The Secret to a Flatter Belly
Look 5 pounds slimmer without losing an ounce or doing a single crunch.
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Imagine if your belly always looked as good as it does when you turn sideways in the mirror and suck it in. Ab exercises can help, but 5—or even 50—minutes of crunches won’t do any good if you’re letting it all hang out for the remaining 23 hours of the day.
One of the abdominal muscles’ biggest jobs is to hold our bodies upright, and research shows that rampant poor posture puts these muscles to sleep, leaving Americans in a constant belly-bulging slump. It’s a particularly pesky problem for women who’ve had children. Stretched ab muscles and carrying kids can make it difficult to stand up straight for years after delivery.
The good news: “Correcting poor posture can make you look 5 pounds slimmer instantly,” says Deborah L. Mullen, a certified strength and conditioning specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA. To keep that trim profile 24-7, you need to retrain and strengthen those belly-slimming, stand-tall muscles, so Prevention went to the nation’s top posture pros for their best advice.
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