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If you’re having a hard time getting your abs to come in, make sure you’re not passing by the squat rack on your way to the exercise mat to do countless crunches. Squats and deadlifts essentially work your abs just as well (if not more) than standard crunches. If you’re looking for a solid ab routine to supplement into your workout, try this one from Men’s Fitness.com. It’s basic and you can do it on your off days. Filed under: Workout programs and Specific workouts and Abs and Xternal Fitness and Xternal Furci Comments: None |
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The best way to lose weight is to do cardio, right? Wrong! Bullz-Eye.com’s Mike Furci debunks common fitness myths, including whether or not eating a diet high in protein is unhealthy for your liver and kidneys. Click here to check out Mike’s Fitness Myth Busters column. Filed under: General fitness and Weight training and General training and Bodybuilding and Power lifting and Abs and Nutrition and Diets and Supplements and Sports Health and Fitness and Protein Comments: None |
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Unstable Surface Training (UST) has moved from being used almost exclusively in rehabilitation to becoming common place among personal trainers and strength coaches. One can’t go to a gym and not see somebody training on a Bosu ball, stability ball, wobble board or foam pad. It’s so popular entire books have been written on this type of training. But do not be fooled by its popularity. UST is not popular because it works, but because of a tremendous media campaign. The fitness industry is always looking for something new. They know here’s huge money in marketing a piece of equipment and/or workout program. Performing exercises on unstable equipment can be challenging no doubt, but research has not shown that the type of balance, and core stability developed through UST will transfer to any sports skill. Performing exercises on unstable equipment will make an individual proficient at performing resistance exercises on unstable surfaces but will not improve sports performance. Is UST training even necessary? Researchers from Appalachian State University compared trunk muscle activity during stability ball and free weight exercises. The stability ball exercises utilized were the quadruped, pelvic thrust and ball back extensions. The free weight exercises were the squat (SQ) and deadlift (DL). During all exercises muscle activity was collected using electromyography (EMG). During the study trunk muscle activity during SQ and DL’s was equal to or greater than which was produced during stability ball exercises. This was true even when 50% of the 1 rep max was used during SQ and DL. The role of UST is again shown to be in question. Filed under: Weight training and General training and Bodybuilding and Power lifting and Abs Comments: None |
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Tons of people waste their money on expensive abdominal equipment every year, not knowing that some of the most effective AB exercises can be done without the aid of any fancy, high-priced machines. According to several online sources, the bicycle maneuver is the most efficient ab exercise that we can do, because instead of only targeting one group of muscle, it can hit the entire abdominal family. How to do the bicycle maneuver: Lie flat on the floor with your lower back pressed to the ground. Put your hands beside your head. Bring your knees up to about a 45-degree angle and slowly go through a bicycle pedal motion. Touch your left elbow to your right knee, then your right elbow to your left knee. Breathe evenly throughout the exercise. |
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After sifting through a magazine about a month ago, I came across an abdominal exercise that I hadn’t done for awhile: the hanging leg raise. For about three weeks now, I’ve done the hanging leg raise at the end of my workouts, every few days. It has done wonders for me, not only targeting my lower abs, but also working my entire midsection. A bonus is that it has also helped me with my grip, which is obviously used in other exercises. While this exercise is great for strengthen your midsection, don’t forget that abs aren’t made in the gym; they’re made in the kitchen. Like Mike Furci always says: Working your abs is not the key to attaining abs. Filed under: General training and Specific workouts and Abs and Xternal Fitness and Xternal Furci Comments: 1 Comment |
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Let me start by saying, “there is no such thing as spot reduction”. In fact, it’s so important let me repeat it,”THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SPOT REDUCTION”! Now that you know a scientific fact, look at what you’re doing in order to get a wasboard set of abs. Many of you work your abs 3 - 4 days per week while some of you work them everyday. I would like to put an end to this craziness once and for all. The key to a washboard set of abs is diet. Without adjusting your diet, you can do abs until your blue in the face and it wont make a bit of difference.
So, if working your abs has nothing to do with a lean midsection, why should we work abs? You should work your abs for functional strength and injury prevention. A strong set of abs is the best prescription for a healthy back. However, working the abdominals only is not effective. You need to use exercises that target the entire core. In short the core consists of abdominals, obliques, hips and low back |
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Testing by Casey. This can be edited/deleted anytime, by whoever is working on this. Category pages were not showing up until I associated a post with the category. Filed under: Uncategorized and Exercise and General fitness and Workout programs and Endurance and Running and Swimming and Men's Health and Wellness and Weight training and General training and Bodybuilding and Power lifting and Specific workouts and Abs and Arms and Back and Chest and Legs and Neck and Nutrition and Cholesterol and Diets and Food preparation and Foods products and Supplements and Vitamins/Minerals and Fatty acids and Testosterone boosters and Creatine and Glutamine and Ephedra and Fat burners and Medical Issues for Men and Sexual Health and Hormone replacement and Heart disease and Prostate health and Hair loss and Equipment and Gear and Book Reviews and Sports Health and Fitness and Anti-Aging and Interviews and Magazine Hype and Cool quotes Comments: None |