In their desire to have a flat stomach, people often resort to crunches and abs workouts. But Kareena Kapoor’s nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar says that just working on the abdominal muscles is not enough. To keep the stomach in, it is important to pay attention to the strength of the legs and back. He has shown an easy exercise related to this in his social media video.
Rujuta, who is known as Kareena Kapoor’s nutritionist, told that due to weakness in the legs and stiffness in the back, the stomach may appear protruding forward. For this, he told an exercise, while doing which the body has to be held in a particular position for about 10 seconds.
How to reduce belly fat?
In her recent Instagram video, Rujuta told that people continuously do crunches for a flat stomach, but sometimes even after this the stomach appears to be protruding forward. According to him, a hidden reason for this could be lack of strength in the legs and excessive stiffness of the back. Keeping this problem in mind, he demonstrated an easy exercise.
How to exercise?
- To do this, first of all you have to lie down on the ground on your stomach. After this, rest your feet on a bolster i.e. a long cushion. Place both hands on the ground around the chest and keep the body stable.
- Now try to press the hips tightly towards the ground.
- During this time, pull the front part of the thighs i.e. quadriceps upwards. This position has to be held for about 10 seconds.
- Rujuta Diwekar emphasized on keeping the muscles of the lower body active while doing this movement.
What are the benefits of this exercise?
- According to Rujuta Diwekar, strengthening the hips and keeping them active can help in reducing back stiffness.
- Along with this, work is also done on the strength of the legs. He says that if the hips are not strong enough, the stomach may be seen protruding forward.
- This exercise is not limited only to making the stomach look flat. Doing this can also help in improving digestion, reducing leg pain and improving sleep.
- However, every person’s body and fitness level is different, so any exercise should be done according to one’s capacity.