In a message dated 04/15/2000 12:46:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
jocelyngooch@h... writes:
<< So, what are your teacher's ab exercises? I'd love to lose some of my post
baby flaccidness. That lower tummy really takes a beating.
>>
I lie on my back on the floor, knees bent. Then I tilt the head back so that
the chin is pointing to the ceiling and raise my shoulders off the
floor-doesn't have to be much movement, but you really feel it in your lower
abdomen. This bothers my neck, but I do 10 reps anyway. The absolute best
is one my teenage daughter learned in at a Flag Corps camp: Lie on the
back with legs extended and toes pointed. Slowly raise the legs, then slowly
lower them, stopping about 3 inches from the floor. Hold this as long as
possible. You can play around here-opening and closing the legs, taking them
up and down just a little bit, placing one foot on top of the other and sort
of "bouncing " them up and down a little bit, etc. The goal is to keep the
legs off of the floor and to use your abs to do the work. It took about a
month for me to see any improvement and my baby is going to be 13 in October!
None of this is fun, but it really did help!
Leslie
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