Most experienced readers of this article may have looked at the title with immediate skepticism because it is a well-known fact that spot fat reduction does not exist. The abdominal flattening scandal has been around for generations and even in the 21st century there are countless infomercials selling products making fake promises for flat ripped 6 pack abs. This scam may never go away because where there’s a demand where legal loopholes still exist there will always be a supply.
But look closer at the title because it doesn’t say target the fat on your waistline, it just says target and shrink your waistline. Aerobic exercise and fat loss is not the only way to shrink your waistline, accentuate your hips and have a “V” shaped torso and sexy new physique. In this article you’re going to learn rarely talked about cheat sheet and physiologically proven formula for shrinking your waistline faster. It’s ironic that the core is one of the most neglected areas of the body, yet it has more benefits than any other muscle group in the body due to its high rate of usage.
Sleeping is probably the only time when your core doesn’t have a major impact on your life with everything you do during the day. Every form of weight lifting, and cardiovascular exercise activates your core, and without a strong core you couldn’t stand up or sit upright or even get out of bed. When you have a strong core, you’ll have a pain free lower back and your posture is vastly improved as well. Everything you do, such as working, cooking cleaning and playing with kids will be easier and more enjoyable with a strong and highly developed core. Even sex is greatly improved when you have a strong core. You're able to stay in those harder positions that pleases your spouse for a longer time.
The average person typically thinks of their core when attempting to flatten their abs and have a slim figure, which is an impactful benefit of a strong core but not in the way you think. Exercising your core doesn’t flatten your stomach through fat loss, and it could actually be a waste of time exercising your core every day as your only means of flatting your mid-section because core exercises don’t burn as much fat as other cardiovascular fat burning exercises. Your core includes your lower back your hips and a large layer of muscles surrounding your mid-section, and this is the muscle offering a unique new way of targeting and shrinking your waistline. This layer of muscle is completely unseen because it sits behind the other noticeable muscles of the body such as your abs and back muscles. It's called the transverse abdominus.
You absolutely can target your midsection and shrink your waistline without fat loss by strengthening this muscle because when this muscle is stronger it acts just like a girdle. It squeezes your internal muscles in tightly, which not only can make your abdominal area curve inward instead of outward but also improves posture. It’s so unfortunate that this muscle is so highly neglected because it’s a hidden muscle and the average person prefers to focus on their “show” muscles. Strengthening your transverse abdominus is like watering a plant that takes a long time to sprout from the ground. You may not see the results as soon as other muscles it’s the major key in helping you get the coveted Coca-Cola bottle shaped or hourglass figure.
There’s only one way that you can truly target fat loss and that’s through surgery, but you can truly shape your figure targeting certain muscles and there are very few any other muscle groups that have a bigger impact than your transverse abdominus.. Another method of making your mid section look slimmer and tighter without fat loss is by focusing more on your glutes and hamstrings and you can learn about this by reading benefits of string healthy glutes and hamstrings.
Strengthening your core is much easier in comparison to strengthening other muscle groups. The recovery time is much faster which is an equal benefit for your calves due higher centralized blood flow and don’t need equipment for most of the more affective core exercises. The most popular transverse abdominus exercise that should be part of any physical training program are planks. Planks are a simple isometric body weight exercise but it’s highly affective. It can be performed by anyone of any gender, weight and age. The plank also offers many levels of advancement. Once you’ve mastered the basic plank you can advance to more difficult versions, such as elevating your legs, size planks, planks with leg swings, etc.
Here are some examples of other affective core exercises.
- Front Plank
- Side Plank
- Raised Feet Plank
- Fire Hydrant In-Out
- Cat Camel
- Mountain Climber
- Swiss Ball Jackknife
