The Washboard Abs Scam Copyright (c) 2008 Craig Pepin Donat
Often you want to have more time to devote to exercise? Believe me, you're not alone. The number one reason people say they do not exercise is due to a lack of time. With people working long hours during the work week, with family commitments, more readers go to work, we often put last.
But can we really see the fitness results in "five minutes a day," the equipment of the way home exercise infomercials promise? Remember this: If it sounds too good to be true, it is. These products provide consumers with promises hope for "rapid weight loss" and "abs million." consumers abandon their efforts altogether when fitness products are harder to use than expected, or if they do not see the results they thought they saw.
Ab Exercisers worst of the worst of the bunch when it comes to the "thinner in just five minutes a day" scams are those who call themselves exercisers AB. The problem? Spot reduction does not work. The exercises can help tone and build your muscles, but if your abs are strong beautifully hidden under layers of fat, no one will see the results!
We are not saying ab-same exercises are bad. We say that these exercises is not enough to make you six-pack abs. Not even crunches will give you results, but at least undertaker does not cost money, the more they take no room in your closet!
In a study by the Biomechanics Lab at San Diego State University and funded by the ACE (American Council on Exercise), ab exercisers many infomercials have been considered no more effective or only slightly more effective than traditional crunches. Other equipment AB does not require a study to support that this will not live up to its claims. Just why is common sense. A NASA scientist has no need to sit in a tin can to know that will not fly his ass to the moon.
Here are some of AB exercisers who do not live up to their fervor and false promises.
Ab Lounge XL - The Ab Lounge XL claims to "tighten your abs and upper, lower abs and obliques faster than you ever thought possible." The product looks like a folding chair, and infomercials show people effortlessly toggle back and forth in his chair. Momentum does most of the work. The manufacturers claim that the AB Lounge XL works because it allows a greater range of motion, keeping your abs work longer . But more than anything? And is it important? Research shows that cracks are most effective when completed on a range of over 30 degrees. By putting in your living room, it will most likely be used as a chair long instead of as an exerciser. Save your money, not cracking on a mat, and buy a La-Z-Boy chair if you want a booster. Torso Track - Once again, this product promises results in five minutes per day, be very skeptical about these claims. The user kneels on the knee and attached slides back and forth in the performance of ABS, arms, shoulders and back in a one motion. According to the study of the ECA, the track torso seemed to be slightly more effective than traditional crunches. However, the study reports, "The benefit of training is probably offset by lower back discomfort reported by a large number of subjects while using the path of the torso. "If it hurts, you're hurting! (I do not want to burn that comes from muscles that work hard ... I mean the pain caused by straining and shoot in awkward positions.) website claims this exerciser stores conveniently under the bed ... and that is where it should stay.
Ab Rocker - In two separate studies, ACE, Ab Rocker, perhaps worst of the bunch, has been shown that 80 per cent less efficient than crunches. Why bother spending money on an exercise which is only a fifth of something more effective you can do for free? The most users.
Posted on January 9, 2010.
