5 Common Myths (and Facts) About Your Abs
Updated May 07, 2015.
The infamous infomercial rears its ugly head. The latest trend is to create bizarre gadgets, call them ab machines and sell them to you for hundreds of dollars, guaranteeing weight loss in a very short amount of time. First, don't believe it. As the saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Second, you don't need special equipment to work your abs. You can do a wide variety of ab exercises with just your body weight or with an exercise ball, which is often much cheaper than the gadgets you see on infomercials.
For ideas, browse through these ab workouts and you'll see that challenging your abs doesn't require much equipment.
Conclusion: you're better off buying equipment that has multiple uses. Ab machines only work the abs, but things like dumbbells, an exercise ball, resistance bands, etc. can be used to train your entire body.
The infamous infomercial rears its ugly head. The latest trend is to create bizarre gadgets, call them ab machines and sell them to you for hundreds of dollars, guaranteeing weight loss in a very short amount of time. First, don't believe it. As the saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Second, you don't need special equipment to work your abs. You can do a wide variety of ab exercises with just your body weight or with an exercise ball, which is often much cheaper than the gadgets you see on infomercials.
For ideas, browse through these ab workouts and you'll see that challenging your abs doesn't require much equipment.
Conclusion: you're better off buying equipment that has multiple uses. Ab machines only work the abs, but things like dumbbells, an exercise ball, resistance bands, etc. can be used to train your entire body.
