Imagine if you could flatten your tummy without doing a single crunch. You can! Tighten your abs by doing my “Jaguar” move three to four times a week. It targets those hard-to-tone lower ab muscles that are crucial for
a firmer belly.
How-to: Start on your hands and knees, with your shoulders directly over your wrists and your hips directly over your knees. Curl your toes under and extend your body to push-up position. Keeping your shoulders directly over your wrists, relax your head between your arms and bring your right knee toward your chest (try to touch it to your forehead). Be sure to keep your hips low. Hold for 5–15 breaths. Return to starting position and repeat with your left knee. Do a total of 3 reps per side.
Sara Ivanhoe has been teaching yoga for more than a decade and blogs weekly on Health.com. She’s the featured yoga instructor on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab.
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Comments (17)
I would love to get more helpful hints on weight loss and getting rid of the excess flab while losing it. Thanks very much
Tina Glen
Cannot find article in July/Aug. issue that is featured on front of mag: Get A Flat Belly while you sleep. Sounds impossible, but I like the idea!
What page is it on or is it included in another article?
When I went to the page about Yoga stretches that flatten your tummy, there was a box that said get a free box of Smart Start cereal ‘click here’. when you click there – just ads…. would be nice if the ads did not mislead.
on the july issue the get a flat belly while you sleep article is on page 18. if you want to find out how i found it, page 2, bottom right hand corner.
That Smart Start ad actually has a pdf of a rebate slip to get a refund of a box you purchase, not a coupon for a free box. This I guess is better because my stores don’t accept internet printed coupons!
About this stretch, someone commented in last month’s issue that this helped A LOT, so I was glad it was here on the web since I can’t find that issue from March.
I gotta try this, my tummy says/looks so!
Love your mag. I read it cover to cover. So many good suggestions and facts that ladies can relate to. Always especially interested in the “mature” years articles. I am a very active, still working 67 year old. I am always being asked for my secrets for holding it together so to speak. I tell ladies, exercise, education, care about yourself first, and read Health Mag. At 5″6″ 125 lbs, size 4 – 6 they do appreciate my input. Keep up the good work. Your mag. is every ladies best friend.
Regards, Renee
I would love to lose weight, but I have only one leg after I had it amputated last year, exercise is very restricting to me as I am well overweight and my amount to lose is approximately 8-9 stones, I have been on so many diets, been to numerous slimming clubs, and had diet pills the last ones were Orlistat, I don’t want to have surgery as I am also a diabetic, please if there is anyway you can help me I am and will appreciate any advice you have on exercise and diet, I am desperate.
Thankyou
Debbie
The related article link to “A Yoga Move to End Arm Jiggle” goes to the article “How to Jumpstart a Winter Yoga Routine.” I am very interested in the article “A Yoga Move to End Arm Jiggle.” Thank you.
i have never done yoga but i would like to learn and do yoga.
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Thanks Lisa — the link is now fixed!
i would anything to get rid of my belly fat
Hi everyone, just to be clear, you cannot target an area to lose belly fat. The ONLY way to lose fat is eating less, and do cardio. Yes, you can have abs of steel under that belly fat, but NO ab exercise will eliminate the fat. It doesn’t work that way. You need to do those strength exercises along with the cardio. Sorry, ladies!
I would like more information on how to loose weight. I would also like to learn to flatten my stomache.
I am in need of some exercise help.
Just went through surgery on 2nd shoulder this past Christmas,and have double knee surgery coming in summer and need to loose some weight. have tried the gym but no luck, is there anything you can suggest
I am 67 years old, not overweight, I pole walk almost 3 miles every day.I do different ab exercises with a video but I cannot lose my “gut”. My waist measurements are not at the critical point.
I think this is great advice. I know what it’s like to try and lose weight. I lost 47 pounds in 6 weeks using the Rapidthin diet at http://www.rapidthin.com. Good luck to all. Use what works for you.