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Home / Wellness / Weight Loss / How To Get A Smaller Waist: 25 Everyday Tips For A Smaller Waistline (Without Photoshop)

How To Get A Smaller Waist: 25 Everyday Tips For A Smaller Waistline (Without Photoshop)

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A flat stomach: It’s not just about looking great in your favorite body-hugging outfit. Having a smaller waistline cuts your risk of heart disease, diabetes type 2, and other health problems. If you are searching “how to get a smaller waist”, then check out these 25 tummy-shrinking tips—including some quick fixes for fitting into those skinny jeans tonight.

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AT THE GYM:

Training.

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Women who hit the gym and watch calorie intake reduced ab fat-cell size by about 18 percent, making them more successful at tummy trimming than those who just dieted, according to a Wake Forest University study.

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The more weight-bearing the exercise, the more calories torched from your midsection. So walk, run, or add some jump roping to your usual routine.

Research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that women who did full-body strength training twice a week decreased overall body fat and didn’t gain as much ab fat as those who didn’t.

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Work in intervals.

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Women who did 20 minutes of interval training three times a week lost more belly fat than women who logged 40 minutes of moderate cardio three times a week, according to an Australian study.

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Plank time.

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Instead of doing crunch or sit-ups, try planking for 2-minute intervals. Pull in your abs while you are planking and you will definitely feel it after 3 reps.

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Do the bicycle to target other ab muscles

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(Crunches work only the rectus abdominus, aka your six-pack): Lie with your hands behind your head; alternate touching each elbow to the opposite knee.

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Don’t neglect your midback muscles (the lats).

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They work with your core to help you stand straighter, minimizing your pooch. Try Lat Rows: Bend at the waist and hold a dumbbell in each hand; bend elbows and pull weights up until elbows are level with the torso.

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To really challenge your abs, crank out crunches on a stability ball.

exercise for smaller waist

You’ll engage more muscles than you will be doing traditional crunches, according to a study published in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

AT THE BAR:

Watch your brew.

Watch your brew

Beer drinkers, who have six or more drinks a week, have the highest waist-to-hip ratios, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill research says. So keep the beer to a minimum, like once per night.

Have a little wine.

Have a little wine

Light to moderate wine drinking can protect against ab poundage, some studies suggest. But …sip just one daily glass of

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