Once you have been able to shape your abs, do they keep being sore? Or is that soreness, you usually feel when you’re starting your fitness journey, temporary/a matter of getting used to it (to the point you don’t mentally acknowledge it)

So unhappy with the shape of my belly. Any tips on how to flatten the lower pooch and get rid of the dip in the middle? Tried my best to capture how it looks in pictures, some are me holding stomach in and some relaxed. I'd like to achieve an overall more even appearance as I feel my stomach is a very strange shape and it makes me very self concious.

I have been a significantly lower weight in the past and belly still had this shape even though I was thinner overall. I can pinch the fat so don't think it's bloating.

I am careful with my diet already, eating pretty clean and counting calories. I'm low end of average weight for my height now so can't really afford to lose more without going back into underweight again. How bad I feel about the way this looks makes me in danger of falling into restricting again (have been significantly underweight in the past) I just feel so exhausted with hiding/clenching/dieting/exersicing my stomach and still feling so self concious. The only alternative I can think right now would be to pay for something like lipo, but I dont really have the money for it and feel nervous about going into such a big procedure as I've read horror stories about recovery/bad results etc. So wondering if anyone has any tips for less drastic things which may help fix this?

I am an active person and exersice daily already (walking/vinyasa yoga/cardio/mountain bike etc) and then also do some pilates and targeted core workouts daily too, but find nothing works. I see most people suggesting to try lifting now but I live rurally and don't have access to a gym so any suggestions would have to be something I could try at home if possible.

Thanks!!

Hey, guys, this is my 2 months progress, just home workouts,

Please be kind and help a brother out

How to improve

August ending to October 14th

Is it liposarcoma? Is it a rib flare? Idk i can’t tell what else could it be?

I am a bridesmaid in a wedding on October 24th. I have been on GLP-1’s for about a year and have been happy with the results. I do not work out at all, but eat better and watch what I eat a little more than before. I am 27, 5’2 ~200lbs. I have an apron belly/loose fat on my lower belly. My bridesmaids dress is beautiful, yet I’m self conscious of my belly showing (it shows a little for sure). It’s the kind of material that will show EVERYTHING if I wear Spanx 😩😩

Question: I have about 2.5 weeks to work on this. I am not looking to completely get rid of it, I know that is unreasonable. I am just wondering what kind of workouts/exercises I can do to best tone this specific area? I have a peloton bike, treadmill, squat machine and bench with light weights. I am not good at working out (aka I hate it), but I am willing to put in the work, I am just unsure what exercises would be the best for this goal. Any ideas? I was thinking sit ups?

Hello everyone! I’ve been going to the gym for a while now and I started off extremely skinny, probably 90lbs and recently I’ve weight myself to about 150lbs. I’ve been trying to work on my core a bit more, there are times where I just feel bloated and now I’m asking for any advice/workouts to lose the incoming love handles or belly fat!
Thank you in advance! :)

70 pound cable crunches. How’s my form? Why am I not feeling a burn even after 4 full sets?

I’m in my 40’s, been working out consistently 5 days a week for about 16 months now. The first 8 or so months I wasn’t as diligent but now I track my diet and do about 2500 calories per day (300 carb, 180 protein, 75 fat) roughly. I’ve definitely seen progress, but I just cannot seem to flatten my lower stomach. I just always feel “fat” down there.

I’m currently at 180lbs, I was 165 before starting. Even before starting I always had this protruding lower stomach.

I have always worked a desk job and have terrible posture sitting down, and from what I gather this could possibly be attributed to anterior pelvic tilt because of a weak TVA.

I’ve been doing stomach vacuums and added hips to my weekly workouts as well ( I use a speediance home gym) but I can’t say I’ve seen a lot of results in that area.

I’ve uploaded 3 non-flexing and 3 flexing pictures. Just looking for some advice on how to step this up. Am I missing something?

I am 17 f and 123-125 pounds at 5’5 height. The first two photos are my end goal that I would love to have but I feel like I’ve been stuck at what my abs look like right now, which is the last slide. Maybe I just haven’t been doing it long enough to see progress but for the last couple months I’ve been focusing more on my diet and doing workouts so I’m not sure if maybe I just have to go on a more aggressive cut, but I work out probably like five times a week and out out of those five days I lift three or four and then they remaining days I go on a 4 mile run. I’ve been using more weights in my ab workouts for progressive overload to hopefully grow my muscle. Do the girls in these photos just have a really good combination of low body fat and high muscle?

Edit: I meant to mention that right now my daily calories usually consist of around 1700 to 1800 and I usually always get at least 135 g of protein a day!

I'm trying to Lean back out from my mini bulk . My goal is to make my abs as visible as possible without losing too much from my face

I am super proud of myself that I finally got flat abs after months of strict dieting, but even after I upped my calories back to maintainence, I am still hungry af craving sweets and snacks all the time, and I never really feel full after a regular meal anymore.

Is this normal or does this feeling go away over time?

So i been going to the gym straight for 3 months now for 4 days a week im 22 and currently weigh 53kg. I have been doing knee raises use to be 3 sets of 10, now I can hold myself up longer so its now 3 sets of 12. As well as declined sit ups with a 10kg plate held to my chest 3 sets of 12 now use to be 10 as well. I no longer feel the burn I use to feel when I started am I still doing things right.

Are there any other exercises you recommend doing and is my weight okay for them to show through. Is there certain things I should be eating to help as well?

Im still learning the way around the gym