Miss Daisy received a question from someone asking how to get rid of the dreaded middle. I call mine "The pooch." It's the nemesis of former pregnant ladies everywhere. Well, except for that giraffe-like model/volleyball player who was in the news recently for a quote from her new book that says she is submissive to her husband/professional surfer dude with the funny name. But I digress ...)
These are the things I do to tame my tummy:
- Planks. Lots of planks. Planks with straight arms, bent arms, and planks moving between the two. Planks where I move my legs in and out, up and down. Planks.
- Sit-ups on the biggest exercise ball. Repeat 500 times.
- Ordinary crunches.
- Push ups (which are planks with motion)
- Jillian's Give It To God pose ... Lay on the floor on your back, pick your feet and head off the ground so you are shaped like a banana. Turn your palms up toward the sky and Give It To God
- Table lifts. Sit on the floor with your legs straight out. Put your hands at your sides and push up on your palms to lift your butt off the ground. Rock your hips forward/upward to make a table with your body, your tummy/hips being the table top and your arms/legs being the support. Rock back down, repeat.
- Side lifts. Lay on your left side, one foot on top of the other. Put your weight on your left elbow and lift your right hip toward the sky. Go up and down like this, not resting on the floor, for as long as you can.
- Butt lift 1. Lay on the floor, knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Lift hips up and down. I do this with a 15 or 20-lb. weight on my pelvis.
- Butt lift 2. Lay on back, put hands under your butt and legs straight up in the air. Lift butt off of ground as your feet go higher.
What do YOU do? I'd love to hear.
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