How can we make the paunch go away? There comes a time in everybody's life when the tummy falls out or the belly becomes so big that you just cannot hide it anymore. Well, If not everybody's life, at least those who have the tendency of putting on weight.

A paunch or big belly generally is the most toughest to reduce and can sometimes require heavy concentrated workouts for it to reduce. However, most of the times, when people get a paunch or big belly, they tend to jump into some abdominal exercises that they must have read in some Health magazine or newspaper which talks about reducing it within few weeks.

Such a drastic jump into such exercises might be dangerous to your health. The area of the body that is at risk is your Lower Back. When a person develops big belly or paunch, much stress is put on the back. This happens because an over weight person tends to maintain a wrong posture, generally curved towards front, thus putting entire pressure of upper body on lower back.

It is very important that sudden shocks to the body might lead to severe problems. Especially with a weak back, if you start doing the upper and lower abdomen crunches that you read somewhere, there are high chances of causing damage to your back. Its rather better to take time in reducing your belly than cause damage to your back.

Always start your belly exercises by first strengthening your lower back. Stomach crunches can wait until your back is strong. There are several back exercises that can be done within few minutes which you can find on various health sites.

A proper regular schedule of exercise, particularly low intensity could have great positive affect on your health. Just remember, Slow and Steady wins the race!