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Yes, you can engage and contract your stomach muscles while doing sit-ups to strengthen and tone your core.

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Do pushups equals flat stomach?

A good diet + exercise = flat stomach So while push ups can help in making a flat stomach, which in fact is just low body fat, it will be useless if proper nutrition and other exercise, ex. weightlifting and cardio, is not utilized.


What should I try to lose stomach weight?

It is very difficult to lose weight in a targeted area like the stomach. The most effective way to get an attractive stomach is to focus on overall fat loss while toneing abdonminal muscles. Exercises like situps and crunches can help tone, while vigorous cardio exercise helps with overall fat loss.


What are the differences between a relaxed stomach and a flexed stomach?

A relaxed stomach is when the muscles are not engaged or tightened, while a flexed stomach is when the muscles are contracted and tightened.


Do sit ups work or are chrunches better?

Crunches build muscles while situps build abdominal muscles. Each workout is important based on individual needs.


What muscles are streched while doing the splits?

Hamstrings and Quadriceps.


How can you increase body muscles?

You can increase your muscles by doing regular exercise. gradually increasing resistance. following a proper diet and achieving proper rest...your muscles grow while resting not while working out....


What muscles are used doing step aerobics?

Ideally your whole body will be used while doing aerobics. But the primary muscles involved will be your leg muscles (quadriceps, hamstrings, calves) and the muscles of your lower back, abdominal and but muscles.. The lung and heart muscles function at their optimum to compensate the stress on these muscle groups...


How is food eaten in space?

The same way it is on Earth. Gravity does not play a part in the food going down from your mouth to stomach. Muscles do the work. The best way of proving this is by eating while doing a handstand, or while laying your head upside down off a sofa.


Is it possible to target and lose stomach fat?

Not really. It is possible to tone muscles in the stomach area while losing fat overall. This will result in a better looking stomach and, eventually, six-pack-abs.


Do biceps or triceps act antagonistically while doing a push-up?

The muscles that are in your arms


What are the disadvantage of sit ups?

Sit ups help develop your abdominal muscles, but it takes a lot of time... There are many different ways to do sit ups, including laying in the traditional position of sit ups raising your legs and pulling them into your stomach, all the while keeping a fixed upper body position. It tends to be those who have a slimmer frame who have the visible evidence of situps, if you are larger then the muscle will simply develop under the fat, so it's always a good idea to include cardio whenever doing sit ups.


Can you eat while standing on your head?

Yes. The throat muscles pull food toward the stomach regardless of which way you are positioned.