{"id":304655,"date":"2026-02-27T09:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:49:12","slug":"does-your-belly-look-like-jelly-fitness-coach-explains-why-male-workouts-dont-work-for-women-and-how-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304655\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your belly look like jelly? Fitness coach explains why \u2018male\u2019 workouts don\u2019t work for women and how to fix it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">Belly fat is the biggest concern for many women when they begin their weight-loss journey \u2013 restricting calories in their diet, working out regularly, and even practising healthy lifestyle habits. You may have been working out for many years, yet your belly may still have some loose fat.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jelly_belly_1772098208754_1772098214701.jpg\" alt=\"According to fitness coach Zarina Manaenkova, to get rid of a flabby tummy, focus on pressure regulation and fluid flow. (Freepik)\" title=\"According to fitness coach Zarina Manaenkova, to get rid of a flabby tummy, focus on pressure regulation and fluid flow. (Freepik)\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>According to fitness coach Zarina Manaenkova, to get rid of a flabby tummy, focus on pressure regulation and fluid flow. (Freepik)<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">While that is completely okay if you are healthy and don&#8217;t have any visceral fat. However, if you are someone who wants toned abs, then working on your core may help you out. According to fitness coach Zarina Manaenkova, to get rid of a flabby tummy, focus on pressure regulation and fluid flow.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it hard to get rid of the \u2018jelly belly\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU8TA6kkyjE\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"post\">post <\/a>shared on February 19, Zarina explained that women&#8217;s bodies are a system of arches and cavities that work through pressure regulation and fluid flow. She stressed that when we restore that the jelly belly disappears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Explaining the reason for having a \u2018jelly belly\u2019, the fitness coach noted that women train at the gym for years and follow calorie-deficient diets, but their jelly belly is still there. She added that male trainers often tell women they need to do crunches and planks (five minutes of planking in a row) to get rid of loose fat, but it doesn&#8217;t help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Why? Zarina reasoned that they are forgetting about one main component: \u201cYour deep frontal line, your pelvic core muscles, and your deep core muscles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How to get rid of \u2018jelly belly\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The fitness coach then showed the right way to engage these core muscles without any gym or special equipment. She suggested using the sofa in your home, or even a chair is okay, to do this exercise that will tone your core.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">\u201cI have my sofa, and so do you. Now you&#8217;re going to move. You have your beautiful spine, your lower body, and your upper body. We&#8217;re going to engage everything here. Push yourself away from the sofa and move one of your legs, as if you&#8217;re trying to touch your forehead with your knee while pointing your toes, and then back. You&#8217;re extending your spine and pointing your heel,\u201d she instructed, explaining the movement you need to practise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">According to her, while doing the routine, one also needs to regulate their breathing, inhaling and exhaling with each move. She also suggested doing this move on each side 10 times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">This report is based on user-generated content from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belly fat is the biggest concern for many women when they begin their weight-loss journey \u2013 restricting calories&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4768,86543,565,134,166782,111,139,69,166783,2228],"class_list":{"0":"post-304655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-belly-fat","9":"tag-core-muscles","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-jelly-belly","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-toned-abs","17":"tag-weight-loss-journey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}