Crunches Don’t Make Your Abs Flat

For all you moms out there who are crunching your way to a flatter belly but can’t see the results of all your hard work; guess what?? You probably wont!

Think about it, if you want to create a flat tummy, why would you do something that causes your abdominals to come forward? This is partly where pilates has their thinking in the right direction. If you want your abs to go in, then you should be doing movements that encourage your belly button and abdominals to go towards your spine, not away from it.

So that’s part of it, but what else? Well there are definitely other contributing factors to a bulging belly. Diastasis Recti is the obvious but there are other things that can make it look worse.

Hydration. Water intake is essential as it helps to “clean you out”. Dehydration can cause bloating and irrregularity that results in constipation and bigger bellies.

Proper nutrition. Similar to water, eating whole foods in their most natural state that are not filled with lots of fat and fillers, help move waste out of your body. If you eat a hamburger and french fries and find yourself full after several hours, it’s because it takes your digestive system alot longer to break down food that’s not natural and shouldn’t be in your body anyway. This extra “crap”, sits in your tummy and just adds up until it’s eventually passed.

Cortisol. Otherwise known as the “stress hormone” can result in elevated levels when undergoing stressfull situations or lifestyles. Elevated cortisol has been linked to increased abdominal fat storage.

Strength training. Although cardio burns calories while you are doing it, strength training gives you the benefit of actually burning more calories ar rest. AND research has shown that women who lift weights have less abdominal fat compared to those who do cardio exercise alone.

So think of these things the next time you try and crunch your way to (probably an abdominal separation) and abs that wont be flat again unless you remember these rules and train your abs from the inside out.

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