How to Flatten Your Belly While Walking

Modify your walking routine to trim your belly.

If you are walking to burn calories and lose weight, you have made an important first step toward a healthier you. Walking can help you lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes and other conditions. With just a few modifications to your walking routine, you can even flatten your belly.

Instructions

1. Keep your back straight and your shoulders back. Good posture is extremely important in order to exercise the right muscles. Your abdominal workout should not put strain on your back or neck.

2. Pull your stomach in without changing the position of your spine. You do not want to hunch your shoulders or curve your back. If it is done correctly, you should feel a slight tightening around your waist. Remember to breathe.

3. Hold your stomach in for 10 steps, then release it and relax for 10 steps. Repeat five times. Work up to 20 repetitions of five.

Tips & Warnings

• Try doing this when you are walking in from the parking lot to the store or office. Do it while you're walking through the house picking up or putting laundry away. Anytime you are walking, even at a slow pace you can get in a few ab exercises. Every little bit helps.

References

• Mayo Clinic: Trim Your Waistline, Improve Your Health