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sucking in my stomach
OK, I wanna know if sucking in my stomach is bad for you. Because if I do it to long it hurts my stomach. All I wanna do is look skinny. I'm scared to show my real stomach.
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If anything..It improves your posture and if it hurts it's probably because your strengthening your muscles in that area:) If you don't like the way your stomach looks, do some exercises and cardio to give you a flatter stomach instead of having to hold it in and give yourself pain. Combine running with stomach exercises to tone yourself and help flatten it. I told a few people these exercises so i hope they help you too:)
1) Crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on a bench/or floor
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs (straight out) about 45 degrees in the air
-Then return them slowly to the resting position (without touching the ground)
-Repeat as much as you need to
2) Half crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor
-Hold your stomach in
-Slowly lift your head to do a sit-up, BUT only go half way
-Hold for 10 seconds
-Lower yourself again and repeat as much as you need to
3) Body raise(i find this one great for the area you're describing)
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor with your arms, palms facing down beside you
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs up until your lower back has risen too, then lower again, you can do this at any speed you feel..The quicker the better
-Repeat as much as you can
4) Plank(this will feel like its hurting but that's how it should feel)
- Facing the ground, rest yourself on your forearms keeping your back straight
-Now, contract your stomach(holding it in) and hold for twenty seconds then release
-Repeat this four to five times.
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my mom actually told me its good for you bc it works on your abs or something.and dont worrry alottttttt of girls do it
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No, I don't think it's bad for you but i think it actually helps. I read somewhere that if you suck in your stomach for about a minute, you can actually lose a bit of stomach fat. Not a lot, probably 2 inches. But you still shouldn't do it all the time because that can maybe make you sick. Maybe a minute every 5 hours is okay.
Hope I helped!
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well it probably hurts your stomach because you're not letting a lot of oxygen go through it. its like holding your breath.
if you're scared to show your real stomach, start doing 50 crunches per day. and slowly work up to 60. eat healthy and you should see results soon.
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