Want to get a flatter stomach in six seconds or less?
Stand and sit straighter.
Even the simple act of pulling your neck back in your collar and squeezing your shoulder blades together with tend to pull in your stomach.
This is why you should work on your posture and core before chasing diets, cardio routines and Calorie-counting.
Look at the way most dancers, actors, soldiers and practitioners of martial arts, yoga and Pilates carry themselves. With a few exceptions, they are ram rod straight with their shoulders back, head up and stomach in.
The body not only looks better, it will tend to be structurally stronger and have better digestion. This, in turn makes weight loss easier, if not less painful. This is why a 200 pound dancer or actor with good posture will appear more healthy and attractive than the scrawny person with a slouched posture.
Introducing The Lunge
This is a good movement to perform after you have completed abdominal exercises. Step forward so that your front leg (say the left) has the knee lined up above your ankle, but not past your toes. Keeping your rear leg slightly bent or straight (in this case, your right leg), reach straight up with your right arm.
The lunge is very similar to the martial arts stances found in karate (called Zenkutsu Dachi), tae kwon do, and some forms of kung fu. Some forms of the lunge are also found in yoga’s warrior postures.
The lunge stretches the hip flexors and strengthens the lower back. This helps realign the pelvis so that it is straight and not hanging forward (as seen in many office workers). A properly aligned pelvis can take away the “potbelly” appearance from long hours of sitting.
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