The Right Article-Formatnewsletter-Format Article for Newsletter

You Are Here: Home Page » Formatnewsletter » Format Article for Newsletter

Newsletter Article

Here is Finding The Best Abdominal Exercise for Your Ab Workouts formatted for a newsletter with 65 characters per line.

Return to Finding The Best Abdominal Exercise for Your Ab Workouts

Finding The Best Abdominal Exercise for Your Ab Workouts

by Inniss

Since I am a personal trainer, I am often asked... What is the
Best Abdominal Exercise?

And my answer is often it depends on the goal.

Now, I know most people want to know what is the best abdominal
exercise to get rid of fat on their stomach, but unfortunately ab
exercises by themselves do very little to help you get rid of
stomach fat.

This is known as the spot reduction myth.  Because of the
powerful marketing companies, consumers continually think that
they can work a spot on their body and magically melt fat away
from that spot, but that is not how the body works.

Abdominal Exercises are useful for supporting good posture,
preventing lower back pain, and improving function and sports
performance.  Abdominal Exercises are not good for spot reduction
of belly fat.

Okay, back to the best abdominal exercise.

There was a study done called finding the safest abdominal
challenge measuring work to compression ratio.  This study looked
at 9 ab exercises and compared the muscle work in the abs to the
pressure in the lower back during each exercise.

According to this study, the exercise that worked the abdominal
muscles the hardest while putting the least pressure on the lower
back was crunches with the feet on a bench or ball.  When the
feet are lifted it takes away some of the arch in the lower back
and takes some pressure off the joints.

In addition, the exercise that worked the abdominal muscles the
hardest also put the most pressure on the lower back and that
exercise was double hanging leg raises.

To determine which exercise is the best you must take into
consideration the fitness goal.  For example if someone has a
slightly achy lower back, crunches with the feet up may be the
best abdominal exercise because it works the abs really hard but
does not put a ton of pressure on the lower back.

However, if you are an athlete looking for serious core
strength, double hanging leg raises might be the best abdominal
exercise for you.

And what about the oblique muscles. The external and internal
oblique muscles actually work really hard when you move forwards,
like in crunches or sit ups, but in order to maximize the muscle
work in the obliques you must incorporate twisting, rotation, or
side bending.

So if you wanted to find the best exercise to strengthen the
obliques you might do side planks, bicycle crunches, or oblique
crunches.

Nearly all exercises have a benefit, so the most important thing
is to be active and exercise.  The best exercise for you may be
the one that you like the most because you can consistently do
it.

Whatever ab exercise you choose, keep good form and stay
consistent!

Dr. Charles A. Inniss, Jr. is a physical therapist and personal
trainer.

Click the link to his website for free pictures and descriptions
of more than <a
href="http://www.Ab-Core-and-Stomach-Exercises.com/abdominal-exercises.html">50
ab exercises</a>

Syndicated by The Right Article - www.therightarticle.com