To achieve washboard abs you need to eat well, do cardio and work your abdominal muscles.
Start now and sport a sexy stomach by the time summer arrives. Start by cutting certain foods out of your diet, improve your digestion, then combine a cardio routine with abdominal work to achieve flat abs.
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STEP 1.What to eat and what to avoidWe show you which flab-fighting foods to add to your shopping list and your healthy eating plan –and which to blacklist to help you lose abdominal fat. |
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STEP 2.Improve your digestionYou can’t have a flat stomach if your gut isn’t healthy and you are feeling bloated and sluggish. |
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STEP 3.Do 20 minutes of cardioDo one of these 20-minute kilojoules-blasters every day to help 5 kilograms melt away. |
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STEP 4.Start with basic ab workWho’s got time for hundreds of crunches? Do this super-effective, 3-minute routine and you’ll transform your middle in just weeks. |
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STEP 5.Step it up a notchFor a lean and sexy mid-section do this intense abdominal workout at least twice a week. |
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ADVANCEDFollow these advanced ab moves and reduce your love-handles and enjoy a sleeker silhouette. |
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ive read the whole article. Sounds good but what i would like to know is what can u do about that excess skin after having kids. That really seems to pose more of a problem than anything else. I have worked out but the most i get is a ”4 pack” the area just below the navel is the worst to get rid of. What can women who’ve had kids & have this problem do about it or is it just there for good? Why dont u people take someone who has had more than one kid & whose of ”normal” weight but has the kango pouch & try them on a diet & exercise programme & diarise their progress. Im pretty sure theres alot of moms out their that would follow this programme. Most of the women in your magazine doesnt even look like they have a ‘’shape” problem. Even the women who is pinching her tummy as if thats ”real” fat or flab. Show something more realistic please!
Well said Taahira! I am not overweight but also have a problem with my tummy. I have 2 kids and just can’t get rid of that kango pouch. Please help!!
Sooo true taahira! i had my baby 3 years ago and i am still struggling with the fat below the navel, how does one get rid of that? Shape – we need an informed article dedicated to losing the kangaroo pouch post pregnancy
i’ve been thinking of losing wait,but i don,t have the guts to do it plz help
I would like to know what to use on strech mark after ahve a baby and losing tummy fat its spoiling me badly.
I agree with taahira. Most models used are fitness models. Even though they had kids their bodies reacted differently than “real” women. And let us don’t lose sight of the photo shop images. I applaud Shape for not using annorexic models, but these models are just too perfect to be real. I like taahira’s idea of the real mom, real progress idea. Would be more inspiring.
Pilates!! That will help tone and tighten the area below your navel.