How do I Lose Weight Without Shrinking the Breasts?

Performing push-ups are one of the many ways to build muscle in your chest.

During any weight-loss regimen, it can be difficult to control where the fat loss is coming from. While you may hope to lose weight from your hips and waist, you may end up losing it from your breasts instead. Unfortunately, fat loss occurs differently in each person. Fitness expert Rachael Dotson says that weight "tends to be lost from the most recent place it appeared. For example, if your tummy started gaining first." While you cannot prevent your breasts from shrinking during weight loss, there are chest-strengthening exercises you can do to strengthen and tone your chest muscles and maintain your size.

Things You'll Need

• Dumbbells
• Incline Bench
• Exercise Ball

Instructions

Push-ups

1. Practice a push-up exercise by laying chest-down with your hands at shoulder level and palms flat on the floor. Your feet should be slightly more than shoulder-width apart and your feet must be together and parallel to each other.

2. Straighten your arms and push your body up off the floor while keeping your palms in the same position and your body straight. Do not bend or arch your back as you raise up. Pause for a moment.

3. Lower your body to the floor, slowly. Try not to bed your back. Keep your knees off the floor, and inhale as you bend your arms.

4. Repeat for a total of eight-to-12 push-ups.

Incline Press

1. Choose two dumbbells that are either 5 or 10 pounds, depending on your comfort level.

2. Lay back on an incline bench or exercise ball. Place your feet and knees in a comfortable position and allow your head to lay back. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing away from you.

3. Extend your arms up and lift the dumbbells. Do not lock your elbows. Pause for a second and slowly lower the weight back to start. Repeat eight to 12 times.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are having a problem with the push-ups, lower your knees so they rest on the floor.

• You can also perform the push-up on an incline. Lean on a vertical surface, such as a wall, place your hands shoulder-width apart and proceed with the push-up.

• When performing the incline press, exhale as you lift the weights to the sky, inhale as you lower back to the start. Use only your chest and arm muscles to lift the weight.

References

• University of Cincinnatti: Net Wellness
• Strength Training Woman