tummy muscles

If laughing helps to tone tummy muscles I should have very firm ones. I have been known to have a good and lasting guffah. Crunches is what you need. Many, many crunches. There are several different kinds and all those help with a different area. So much fun. I recall the sore muscles too. There were alot of those.

I'm sure that laughing WORKS the stomach muscles, but I think one would have to do an awful lot of laughing to get any TONING benefits. Yes, that is a nice dream that laughing can tone us up instead of all that exercise, but alas, I think we have to stick with the tried and true ways. 500 situps, 500 crunches, 30 minutes of TaeBo...hey, no pain, no gain ; ) Or in this case, no TONE.

There is no doubt a good belly-laugh is good for the stomach muscles, but what is much better is exercise. One that I like is done by lying on the floor, flat on your back and lifting your legs. Do this every day working up to 15 or 20 lifts and your stomach will be so strong and tight you will be very proud!

I know that when I laugh a lot, I can feel the stomach muscles contract. But I'm pretty sure one would have to laugh A LOT to see any real results. Side note, I've had bronchitis for over a week now. I cough really hard and often. My stomach muscles are VERY sore every day from the coughing. But I don't see any change. No tight abs or weight loss. I know something is happening cuz it hurts but I think working out would give me better results! When I'm better that is!

It seems logical. I found this site, they speak about a "laughter therapy" which is good also for your skin tone: http://www.3fatchicks.com/how-laughter-therapy-improves-skin-tone/ And I believe that laughing has many useful effects on our health.

I believe that laughing can help tighten stomach muscles but good ole exercising is going to be the best. Laughing is also good for our face muscles. Let's dream but keep on laughing cause we know that laughing is healthy for us in many ways.

Yes, that is true. You think about it and is makes sense. When you laugh, your stomach muscles move, and tighten.

If there's still no site that can prove that, in my opinion, it is true. That's because every time I laugh hard, I always feel a tightening feeling around my tummy, it feels like I just did 50 sit ups straight, that kind of feeling. So I think it's true.

I don't know how true this is but, I DO know that I've laughed so hard in the past that my stomach hurt SO bad... Like, it wasn't even easy to breath afterwards because my stomach hurt so hard. I don't know if it tones any muscles in the same sense that crunches do, BUT, I do know that laughing for 1 hour equals a 30 minute workout at the gym... So, essentially, you COULD lose weight just by watching comedies all day! ;-)

I wish I could find something that motivates me to tone my belly muscles. I start and stop, and then I start and again stop..lazy vandy. :)

Like you, I haven't come across a definitive article or study about the benefits of laughing to tummy muscles. I suppose laughing affects our whole well-being. For one, laughing and smiling really affects our state of mind. I can feel my tummy contracting when I'm laughing so I guess it can work out the muscles around our belly. But I doubt laughing alone can give us our dream body weight... Let's just say, to get our desired weight, we need to eat right, exercise regularly, and keep good company to keep us smiling and laughing!

I dont know about anything about muscles but I can say laughing is a good medicine to live healthy life. Now most of the people living with tense so some funny events is also necessary.

I actually think I have read where laughing is good for the muscles in the abdomen area, but I wouldn't necessarily count on just laughing to give you a toned stomach. It's been said for many years that 'laughter is good medicine' and I do think most of us feel better after having a good laugh. So I would certainly encourage anyone to view laughter as a good and healthful thing. I know there's been difficult periods in my life and I deliberately read some funny stories and jokes to try and bring my mood up if even for a few minutes. Life is difficult enough, sometimes you have to lighten up your mood. We can't carry our burdens around 24/7, right?

Laughing causes the tummy muscles to contract and relax as air is pushed from the lung and to the outside. This contraction and relaxation of the stomach muscles usually wares the muscles which makes one uncomfortable to continue laughing at some point. It actually cannot get to the point where the stomach muscles will be toned as you say since you cannot laugh for long.

Really? If that's true, then that may be the reason why I feel like my tummy muscles tightening up whenever I laugh especially when I laugh hard. And old people says we get thinner whenever we laugh too hard.