How to Firm Up the Wrinkled Skin Around Your Abdomen

Exercising the abdominal muscles can help reduce wrinkled, loose or dimpled skin in this area.

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Wrinkled, loose or dimpled skin around the abdomen can occur if the composition of muscle, and, in some cases, fatty tissue in this region is significantly diminished. This issue can be brought on by age or sudden weight loss. Your body’s muscle mass begins to drop after age 30 unless resistance training exercises are taken up to counter the effect. A considerable amount of muscle, in addition to fat, accompanies rapid weight loss triggered by an excessively low calorie diet. Under these circumstances, the best way to firm up the skin around your abdominal region is to increase the volume of this region with muscle.

Related Searches:Difficulty:Moderately EasyInstructions Things You'll Need8-pound to 15-pound hand weightsSuggest EditsTorso Lift1

Lie on your back. Bend your knees so that the bottoms of both feet are pressed against the floor. (To make this exercise more challenging, only press one foot against the floor). Keep your legs about 8 inches apart.

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Use the muscles in your abdominal and thighs to lift your torso off the ground.

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Slowly return your torso to the ground.

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Repeat. Do three to four sets with eight repetitions in each set.

Leg and Chest Lift1

Lie on your back. Keep your legs straight and your feet together.

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Lift your legs about 1 foot off of the floor and hold. Raise your chest off the floor and hold.

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Slowly return to the starting position.

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Repeat. Do three to four sets with eight repetitions in each set.

The Hundred1

Lie on your back. Keep your legs straight and your feet together. Keep your arms straight, palms facing down and parallel to your body.

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Lift your legs so that they form a 45-degree angle to the floor. Lift your chest up off the floor. Raise your arms about 6 inches off the floor.

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Inhale as you pump your arms up and down five times. Exhale as you pump your arms up and down five times.

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Repeat Step 3 nine more times. In total, pump your arms 100 times.

Pull Punch1

Lie on your back. Bend your knees so that the bottoms of both feet are pressed against the floor. Lock your toes into place, so that your feet can not lift off the ground, with long dumbbell bar or some other heavy object.

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Hold the small dumbbell in your right hand. Keep your right arm tuck into your side as you bend the arm to form a 90-degree angle. Raise your left arm up as if reaching for the ceiling.

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Simultaneously pull your left hand down as you lift your chest off the ground and punch up with your right hand. Your torso should be performing a slight twisting motion.

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Return to starting position (Step 2).

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Repeat. Do three to four sets with eight repetitions in each set. Then, place the small dumbbell in the left hand and repeat the exercise. Again do three to four sets with eight repetitions in each set.

ReferencesUniversity of New Mexico; "The Age Antidote"; Len Kravitz, Ph.D.University of New Mexico; "How Do Muscles Grow"; Len Kravitz, Ph.D.Columbia University: Weight Loss and Excess Skin (Ask Alice)Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College: Weight Training Study Guide"Fitness" Magazine: The HundredPhoto Credit PhotoObjects.net/PhotoObjects.net/Getty ImagesRead Next:

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