Keeping Abs flexed all day

I have heard people suggest keeping your abs flexed whenever you walk around or even all day. Anyone on here do that? Any thoughts?

2nd question: I guy at work swears by one of those waist wraps you wear all day that is supposed to tighten up the 6 pack. Do those work? I would disregard it as a gimmick, but this guy is usually very knowledgable.

 

When I used to be super chubby, I would always suck in my gut. Now that I've dropped 60 lbs and gained 20 lbs of muscle, I walk around half flexing my abs. I've done this for years now, and I don't even notice it. I guess you can say that I;m always prepared to be socked in the stomach haha

 

I keep my abs flexed pretty much constantly because if I let it "relax" I have a severely distended abdomen for whatever reason. Always been that way.

 

lol, I've got such a big belly when I just let it go...

 

i dunno about actively flexing them, but when i started improving my posture and standing/sitting up straight, i used to feel it in my abs a bit (not anymore)

 

same here, the minute i relax it i gotta fart or poop

 

sounds like there's tiny men inside your stomach keeping it stretched unless you flex your abs.




or it's your tight hip flexors and lazy glutes.

 

Then how do you breathe into your stomach? You want to breathe into your abdomen, not your chest.

 

i NEVER relax my stomach. i have a terrible pot belly when it's relaxed. i half flex/suck in my stomach 100% of the time while standing/walking. i don't really notice it anymore

 

I have better things to do during the day.

 

yea, i also walk around flexing front double bi

 

I don't.

 

I keep my stomach tight all day subconsiously

 

So how do you breathe into your belly?

 

Depends on if you're talking muscle tone, in which case it would be slightly tighter most of the time, or if you really actively flexing it.

 

That's why you look the way you do

 

I prefer a lat spread...my dbl bi sucks but I got nice lats...

 

id try it, but then i'd be farting the whole time

 

i used to, prob should start again

 

if your posture is good they should naturally be sort of flexed..at least they are on me

 

Are you talking about flexing your abs or sucking in your stomach? I can't imagine walking around all day flexing my abs.

 

I'm not torquing them I'm just keeping some tone in them

if I let it hang out people are like are you preggers?!

It was like this before I probably grew my liver a few sizes from drinking too so it's not an enlarged liver

Time for a "post pictures of your distended stomach even though you're at like 10%" thread

 

Why would you feel the need to breath into your belly all day?

 

breathing into the chest tightens the levator scapulae

 

about the only time during the day I am constantly flexing my abs is when I am pinching one off in the shithouse.