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It’s frustrating to find come home from your workout and look in the mirror to see a stomach puffed up like a balloon. What possible reason could there be for you to enter a gym with a (relatively) flat stomach, yet emerge 60 minutes later looking six-months pregnant? This happens to us all the time …
If there’s one exercise that will make you feel like you’re working your way to a flatter tummy it’s this one depicted below. Now, depending on whether you are a Pilates woman or a yoga queen you will refer to these, respectively, as Pelvic Curls, or Bridge Pose. If you’re one neither of those things, …
This week I discovered I have an exercise nemesis – and its name is the Plank. Those of you with naturally flat stomachs may not have experienced this muscle-led instrument of torture, but basically, it involves balancing horizontally on the floor held up on your elbows and toes while pulling your tummy in (there’s a …
A long time ago in a land far, far away (let’s call it New Zealand) I was quite a serious runner. Not a fast runner, but a persistent one. In the years I lived there I ran 20+ half marathons, one marathon……and something called the Goofy Challenge. This takes place each year, at Walt Disney …