30 years ago, sit ups were the # 1 stomach exercise, but in recent years crunches have replaced sit ups as the most
popular ab exercise.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin found that this ab workout activated ab muscles better than other
popular ab exercises, including ab workouts involving ab equipment.
popular ab exercises that DO N'T work.
Not exact matches
In fact, many
popular «
ab exercises» may put your spine health at risk.
Doing crunches until you can't stand up straight anymore is not the optimal way to tone your waist, nor are the most
popular abs - focused
exercises that usually fail to target all muscles that comprise the core and train them in a functional way.
The main reason for this is because the most
popular exercises are normally upper
ab exercises like the crunch.
Eager and ready, I signed up for one of the uber -
popular Ab Crusher fitness classes in town with hopes that I'd find new, innovative, and unique
exercises that would demand a different relationship to my core.The class was full of just about every version of planks, crunches, and hollow body
exercises that utilized various weighted and stability equipment.
All of these fat stripping
exercises, plugged into my sure fire training & nutrition system for reducing body fat, are featured in my internationally
popular book, The Truth about Six Pack
Abs.
The Vertical Knee Raise — one of the most effective
exercises for rectus abdominal and one of the most
popular in the
ABS workout.
Besides crunches and sit ups, various leg raises are among the most
popular and done
exercises for the
abs.
Ab exercises on a stability ball are becoming just as
popular and regular sit ups and crunches on the floor.
This old faithful has been discarded in recent years for crunches which are now the most
popular basic
exercise for the
abs, however, I feel the sit up still has a place in any training routine as the coordination necessary to do them correctly is a great way to focus the mind on working the
abs and they are also a good
exercise to prepare for the more advanced core
exercises.