Forget those lengthy cardio sessions; instead, try these four bed exercises recommended by a certified personal trainer to tone your lower belly after turning 60.

As we age, shedding lower belly fat becomes challenging, not due to a lack of effort, but because conventional methods often miss the mark. Extended cardio workouts may burn calories, but they typically don’t engage the deep core muscles necessary for firming the lower abdomen. Without engaging these muscles, the belly remains soft, regardless of the miles you rack up.

Exercise routines performed on the bed offer a different approach. The stability of the bed reduces strain on the spine and allows for greater control over breathing, pelvic alignment, and muscle tension. This control is crucial after 60 when engaging the deep core is more important than high-intensity workouts. Instead of depleting your energy, these exercises help reeducate the abdominal muscles on how to function effectively.

These four bed exercises focus on creating slow tension, coordinating breathing, and maintaining pelvic stability. By practicing them consistently, you can enhance your lower belly’s firmness by reestablishing muscle tone from within—an outcome that traditional steady-state cardio rarely achieves at this stage in life.

These four-bed exercises emphasize slow tension, breathing coordination, and pelvic control. Performed consistently, they flatten the lower belly by restoring muscular tone from the inside out, something steady-state cardio rarely accomplishes at this stage of life.