No matter how much you want to believe it, doing thousands of crunches or sit-ups is not going to take off any inches from your waist or fat from your abdominal.
The reason that sit ups are not an effective abdominal exercises is that any small change in the posture can shift the focus from your stomach and onto your hips or back. Back Strain is the major risk that most of the people will face when doing abdominal exercises in a improper position. If your back was hurt, you are actually using your spine to pull your body, which was no good to your stomach.
A study done at the Biomechanics Lab at San Diego State University had looked at a variety of common abdominal exercises in order to determine the best abdominal exercises and what really works to strengthen abdominal.
Full Study Results are as follow :
Best to worst exercises for strengthening the rectus abdominus:
1. Bicycle maneuver
2. Captain's chair
3. Crunches on exercise ball
4. Vertical leg crunch
5. Torso Track
6. Long arm crunch
7. Reverse crunch
8. Crunch with heel push
9. Ab Roller
10. Hover
11. Traditional crunch
12. Exercise tubing pull
13. Ab Rocker
Best to worst exercises for strengthening the obliques:
1. Captain’s chair
2. Bicycle maneuver
3. Reverse crunch
4. Hover
5. Vertical leg crunch
6. Crunch on exercise ball
7. Torso Track
8. Crunch with heel push
9. Long arm crunch
10. Ab Roller
11. Traditional crunch
12. Exercise tubing pull
13. Ab Rocker
Bear in mind that to achieve great abs and flat stomach, takes more than just exercise, you need proper nutrition and a well-balanced exercise routine.
In a nutshell, the 3 keys to great abs are :
1. Fat loss through fat loss nutrition
2. Fat loss through interval training
3. Ab strength through efficient and effective exercises
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Effective Abdominal Exercise
Posted by Marcus at 1:15 AM
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