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  1.  07-02-2005  03:06 AM
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    measuring you waist?


    Strange question, I didn't know where to post it.

    When measuring your waist, are you supposed to flex your abs, relax your abs, or inhale & "suck in" as much as possible?



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    Would like to know the answer to this too... being extremely overweight when I was a kid, I used to suck in my gut all the time, haha. So now, sucking in my gut, while simultaneously flexing my abs, is my natural position.

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    Personally, I "stand at attention" as if I were being yelled at my a drill instructor when I measure.

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    I tense the abs somewhat but I don't intentionally try to suck it in. That's just a head game. Flexing your abs like that will give you a consitant base. The fat around or on then still jiggles.The key is to do it the same way every time.

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    around the navel too. Some of these jokers in the military want to measure your effin hips and call it a waist measurement which kills me especially with my endo hips

  6.  07-09-2005  12:35 PM
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    i just do an honest min relaxed as normal.

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