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Abs...help!
I've always had trouble keeping my abs in shape. Well actually just the bottom portion. I don't know if it's skin or baby fat or what, but there's a little pooch there. My mom suggested that it was just THERE and the only way I could lose it was with surgery. But I don't want to do that. The rest of my body is pretty trim except for inner thighs that have little fat pockets. I want to know a good way to try to work that lower pooch. I've heard crunches only work underneath the skin...I need something to give me flat lean abs if possible. Thanks for your advice! I'm sure there are more questions like this floating around, but I felt the need to ask my specific question.
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That's where your body happens to keep its last fat deposits. Exercise alone isn't going to reduce the pooch: the only non-surgical way to get rid of it, unfortunately, is to lose more weight, and you may not want to get that skinny. In fact, you probably already have killer abs -- the upper and lower abdominals are actually just one muscle -- but you just can't tell because they're covered up.
I have been told that a diet low in sugars and starches will help get rid of a belly, so you could try cutting back on bread and pasta and eating more veggies and protein, and see if that does any good.
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Your mom is probably right: it's probably just there. I am not an expert, but everything I've heard says that you can't spot-reduce: you can build muscle in places, but fate and your genes determine where the fat associated with your activity level and food intake go.
If you have visible upper abs, you're way ahead of me... but I suppose "working under the skin" with crunches might be something you can do... that's all any exercise can do, and if you have strong abs and back muscles (i.e. be sure to get a variety of exercise... unbalanced exercise can often equal pain), your posture will improve and your belly will consequently probably be more to your liking. That and (particularly with biking for your back and stuff), you'll be able to do more stuff with less strain, have a healthy heart -- and die anyway, but probably later and in less pain :)
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