How to reduce the double chin with exercises
Popularly known by the name of dewlap, it becomes one of the parts of our face that most tend to worry a good number of people, especially those who take care of their external appearance and worry about their own beauty. In fact, there are many who consider it as an accumulation of unsightly fat.
The double chin is the result of the presence of a subcutaneous fat layer, which tends to hang under the chin, which in turn forms a wrinkle that is more or less perceptible. This appears just below the chin.
What are the causes why the double chin appears?
Fundamentally we can find two main causes that intervene more or less decisively in the appearance of the annoying double chin:
- The aging: mainly due to the loss of firmness of the skin, habitual, normal and very common with the passage of time. Therefore, the jowl affects mainly elderly and elderly people.
- The obesity: the excess of weight is another one of the main causes, when causing the appearance of an accumulation of fat just below the chin.
There is no doubt that aging is one of the most common causes, since the flaccidity of the skin in this area is a common sign of the passage of time, given that the skin of the face loses some elasticity.
Exercises to reduce the double chin
In addition to following a balanced and healthy diet, especially low fat, and maintain a regular practice of daily physical exercise, exercises to reduce the double chin can be especially useful and recommended, given that help tone the muscles of the chin, at the same time that reaffirm the skin.
1. Exercise to tone the muscles under the chin
Sit in a chair, keeping your back straight and stuck to the back of the chair. Keep your mouth shut. With the tongue traces circles in the upper palate, making this movement always following the clockwise direction. Do 4 sets of 10 repetitions, each one of them.
2. Exercise to reduce the double chin
It is an exercise very similar to the previous one. You must sit back in the chair, keeping your back straight and your feet flat on the floor. Sit your head tilted back, looking at the ceiling. The lower lip should take it out a little, forward, and hold this position for 40 seconds, while you notice how the muscles of the neck and the chin stretch. Repeat this exercise 15 times in 3 series.
3. Facial exercise with the lips
Sit upright, standing up, keeping your feet to the same width as your shoulders. Tilt your head back, looking for the ceiling. Now purse your lips, as if you were trying to touch or "kiss" the ceiling. Hold this position for 10 seconds, repeating the exercise 10 times.
4. Exercise to define the cheekbones
Sit up standing in front of a mirror. Smile as much as you can, with your lips tightly closed. While doing this, wrinkle your nose so that the muscles in your cheeks move. Stay like this for 10 seconds. Repeat this exercise 10 times.
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