Looking Fit—It’s all About Proportion

Not all women know that in the rush to achieve the desired “60” from the “90-60-90” ratio it is not necessary to exercise the abdominal muscles or the lower part of the back. It’s not even necessary to go on strict, exhausting diets.

The thing is, a beautiful body is a subjective evaluation of other people. So it is not necessary to match the proportion of 90-60-90 to have a beautiful

The proportion of 95-65-95 will be perceived equally well. So if your waist is 65 and cannot get any thinner, try to enlarge your back. It will not become as broad and big as a man’s (not enough male hormones), but a straight and a little bit broader back will stress the thinness of the waist. This way body development has a certain advantage: it preserves the volume of the breasts which usually get smaller during intensive weight loss.

Pulling a dumbbell in a lean, forward position is an effective exercise in this case. You will need a dumbbell that is heavy enough to cause a dull burning feeling in the muscles by the eighth or twelfth repetition.

Assume the initial position: put your right leg forward and place your right hand on it (make sure that when the step is made by the right leg the right hand is on the knee, and then vice versa). Put your left arm, which is holding the dumbbell, down by your side and try to stretch your muscles a little bit (Photo 1).

Photo 1

Exhale and then while inhaling, put your shoulder blades together by slightly pulling the straightened arm toward yourself. Then, while pulling the arm, slowly bend the elbow until the dumbbell is close to, but not touching, your waist (Photo 2).

Photo 2

While exhaling, return your arm to the initial position. Do 8-12 repetitions for the left arm. Then do the same thing with the right arm, changing the position of your legs. Do two to three sets for each arm, resting momentarily between sets. It is well known that the effectiveness of any exercise depends on the precision of the technique. Hence, try to avoid these common mistakes (Photo 3):

• do not “switch off” the elbow working in the lower position; do not arc the back; avoid large swinging amplitude because this exercise is made by inertia; do not move the elbow laterally from the body.

Photo 3

And remember that in order to achieve the result you want, you should be diligent in your workouts and maintain a lot of patience.