Pilates for a Flat Stomach: Perfect Abs in Just 15 Minutes a Day
By Anna Selby
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Just 15 minutes a day will work wonders to give you the flat stomach you’ve always wanted!
Pilates is well known as one of the best forms of exercise for people who want a longer, leaner physique. In Pilates for a Flat Stomach, expert Anna Selby has selected the specific exercises you need to do to achieve the toned stomach you’ve always dreamed of.
Just 15 minutes a day of the low-impact, high energy Pilates exercises that work on your abdominal muscles will not only improve the appearance of your stomach, but will also work the muscles that support your back, improving your posture and making you feel great.
This book is perfect for people with a busy lifestyle. Just 15 minutes a day of Pilates, the all-round healthy exercise, will leave you with a flat, toned stomach, making you look and feel fantastic!
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Pilates for a Flat Stomach - Anna Selby
How Pilates Helps You Get a Flat Stomach
A flat stomach is not so much an aim of Pilates’ technique as its inevitable side-effect. As has already been explained in the Pilates Principles, the girdle of strength is the key to the technique and, of all the muscles in the body, the abdominals play the greatest part in creating it. The girdle of strength gives you your core strength and it is from this centre that all your movements should originate.
There are four layers of abdominal muscles, criss-crossing the body over the front, sides and back. They are the means by which you can bend and twist but, even more importantly, when developed and used correctly, they protect the spine and the internal muscles from strain and injury. When they are strong, they give all of your movements support and flexibility. Unfortunately, though, the sedentary lifestyle most of us have nowadays means not only are these muscles not strong, we are often barely aware of