AboutLynda Lippin Expertise I currently work as the resident Pilates and Fitness Teacher at the exclusive COMO Shambhala Retreat at Parrot Cay Resort in Turks and Caicos. After 20+ years of experience as a Pilates teacher and personal trainer I can answer any questions relating to Pilates and strength & flexibility training. I am knowledgeable about exercise and sports and am a certified Pilates for Golf instructor. Finally, I have years of experience working with clients who have back/neck pain, disc injuries, stenosis, rotator cuff injury, osteoporosis, pelvic floor dysfunction, Parkinson`s, MS, fibromyalgia, CFS, RSD, osteo & rheumatoid arthritis, scoliosis, hernia, spinal cord injury, exercise after mastectomy and abdominal surgeries, pregnancy, joint replacements, and spine surgeries.
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Experience I have been doing Pilates since 1987 and teaching Pilates since 1989 (back when there was no Pilates certification) and was certified by the Pilates PhysicalMind Institute in 1993. I became an ACE certified personal trainer in 2000, the same year I was accepted as a Certifying Pilates Teacher for PhysicalMind. In my career I have worked with Physical Therapists, chiropractors, personal trainers, and physicians to help their patients regain functional strength and mobility faster after and during illness and injury.
Organizations American Council on Exercise, Pilates PhysicalMind Institute, American Council on Exercise
Publications PhillyFIT Magazine, JerseyFIT Magazine, PhysicalMind Forum, Main Line Life, Personal Fitness Professional, blogcritics.org
Education/Credentials 1988-1995 Graduate School for PhD in Philosophy
1993 Pilates Teacher Certification
2000 Pilates Teacher Training Certification
2000 ACE Personal Trainer Certification & joined ACE faculty
2003 Pilates for Golf certification
2004 Pilates for Gait Training, Pilates for Osteoporosis, Nutrition
Awards and Honors Winner Best of Philly 2003 Pilates Studio from Philadelphia magazine.
Past/Present Clients I keep my clients' information confidential as many are high profile in business, sports, music, and film/TV.
Question Respected Sir,
I am working out very hard on my abs sections and want answers to some questions.
* First and the foremost thing is that I've read in some book that you grow your love handles and transform them into permanent muscles if you keep working on them with weighted side dumbbell bends. I think, Ive done the same mistake, so what is the effective way to get rid of them without reducing the over-all muscle mass from the body.
* The second thing which confuses me most of the time is when I am doing my ab workout I feed some pain in my mid-section but I cant figure out whether it is in ab-section or back. So, I just stop my self from exercising to prevent back ache problems.
*Kindly tell me, how effective are these ab-machines available in the market are? Do they work or they don't work at all and is simply waste of money?
*When I started ab-workout as a beginner I used to get lot of sore in my ab section through out the day. It really felt as if something is developing. But now, I perform ab workout daily but not intensively. Like total of 50-60 sit ups with breaks in between and 30-40 leg raisers. What is more beneficial? To work on abs daily with less intensity or work on it twice a week with more intensity?
* My height = 5'11", Weight =72 kg, chest=39", waist=32"
I need to loose only some pounds from my mid section to make abs visible. How intensively I should do aerobic exercises to achieve my goal? Do I really need to do aerobics to loose belly fat as I am already on strength training.
I really hope best answers from your side.
Regards
Ali Asghar
Answer Dear Ali,
Regarding losing pounds from your midsection, the way to do that is by eating correctly. Here is a link to a free report about this:
You do need to add some cardio to your workout, not to flatten your belly necessarily but to strengthen your heart and increase general fitness.
Ab machines are a waste of time.
The abdominal muscles wrap around your body from back to front, so feeling some ab work all the way around is appropriate.
I think Pilates is best for abs as the isolated exercises you have been doing (which aren't working) are not efficient for ab training. Try any of the workouts here:
