Edited by Andrea Turri
The abdominals, together with the buttocks, are the most commercial muscles of our body, usually the first for boys and the second for women. In fact, in the gym we often hear the boy asking the instructor to teach him the best exercise to get the infamous "turtle".
Consequently, for some years now, the great "undergrowth" made up of various companies that produce fitness machines has been studying the best way to offer the average public the purchase of the century, taking inspiration from professional equipment or the principles of training methodology. Tricks are implemented to make an exercise (in this case for the abdominals) easy for any person, so here are the various AB King Pro, AB Circle Pro, Bench Pro Evolution, AB Rocket and more. put !! Perfect, if you want to literally throw away your savings, then, just go to any supermarket to take home one of these tools, or with a phone call to the well-known brand that occupies our screens at any time and at the incredible price ( super discounted) of a hundred euros you are comfortably taken home with the attached program to lose weight 5 kg and have a physique sculpted in 7 days ... !!!
Let's step back and analyze these tools:
- Where there is the presence of the bar to rest the arms (AB King Pro), the exercise is very facilitated, but risks becoming an exercise for the Grand Dorsal, Grand Round, therefore for all adductors of the humerus at the expense of the Rectum Abdominal that should be the target muscle;
- Most of these contraptions have a straight and rigid back that does not allow the back to take the normal physiological curves. It follows that the much-vaunted increased movement range (200 °) will result in a continuous tension in the lower back or lumbar area, becoming counterproductive and useless since the Abdominal Rectum works substantially in the first 30 ° of ROM (Range Of Motion);
- Adding what was said in the above paragraph, the straight backrest will cause the contraction to be borne by the hip flexors, such as Ileo-Psoas and Rectus Femoris and not of our Abdominal Rectum, which has the task of bringing the ribs closer to the pelvis and vice versa .
- As a final point, certainly not of importance, it should be noted that these articles are advertised above all for those who wish to lose weight: Unfortunately for an overweight person or in any case with the desire to see the "pancetta" drop, the abdominal exercises are useful to very little, especially if with these characteristics!
What to say, the presentation of these articles is spectacular, but the advertising is a deadly weapon and our beloved Jill Cooper is certainly a sensational saleswoman and barker; believe me that the super sculpted and defined people who act as testimonials in these commercials, to present themselves like this, may have used everything except the AB King Pro!
Fortunately one of these devilries is saved by one, the AB Trainer: the use of this tool requires a greater activity of the suprombelical portion of the abdominal rectum and a reduction of the activity of the sternocleidomastoid (neck muscle) (Warden et al Med Sci Sports Exerc 1999), so it is useful for a neophyte or in subjects with cervical problems.
The advice I can give you, if you care about the result and your health, is to let go of these tools and take a lesson from a professional who teaches you the correct and functional exercises and if you really want to buy a tool, with 20 euros, a Swiss ball or fit ball is the best thing.
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| AB Rocket | AB King Pro | AB Trainer | Swiss ball / Fit ball |
I conclude the article by quoting a sentence from a world-renowned federal professor in the fitness industry (David Stauffer ed): To my question "Dave, and when will you do advertising on media shopping?" he replied "They've already proposed it to me, and I replied that when they let me advertise something really useful I'll do it" ...!
Meditate and beware, there is no result without effort!
