How To Lose Your Double Chin - Get A Well Defined Jawline With Chin Up Exercises

You too can lose your double chin with this simple but most effective chin-up exercise. A double chin appears when you are overweight and have lost the muscle tone in the front muscles of the neck. A double chin can make you look unattractive and fat, makes you look older and is one of the ugliest features that can so easily be overcome. No need to go under the knife with cosmetic surgery which will only stretch your skin and eventually make your face look like a death mask. Just as you do sit-ups to get rid of an over-sized belly and develop a six-pack, so can you practice the chin-ups to tone your neck muscles and completely eradicate an unsightly double chin.

One of the major attributes for good looks is a clean, well defined jawline. Needless to say that if you are overweight there is more chance of a double chin growing to deface your youthful features than if you keep your weight to a healthy size. But a double chin is not just fat. A double chin is mainly caused by the slacking of muscles at front of the neck. So even for those of you who are a little on the plump side, toning the neck muscles with the chin-ups exercise described below will soon reduce the size of your double chin simply on a localised level. Now let's get started:

1. Lie flat on the floor, on your back , pull up your knees and rest your hands by your sides.
CAUTION: If your neck is uncomfortable, use a small cushion. The back of your neck should be relaxed and as elongated as possible. Your head should rest comfortably without having to bend your neck back.

2. Now focus your attention on your neck. Keep your chin down. When you feel comfortable, take a deep in-breath through the nose.

3. Slowly lift your head off the floor while breathing out through the mouth, and hold it in mid-air. Feels heavy what?

4. When you can no longer hold your head off the floor, gently put yourit down and have a rest.

5 .Now slowly roll the head on the floor as if to say: "no,no..." to fully relax the neck.

6. Do a second Chin-Up, but this time lift your head a little higher as far up as you can while aiming the tip of your chin towards your breast bone, and hold it there for as long as possible without causing too much strain on the neck.

7. Again gently put your head down on the floor and slowly move your neck loose to relax it.

8. Repeat the Chin-Up four or five times only in the beginning. Later, as you get stronger, do as many as you can manage without too much strain on your neck.

9. To finish the Chin-Ups exercise, come up to sitting or standing and release all tension in the neck by doing slow neck rolls.

A final note of warning: You are responsible for your body so don't come back to me moaning about a stiff neck tomorrow because you've overdone it, OK?

BE CAREFUL: Everyone wants to get rid of a double chin but keen beginners tend to overdo it. You must be patient to achieve results. Remember my motto: "No Pain, Just Gain". Chin-Ups are strenuous on the neck so do them slowly, and don't do too many until you feel strong enough.

Important: Fully rest your head and neck on the floor after each repetition, and don't forget to breathe.

10. That's all, keep practicing, good luck with your Chin Ups exercise and let us know in a comment how you are getting on.