Question for people without a belly

PaulStat · 5 May 2006 at 11:21

Those folks without a bit of a belly here, I have to know, when bending down to tie up your shoe laces, do you find it hard to breath?

That is all

BrenOS · 5 May 2006 at 11:22

Harder than normal, you're crushing your diaphragm afterall.

Sparky__H · 5 May 2006 at 11:33

Well I’m a bit of a skinny bugger and no, it’s not any harder to breathe when tying my shoe laces.

But BrenOS is right as different people inflate their lungs to different levels with varying effects on their diaphragms.

Wile E. Coyote · 5 May 2006 at 11:37

Sparky__H said:
Well I’m a bit of a skinny bugger and no, it’s not any harder to breathe when tying my shoe laces.

Im in the same boat, just wondering why the question was asked in the first place?

Malenko · 5 May 2006 at 11:46

No probs at all.

Treefrog · 5 May 2006 at 11:48

Nope.

PaulStat · 5 May 2006 at 11:49

I suspected as much, yet another downside of having a belly.

On the upside i can use it as shelf for my pint glass

Sparky__H · 5 May 2006 at 11:55

PaulStat said:
I suspected as much, yet another downside of having a belly.

On the upside i can use it as shelf for my pint glass

Start doing sit-ups and cut out the beer to social occasions only....

Butter Ball

goldilocks · 5 May 2006 at 11:56

nope
not even doing uttanasana

oooh a pint shelf - could be handy i guess?

Malenko · 5 May 2006 at 11:57

PaulStat said:
On the upside i can use it as shelf for my pint glass

Now that HAS to be a bonus.

I've tried using my girlfriends cleavage as a convenient pint holder.... Swiftly resulting in a meaty slap t'chops

Sparky__H · 5 May 2006 at 11:58

Malenko said:
Now that HAS to be a bonus.

I've tried using my girlfriends cleavage as a convenient pint holder.... Swiftly resulting in a meaty slap t'chops

Good thing you didn’t use a bud-Ice straight out of the freezer….I don’t recommend it personally.

Malenko · 5 May 2006 at 12:01

oooh, now that would have been painful (for me)

Kell_ee001 · 5 May 2006 at 12:03

Malenko said:
.... Swiftly resulting in a meaty slap t'chops

And rightly so!

Davey_Pitch · 5 May 2006 at 12:04

Sparky__H said:
Start doing sit-ups and cut out the beer to social occasions only....

Butter Ball

What do sit-ups have to do with losing weight around the belly?

Malenko · 5 May 2006 at 12:05

Kell_ee001 said:
And rightly so!

Indeed

It had to be tried though

semi-pro waster · 5 May 2006 at 12:11

Davey_Pitch said:
What do sit-ups have to do with losing weight around the belly?

Nada as I understand it, cardio is all that would help but potentially if anything you may increase your belly by doing sit-ups because the muscles if previously unworked may grow albeit you are unlikely to notice much difference.

goldilocks said:
not even doing uttanasana

Sorry I'm unfamiliar with this term, is it yoga or something?

And in response to the original question no I don't get out of breath tying my shoelaces, I'd be a little worried if I did however.

Davey_Pitch · 5 May 2006 at 12:15

semi-pro waster said:
Nada as I understand it, cardio is all that would help but potentially if anything you may increase your belly by doing sit-ups because the muscles if previously unworked may grow albeit you are unlikely to notice much difference.

Correct. You'd be working the muscles and increasing their strength, but until the fat is stripped away via cardio work you won't ever see the result of the sit-ups. It's impossible to spot reduce fat without surgery.

Sparky__H · 5 May 2006 at 12:15

Who said anything about losing weight?

I’m trying to give him a heart attack

noginn · 5 May 2006 at 12:29

Davey_Pitch said:
Correct. You'd be working the muscles and increasing their strength, but until the fat is stripped away via cardio work you won't ever see the result of the sit-ups. It's impossible to spot reduce fat without surgery.

Although they aren't useless. It's still a form of exercise afterall, a start for a lot of people atleast.

Davey_Pitch · 5 May 2006 at 12:32

noginn said:
Although they aren't useless. It's still a form of exercise afterall, a start for a lot of people atleast.

Indeed, but it's not the most effective way to lose weight, which was my point