How to Get Flat Abs Doing TVA Exercises

Your TVA (or Transverse Abdominus) muscles holds the key to getting the flat abs (or flat stomach) you want. Read the steps below to learn how to locate your TVA muscles and then how to exercise them to get flat abs fast.

Steps

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    Place one of your fingers on your belly button.
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    Without taking in a deep breath. Try to move your belly button inward as far away from your finger as you can. (Basically all you're doing is holding in your stomach while breathing normally).
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    Hold your belly button in for 5 seconds working your way up to a minute or...
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    Instead of increasing the time... You can try to draw in your belly button further away from your finger.
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    Watch this video to get a better idea of how to do TVA exercises to make your abs flat.
    • There's also an even faster way to get flat abs using a piece of string to exercise your TVA muscles by...
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    Placing one of your fingers on your belly button and then... Without taking in a deep breath. Move your belly button inward just a little bit from your finger.
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    Tie a piece of string (or rope) not too tightly around your midsection.
    • Every time you relax your TVA muscles... the rope will tighten up around your waist reminding you to tighten (pull in) your TVA muscles.
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    You can do this exercise all day long if you want to. You can do it at work, home, or at the mall... It doesn't matter and people won't know you're exercising because they won't see the rope tied around your belly under your shirt
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    Keep moving your belly button in a little further each day to make the exercise tougher and your abs flatter and...
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Warnings

  • Try to breathe normally (DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH) while doing TVA exercises so - It may take time before you get used to doing this TVA exercise the right way.
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  • DO NOT suck in or breathe in deeply while doing your TVA exercises because you have to remember... You want your TVA muscles doing all the work and...
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Things You'll Need

  • Piece of rope or string for the second TVA exercise mentioned

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Updated: November 5, 2020
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Categories: Abdominal Exercises
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