Abs - Archives

• 4 Secrets To A Flat Stomach
  Do you want a flat stomach? I don't know a person who doesn't!
  Author: Jesse Cannone - Date: May 21, 2006



• 6 Second Abs for the best results for your ab crunches
  6 Second Abs is not a workout routine, it is a registered, patented name of a specific piece of fitness equipment made to produce healthy abs for your body using their exercise routines and diet program. Following the guidelines of the 6 Second Abs recommendations for calorie intake and a 30-minute exercise workout routine, you will achieve this muscle building result.
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: September 18, 2005



• American Council on Ab Exercise (ACE)-sponsored Study Reveals Best and Worst
  Americans are tired of empty promises when it comes to turning flabby tummies into stronger, flatter, leaner abdominals. For those willing to put a little effort into their workout, a new study sponsored by the American Council on Exercise (ACE)the workout watchdog reveals the best and worst methods for getting definite results.
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: August 3, 2005



• CORE CONDITIONING TRAINING TAKES CENTER STAGE - Abdominal Exercises
  "Training for function versus fashion" is how one fitness professional describes core conditioning, an exercise program that is one of the fitness industry's hottest trends. Yet, many health and fitness experts consider core training more than just a passing fad and view it as an important step toward responsible and practical training.

  "The core is the body's center of power. Regular conditioning of the core muscles is vital for preventing injuries, correcting posture and ensuring more efficient and functional movement patterns," Amanda Vogel, MA, writes in the article "Core Conditioning Takes Center Stage" contained in the March 2001 issue of IDEA Health & Fitness Source. And, Vogel suggests, "fitness professionals who want to help clients prevent or recover from musculoskeletal injuries should begin with core conditioning."

  "Although there is no one definition of core conditioning," Vogel states, "most experts agree that core training involves integration and coordination of movement and stability in the entire body," and she cites Kate Grace, a physical therapist in San Diego, as saying that core conditioning "is a combination of strength, balance, agility and flexibility of the muscles that control the trunk and spine." While John Blievernicht, a kinesiotherapist in Flagstaff, Arizona, describes conditioning the core as "training the muscles around the pelvis, spine and skull for strength and coordination." Maureen Hagan, the 1998 IDEA Program Director of the Year who is based in London, Ontario, says, "core conditioning is responsible for stability, from which mobility can then take place."

  "Many fitness consumers, and even some instructors and personal trainers, consider abdominal exercises and core conditioning to be one and the same. Although the abdominals are an integral component of core musculature, true core conditioning is a departure from traditional ab work," Vogel notes. "Typically, abdominal exercises like the crunch focus on strengthening the torso for movement. But people also need to train the core for stabilization, especially in the positions that simulate everyday movement." Linda-Joy Ewart, a physiotherapist in Delta, British Columbia sums up the difference between abdominal training and core conditioning by comparing the respective goals of each format: "Traditional abdominal training focuses on the rectus abdominis for hypertrophy and aesthetics – the ‘six-pack' look. Core training is distinctive from regular abdominal training in that [core training] is all about awareness and activation of the correct muscles for functional movement."

  "Practicing true core conditioning means recognizing that the body functions holistically rather than as isolated parts. Training simply for core strength isn't enough. Proper conditioning of the core must also teach and establish functional movement patterns," Vogel writes. "Teaching core conditioning involves a progression of steps. First, clients must be able to establish and hold neutral posture. Next they must understand and demonstrate proper activation of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles. Then, once they are familiar with these concepts, clients can attempt higher-intensity exercise."
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: August 7, 2005




• Using small controlled movements to stabilise the torso is an essential precursor to safe, effective abdominal exercise
  Pull your tummy button towards your back bone without moving the spine" - now how many times will you have heard that said in a Fitness League exercise class? This very small and subtle movement, taken in all sorts of positions, standing, lying, and sitting strengthens your transverse abdominis, the deepest layer of abdominal muscle, which plays a particularly important part in stabilising the spine. Another way of describing the action is to imagine that you have a band of muscle between your hip bones which you tighten. Nowadays the muscle tends not to be used so much because we spend a lot of time sitting down. We move around so little that our flexibility decreases and this puts a strain on the lower back.
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: August 14, 2005



• Ab rollers – Roll those rolls away!
  Worried about those extra few pounds sitting around your waist? Ab workouts can get you going toward flattening your stomach. Stomach flattening exercises such as crunches can be dangerous for you neck and back if you’re not doing them correctly. Ab rollers with the right ab workouts can make your stomach flattening exercises safe and effective. The best ab rollers will ensure your safety and will make your ab workouts as comfortable as possible.
  Author: Christina Kirkley - Date: July 4, 2002



• Excellent choices in abdominal exercise equipment
  There is quite a range in abdominal exercise equipment and abdominal workout machines on the market today. Abdominal exercise equipment comes in a few different forms. Abdominal workout machines include ab rollers, ab wheels (or ab sliders), bigger ab machines, and even electronic ab belts.
  Author: Christina Kirkley - Date: July 4, 2002



• Ab exercises can be done in various ways
  Understanding the purpose of ab exercises is the first step. Defining how fully developed you want to become will determine the type of ab exercises you will do. Once you know these then you can define your workout program.
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: December 25, 2001



• Learn the correct procedure for abdominal exercises
  Simple abdominal exercises do not require specific equipment however many home systems can be used for this. With or without equipment it is important to do your abdominal exercises correctly.
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: December 25, 2001



• Stomach exercises should be a part of every fitness program
  The stomach is such an important part of our body that we should take very good care of it by doing regular stomach exercises. Of all the different parts of our body that we choose to look after properly the stomach exercises should have priority. After all, eating is a sensation we all enjoy and an unhealthy stomach would diminish this.
  Author: Daryl Marples - Date: December 25, 2001