When moms come to see me for the first time they ALWAYS tell me they want to work on their core. I get it. I mean, who doesn’t want flatter abs?? For many moms, they look down at their belly in horror. It doesn’t look anything like their pre baby belly. It’s like their body has been invaded by flab, stretch marks and squishy, loose skin.
I gotta tell you right away that your abs are more defined by your diet than anything else. For a flat mama stomach you must eat clean, really clean. That means very little sugar, simple carbs, extra calories. My clients with the most toned abs are the ones who eat the most veggies, lean proteins and complex carbs (mostly from fruit and veggie sources, not breads/pasta/rice, etc.)
In addition to eating clean to firm up the belly, there are some great exercises you can do to tone those abdominal muscles. The video above takes you through a handful of excellent ab exercises.
NOTE: These ab exercises are NOT for a newly postpartum mom with diastasis recti. To determine if you have diastasis recti, lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Raise your head and shoulders 1-2 inches off the floor. While your head/shoulders are up, place your hand above your belly button and use your fingers to feel the valley in the center of your abdominal wall. If the valley is more than 2 fingers wide, you have diastasis recti. No worries, this is very common. You don’t want to return to regular abdominal exercises until this has reduced to at least 2 fingers wide, as many ab exercises will make it worse and give you a bigger pooch – NOOOO!!! In the meantime, you can safely do plank exercises and zippers.
For more information on diastasis recti and flattening your baby belly download my free manual: The #1 Secret to Burn Your Baby Belly Fat.
The rest of you, go do this fantastic core workout in order to get your gut ready for summer!
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