Many friends complained of a little "baby pooch" that wouldn't go away after a pregnancy (and some of us had the pooch before we got pregnant!). I hadn't really thought much about it until I read about the following two exercises.
1) One of the single most effective exercises you can use to flatten your stomach completely is called the ab vacuum (Tuppler technique). It basically involves you laying flat on your back and sucking your bellybutton in toward your spine while lifting your head. Hold that contraction for 10 seconds or more, while breathing. This exercises your transverse abdominals that really are overlooked by most of the traditional crunches, lower ab exercises, and oblique crunches.
2) Reverse crunches. Reverse crunches squeeze that lower/middle problem area. Lay flat on your back on the floor. Lift legs into the air and bend knees slightly. Pull knees down to chest while rolling hips/rear off the floor. SQUEEZE as you press kneecaps into chest. Bring you legs halfway down and repeat until you're burning. Make sure your back is flat on the floor at all times or you won't feel a thing. It should be a slow, smooth contraction.
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