Shrink stubborn belly fat without getting on the floor or turning to gym machines.<\/p>\n
Everyone has their go-to workout plan, and many people head to the gym. Although the treadmill remains the most popular machine used, 26.6% of gym members turn to resistance machines<\/a>, according to the 2025 US Health & Fitness Consumer Report: Expanded Insights<\/a>. Gym machines can be productive when your goal is to slim down your midsection<\/a>. For instance, cardio equipment<\/a> is stellar for burning calories<\/a>, while core machines are a great choice to firm the muscles in your midsection.<\/p>\n But we spoke with Jacob Siwicki<\/b>, founder and head coach of Siwicki Fitness<\/a>, NCSF and AFAA certified, former top 1% globally ranked Equinox group fitness instructor (2019), Dartmouth economics graduate and former Dartmouth football player, fitness expert on FOX 5 DC, ranked #1 personal trainer in D.C. in 2021, to learn something even better. Siwicki shares four standing exercises<\/a> that can help flatten your stomach even faster than gym machine workouts after 60.<\/p>\n \u201cMost adults over 60 just don\u2019t want to get down on the floor, and a lot of them physically can\u2019t get up and down easily. So, when their core workout requires lying down on a mat, they skip it,\u201d Siwicki tells us. \u201cStanding work takes that whole barrier away, which means people actually do the workout. And wrist pain and shoulder pain and neck pain are the top reasons our members tell us they bail on floor-based core work anyway, so going upright eliminates all of that. Then, on top of everything else, the muscles that matter most for daily life after 60\u2014the glutes, the deep core, and the postural muscles<\/a>\u2014already work together in standing positions, not when you\u2019re lying down.\u201d6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e<\/p>\n Every rep reinforces your posture and balance, which directly translates to not falling\u2014which is truly essential after 60. Below are four stellar moves to add to your workouts.<\/p>\n \u201cI chose movements that stay entirely upright because, after 60, the core\u2019s real job is not to crunch your ribs toward your hips. Its real job is to keep your spine stable while you stand, while you walk, while you carry things around all day,\u201d Siwicki stresses. \u201cStanding work trains the whole chain the way real life actually uses it, and you pick up the glute and posture benefits automatically. A floor crunch is never going to give you that.\u201d<\/p>\n \tSuitcase Carry<\/p>\n \u201cThis exercise trains the obliques and the quadratus lumborum under the same kind of load as a heavy bag of groceries,\u201d Siwicki says.<\/p>\n\n