mass to your muscles. Concentrate on all the muscle groups. Work down from the largest to the smallest muscles. Concentrate on these muscles in order: front and back of thighs, buttocks, back, chest, triceps, biceps, calves, hips, forearms and shoulders. Exercises with fitness ball or gym ball can be used for all the muscle groups.\nStabilize your blood sugar by eating every 2-3 hours. Know about glycemic index of foods and eat vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries, and whole grains with low glycemic index and low glycemic load values.
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Exercises:\n#1 best- Good Mornings. Stand up straight, feet shoulder width apart, hold light weight. Keep legs straight and bend over, raise back up and repeat.\n\n2- Back extensions. Position yourself on a Swiss Ball or roman workout chair. Bend over and then raise back up until body is parallel to floor.\n\nThese will strenghthen your back and develope the muscle. Even though your "thin", thats still fat so you need to do cardio and eat healthy.
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Cardio.. and targeting the stomach through different forms of muscle workouts in that area. \n\n'Piloties' I hear is good for target areas. Many will say you can not target certain areas, but I think there are ways.. Cardio will be good. you may need to loose some overall body fat. \n\nWalking and Jogging rocks.. If you can't stand jogging, start walking and go from there. Then go to faster walking then go through spurts where you jog, then walk then go back and forth.
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If your interested in developing your abs and effectively learning exercises and methods to reduce bodyfat in your abdominal area, the best advice I can give you is to stay away from the Ab Chair.\n\nHere are some effective abdominal exercises for your reference. Please seek the advice of a personal trainer for correct execution before attempting any of these.\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/Strength_Exercises_abdominals.html\n\nHere's a previous post of mine on some great tips on how to effectively develop your abs.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlBM550D3hRcviKly78bfwXsy6IX?qid=20060625112300AA3i6PV
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Situps/abdominal crunches are definately the key to tightening your stomach, you can also try leg raises where you lie flat on the floor are lift your legs slowly about 1 metre high.\n\nFor your arms try lifting some weights, light ones like a can of dog food if you havent done it before. Do this as many times as you can but slowly, that should help.