Exercises and EFFECTIVE exercises are not the same thing. In other words, some exercises can actually be harmful to burning belly flab.
If a killer set of abs is your goal, there are seven exercises that you have to avoid. They are:
1. Lying straight-legged leg raises (first 45 degrees off of floor, one leg at a time or both at the same time) 2. Hanging leg raises with an arched back 3. Sit-ups with the feet supported 4. Straight legged sit-ups 5. ANY machine-based ab exercise 6. ANY machine-based twisting exercise 7. Torso twists
Your exercises need to target the abs and the supporting areas of your body, like your core, not your arms, your legs or your neck. The point here is to BURN the belly fat and DEVELOP the abdominal muscles.
Avoid these bad exercises if your goal is to develop really great abs.
1. Lying straight-legged leg raises: An excellent exercise. The lying straight-legged leg raises are great for exercising the LOWER abdomen but NOT for your abs. Any exercise is a better than no exercise, but if your goal is to develop your abs; you’re wasting your workout time on lying straight-legged leg raises.
2. Hanging leg raises with an arched back: when the back is arched the leg raises do zero to build the abs. but if done with a straight back hanging leg raises are terrific ab exercises.
3. Sit-ups with the feet supported: sit ups with the feet NOT supported are very good ab exercises. But when the feet are supported, there is no advantage at all.
4. Straight legged sit ups: when you are doing your sit ups with your legs straight, your back and lower abdomen muscles are used not your abs.
5. Any machine based ab exercise: No machine is going to build your abs. Get over it and pass on the machines. Great abs are earned the hard way.
6. Any machine based twisting exercise: Twisting doesn’t work the abs. Twisting exercises are good exercises to reduce the size of the waist, but that’s all they do.
7. Torso Twists: Again… twisting doesn’t work the abs or burn belly fat.
Make your exercise session time work FOR you. If you goal is to burn off that flabby stomach and build your abs, get the most advantage out of every minute of your work out program.
Doing exercises that are not designed to develop your abs is simply a waste of your time and energy, plain and simple.
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