Exercise in general is good for you and burns some amount of calories, which will help you lose weight everywhere on your body. If you want to specifically target your abdomen, ab exercises will tone your tummy and make it flatter. Strength training in general is recommended for slimming a pot belly. Therefore, try strength training exercises that also work your core.
Stability Ball Dumbbell Fly
The stability ball dumbbell fly exercise is a chest fly performed on a stability ball. The muscle groups worked include the abs and chest. To perform this exercise, sit on a stability ball and hold a dumbbell in each hand. Walk your feet forward and lie back. Position yourself so that your knees are bent at right angles over your feet and your body is parallel to the floor, including the thighs. Lift the dumbbells toward and the ceiling and position them over your chest, with the palms facing each other. The elbows bend slightly. This is the starting position. Squeeze your abs and glutes to keep your hips lifted. Then, lower your arms by opening them wide until the arms are parallel to the floor and perpendicular to your torso. Raise the weights back to the starting position to complete one repetition.
Stability Ball Shoulder Bridge
The stability ball shoulder bridge is a glute bridge performed on a stability ball. This exercise targets your back, abs, glutes and hips. To do a ball bridge, lie on your back and place your hands on your chest with your elbows bent. Place your feet together on top of a stability ball. Then, lift your hips into the air so your ankle, hips and shoulders line up. Lift your left leg up toward the ceiling with the foot flexed. Lower the left foot back onto the ball and then lower your back and hips once again to the floor. Lift your hips up again and then raise your right foot toward the ceiling. Lower the right foot next to the left and return your upper body to the floor. Keep your arms and head relaxed and in place during the ball bridge.
Gliding Run
The gliding run is similar to a lunge, but you slide your feet on the floor instead of lifting your feet off the ground to step forward or backward. By holding a low lunge position and gliding, you strengthen your abs, glutes and legs. To do the gliding run, stand up straight with a small towel under each foot to perform the gliding run. Touch your arms to your sides and bend your elbows to make right angles. Squeeze your abs tight. Then, slide your right foot forward and left foot back. Swing your right arm forward and left arm back. Keep your back straight and bend both knees to make right angles. Then, slide your back foot forward and your front foot back, and do the same with your arms. Keep switching the positions of your limbs for up to one minute.
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