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Expert: John Izzo Date: 3/29/2006 Subject: abdominals
Question HI, I am a 22 yr old female who has played competitive basketball for about 8 years. I took a break from playing for about 8 months and haven't did a lot of running like i used to and thus I have gained just a little weight around my abdominal area. I have a nice defined pack(for a girl) and now it seems like i have too much fat(at least to me) around it. I want to get back in shape and have my body looking like it used to, especially my stomach. I weight about 125 lbs. What can I do to get rid of that extra little weight around my abdominals and tone and define my pack more? please list specific exercises.Hope you can help. Thank you
Answer You answered your own question. YOu have been on a hiatus from working out and your have put on some weight. Get back into running and on a strength training program on 3 days, with cardio work 5 days a week for 20 minutes. ON the elliptical trainer, get your heartrate up to 160bpm and maintain for 15-30 minutes.
YOu can't burn fat just in one area so its useless for me to give you ab exercises. If you want progressive workouts, check out my website and click on the Foundation Workout link. You can print out a PDF of a sample workout. Hope this helps.
