Working on your flat stomach at work is possible. On average, an adult French person sits around 7 hours a day, whether at work, while driving or watching television. That is about fifty hours per week. For Alexia Cornu, sports columnist for Well done for you, these hours can be useful in order to do deep abs. A trick to get a flat stomach while sitting.
The Self-Growth Method
For this, it is necessary to practice self-growth. “It’s a simple method that allows you to naturally engage the transverse, the postural muscles and the back muscles as well”, specifies Alexia Cornu at the microphone of Julia Vignali and Mélanie Gomez. The transverse is the name of the muscle of the deep abdominals. “It allows both to have a flat stomach and works in synergy with the perineum, another essential muscle”, details the columnist. In addition, Alexia Cornu would like to remind you that superficial abs such as the rectus abdominis, the famous chocolate bars, are not functional. “This means that we can work them as much as we want, they will not allow you to have a flat stomach”, she underlines.
Three steps to follow
Self-growth is practiced in three stages. For the first, you have to uncross your legs and sit on your seat bones, the two small bones located below your buttocks. “Once resting on the seat bones, you have to imagine a wire that stretches the spine upwards from the top of the head in order to straighten up,” explains the columnist. Then, to finish, it’s not glamorous but essential, the double chin technique. “This lengthens the neck. Therefore, since it is connected to the lower back, we can straighten up and engage our transverse,” she concludes.
When straightening up, the person will feel the postural muscles engage as well as the transverse. This self-growth posture also works the pelvic floor and the diaphragm.