WAIST CLASSES???
Dear Readers,
So many times I was approached with the same question “Do we have exercises for the waist?” I decided to write about it.
Our “waist” is composed by muscles that are from the abdominal section and from the Back section.
We see old videos (or should I say “old knowledge!”) showing the side bend as a “magical formula” for the “slim desired waist”.
There I go again destroying dreams…
1. A slim waist is basically determined by genetically heritage. Some Europeans and Africans women have thin waist. On the other hand, there are some genetics for “squared waist”. It is easy to identify: check your aunties, preferably the slim ones, and, if they have slim waist, there is a chance you might have it too! If they are “squared type”, bad news.
2. Get rid of the extra fat helps a lot. So you can see the lines of your body.
Exercising the side bends, moving your waist right and left/ back and forward will not help you make it thinner!
Do instead cardio exercises and diet. You will have then the original body lines and I am sure you will like it!
And observe I did not mention abdominal exercises. Why? Because they will NOT make your waist smaller, but the muscle stronger and firmer, giving your abs a fit shape.
Bellow, the science about the side bends exercises.
Question: Do Standing Side Bends Exercise My Abdominals?
Answer: Unfortunately, many people have the misconception that holding hand weights and doing side bending exercises will trim or tone the "love handles." However, this movement (lateral flexion) is performed mainly with the deep muscles of the spine and not the internal obliques or the external obliques (read - abdominal muscles). Instead, the quadratus lumborum muscle, which attaches from the iliac crest to the lumbar vertebrae and to the lowest rib, is actually a primary lateral flexor muscle (read - back muscles). What this exercise is good for is increasing lateral range of motion in the spine, not to make it slimmer. If you do side bending exercises, make sure they are slow and controlled movements and be sure they are for the BACK not the FRONT part of your waist.
From the www.sportsmedicine.about.com
Marcia Novo - Flex Resorts Fitness Manager
novo.marcia@gmail.com
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