05-30-2004, 12:52 PM
I really don't know much about the human body, except that each person has a different metabolism (as freepaperclips pointed out) and that people will react differently to eating and exercising.
Seeing as this thread is all about exercise, and we have all these knowledgable people here, may I ask a question?
I haven't exercised in 3 years. After I quit high school there were no mandatory gym lessons to keep me in relative shape. I'm 21 years old, 1.70m tall (5.5 feet), I way a bit over 65kg (143 pounds) (converter) and I want to flatten my stomach. I've come to a place where I can still appear as thin as I was 5 years ago if I wear a loose shirt, but if I tuck it in, (and if I don't hold my breath :)), people might notice a small tire around the waist.
My question is three-fold
1. How should I go about flattening my stomach?
2. Do sit-ups work at all?
3. If so, what is the correct way of doing sit-ups? I've researched it a bit online, but it seems for every doctor or expert I find, there's another way of doing sit-ups. I've heard that if you do them wrong (lift your upper body all the way to your knees) you can do more damage to your back than you're helping your stomach.)
I've also heard that running regularly, eating less, and eating right will also help me shed some weight. Is this correct?
Sorry for the thread-highjack, but I don't think we need two threads on the same subject.
Seeing as this thread is all about exercise, and we have all these knowledgable people here, may I ask a question?
I haven't exercised in 3 years. After I quit high school there were no mandatory gym lessons to keep me in relative shape. I'm 21 years old, 1.70m tall (5.5 feet), I way a bit over 65kg (143 pounds) (converter) and I want to flatten my stomach. I've come to a place where I can still appear as thin as I was 5 years ago if I wear a loose shirt, but if I tuck it in, (and if I don't hold my breath :)), people might notice a small tire around the waist.
My question is three-fold
1. How should I go about flattening my stomach?
2. Do sit-ups work at all?
3. If so, what is the correct way of doing sit-ups? I've researched it a bit online, but it seems for every doctor or expert I find, there's another way of doing sit-ups. I've heard that if you do them wrong (lift your upper body all the way to your knees) you can do more damage to your back than you're helping your stomach.)
I've also heard that running regularly, eating less, and eating right will also help me shed some weight. Is this correct?
Sorry for the thread-highjack, but I don't think we need two threads on the same subject.
