Loose belly skin can be a result of extreme weight loss or pregnancy. While it is difficult to entirely eliminate loose skin, a combination of cardio activity and strength training can help. As your body fat gets lower, the skin will gradually tighten. Keep in mind, results will depend on your age, how long the skin was stretched, how much weight you lost and the amount of elastin in your skin.
Mountain Climber
This deceptively simple exercise combines both cardio activity and strength training, increasing your heart rate to help melt fat and utilizing your stomach to help tighten and tone the muscle. Lower yourself into a full push-up position. Place your palms on the floor and extend your legs behind you so your body makes a straight line. Tighten your abdomen and lift your right knee to your chest so you are in a runner’s pose. Push your right leg back. Simultaneously lift your left knee to your chest. Alternate pushing back your legs rapidly for one minute, keeping your abdominal muscles flexed throughout the exercise to keep you balanced.
Power Knee Tap ‘n Touch
This exercise requires extreme core stabilization, building your ab muscles, as well as elevates your heart rate to help you burn fat and tighten loose belly skin. Position a 12-inch bench to your left, so you are parallel with it. Lift your left foot and step up, swinging your left arm to give you some momentum to jump; as you jump, bring your right thigh to hip-height. Land on the bench with both feet, knees bent slightly. Immediately step down to the floor with your right foot and use your left to take a large step behind you so you sink into a lunge. Keep your stomach muscles tightened so you remain balanced and don’t trip on the bench. Repeat on the other side.
Crunches with Leg Raise
Lie face up on the ground with your arms stretched over your head and on the mat. Extend both legs straight out in front of you. If you need to make the move easier, bend your knees slightly. Extend your left leg up to the ceiling so it forms a 90-degree angle with the floor. Exhale and lift your head, shoulders and upper body forward until you reach your toes. Pause and lower back to the starting position.
Scissors Pull-Back
This exercise works your rectus abdominus muscles (frontal abs) and the obliques (side abs) to give you an entire abdominal workout. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched in front of you. Flex your stomach muscles and lower your upper torso backwards while lifting your feet slightly off the floor. Your body should form a V shape. Extend your left leg out, twisting your upper body to the right and letting your right elbow touch the mat behind you. Return to the center, then repeat on the other side.
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