How To Lose Lower Belly Fat :15-Minutes Lower Belly Pooch Workouts

4 Steps To Get Rid Of Lower Belly Pooch

Like we said earlier, doing a few sit-ups alone is not going to get rid of your belly pooch.

Here’s what will: make sure you’re doing these things FIRST and then get ready to incorporate our awesome 15-minute workout at the end of this article to seal the deal on flat abs and say sayonara to belly pooch.

1. Get 150 minutes of heart-pumping cardio per week

These are the CDC guidelines for healthy, active adults.

Cardio can include anything from jogging, jumping rope, cycling, or a spin class.

Without cardio each week, the strength training exercises may tone your abs, but you’ll have excess fat covering them up.

2. Fit in HIIT 1-2 times per week

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is crucial to anyone looking to burn fat.

HIIT helps burn fat and torch more calories in a shorter amount of time than other workouts.

Consider HIIT your intense workouts, while your cardio workouts are more steady-state. You need a mix of both!

3. Eat clean and lean

It’s true, you can’t work off a bad diet.

Make sure your diet includes plenty of protein, veggies, and healthy fats.

Not sure what eating clean looks like in the real world? Download my Clean Eating Program to learn the right balance of healthy carbs, fats, and protein to eat for optimal health and weight management, plus a two-week meal plan and grocery lists to get you prepped with the basics.

4. Minimize stress levels

High cortisol (the stress hormone) levels have actually been linked to belly fat retention.

Manage stress through meditation, yoga, and self-care and see if you notice a difference.

Although it’s not necessarily the first step in addressing belly fat, for some people chronic stress can definitely cause them to hold on to more visceral fat.

And….drumroll please! The next step is to perform our 15-minute workout to get rid of lower belly pooch 2-3 times per week! Here’s what you’ve been waiting for!

15-Minute Workout To Get Rid Of Lower Belly Pooch

Now that you’ve learned the diet and lifestyle changes needed to get rid of lower belly pooch, here is the 15-minute workout that completes the picture.

This workout will tone and sculpt all the muscles in your core, including your transverse abdominus, rectus abdominus, and oblique muscles.

(Your transverse abdominus is considered your “low abs” and is especially crucial for toning the lower stomach!)

Do this workout first thing when you get up, while the kids are eating breakfast, or at the gym on your lunch break—whenever you have time to squeeze it in.

Perform each of these moves for 1 minute. Take a 1-minute rest afterwards—then start from the beginning and do another 1 minute for each move.

Oblique Burners

1) Stand with feet a little wider than hip distance apart, knees bent, and hands held behind the back of your head.

2) Bend to the right, reaching right hand toward floor behind your leg. Keep spine long.

3) Return to center and repeat on the left side.

Froggy Crunches

1) Start lying on mat with fingers at the base of your head and elbows pointed out. Bring the soles of your feet together, knees pointed outward.

2) Tilt your chin slightly forward and squeeze abdominals to lift chest upward. Keep arms and neck relaxed. Slowly lower down and repeat.

Side Plank Lift and Lower

1) Start by laying on your right side with forearm below shoulder, body lifted and legs long and feet stacked. Keep body straight, abs tight and place left hand on hip.

2) Dip your hips down towards the mat and lift back up, using your obliques and core muscles.

Sweeping Scissors

1) Start lying on the mat with arms over your head and legs long.

2) Sweep arms out to sides and bring head, neck, and shoulders off the mat reaching arms long and lift one leg up and in towards the chest. Reaching arms forward on the sides of the leg. Roll back to mat lowering the leg, and repeat on the other side.