Ask the experts...does sucking in your gut damage your internal organs?

**seeandsee** · 07-31-2009, 06:33 AM

i drink coke :D

**Jim_Gunn** · 07-31-2009, 06:44 AM

The abdominal muscles can only contract so far, and the small amount of force and pressure is unlikely to cause internal injuries even to someone with a substantial belly. Some people, including myself, do these exercises called "stomach vacuums", which is essentially just that- sucking in your gut by trying to pull your belly button in towards your spine. It just trains those muscles slightly to strengthen one's core. It is supposed to strengthen those muscles a little, but frankly, I think that the positive is mostly psychological in my opinion, since the little bit of exercise this entails makes one more aware of one's mid-section and in tune with one's own core muscles, more than actually making them much stronger.

**Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE** · 07-31-2009, 06:57 AM

Originally posted by seeandsee

i drink coke :D

I snort coke

**Phoenix** · 07-31-2009, 07:04 AM

Originally posted by Jim_Gunn

The abdominal muscles can only contract so far, and the small amount of force and pressure is unlikely to cause internal injuries even to someone with a substantial belly. Some people, including myself, do these exercises called "stomach vacuums", which is essentially just that- sucking in your gut by trying to pull your belly button in towards your spine. It just trains those muscles slightly to strengthen one's core. It is supposed to strengthen those muscles a little, but frankly, I think that the positive is mostly psychological in my opinion, since the little bit of exercise this entails makes one more aware of one's mid-section and in tune with one's own core muscles, more than actually making them much stronger.

cool....im thinking aloud here but i still wonder if someone who is in shape is safer then a person with an extra 20lbs of gut fat

it seems like you are cramming more volume into the same space...so things have to move

whilst a person with almost no fat...has more free volume to play with in the first place

**~Ray** · 07-31-2009, 08:28 AM

only if you have a belly full of Chinese throwing stars

**Choopa Phil** · 07-31-2009, 08:36 AM

no it doesnt youll be fine

Ask the experts...does sucking in your gut damage your internal organs?

Ask the experts...does sucking in your gut damage your internal organs?

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