Exercises to Tighten Stomach Muscles

kbs0929 · February 2009

What workouts are you ladies doing to tighten your stomach muscles? I've been doing a ton of cardio, but nothing really to work on tightening everything back up. I'm not a fan of crunches, but I guess I need to start doing them. Blah, if men only knew what we go through...

Garnetbaby09 · February 2009

Just reading this I CAN NOT wait to start my cardio!! Men suck. LOL

ncbelle · February 2009

Pilates!

lillanmer · February 2009

If you lift weights, do the entire workout on a stability...

J+O · February 2009

I actually started baby pilates today. ?And with Jack being 18lbs I REALLY felt the burn and he had a good time too. ?He was screaming and laughing...?

I bought the DVD at target for $10. ?

se_andrea · February 2009

I made an appt with a trainer for this specific reason! What he's having me do is sit on an excercise ball aka birthing ball in a slight reclining position and hold it as long as you can. It sounds easy, but you start shaking in a matter of minutes! Do this for as long as you can 3x. It's really helped me a lot!

Dorr_Evil_Twin · February 2009

do the Plank. it works wonders.

jillybean222 · February 2009

I have been doing functional training. It incorporates cardio and strength training. Most of the exercises force you to keep your core engaged while you're doing them. Everything feels much tighter than it did 3 months PP after DD #1 when I was doing mostly cardio.

I still have loose skin that has yet to return to where it belongs but I had a 9 pounder so I didn't expect that it would happen overnight.

mr+ms · February 2009

Most of the stuff I read says to strengthen your transverse abs first and then move on to stuff like crunches, especially if you have any muscle separation.

Here are some exercises I found:

https://babyfit.sparkpeople.com/articles.asp?id=805

https://www.pregnancy-info.net/separated_muscles.html

https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ms-fit5.htm (sorry 'bout the scary looking muscle dudes there)?

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