Do you want to blast your way to toned abs and a chiselled sixpack? Then try the Ab Rocket, which will get you up off the floor and into a great position to trim those waist and tummy muscles while your back is completely supported and even gets a massage.
The forward-thinking design of the Ab Rocket now makes it unnecessary to struggle with floor crunches in order to achieve toned abdominals, and makes it easy and safe to target every single muscle that makes up your core, while cradling and protecting your back.
Normal ab exercises are traditionally done lying on a mat on your back, which puts your stomach muscles in a stretched-out position. This means they are in their longest and weakest state, and if you work them incorrectly, not only will you make your stomach bulge even more than it would normally do, but you’re a definite risk of hurting your back.
If you take a moment to consider the situp position, you will see that it is potentially an accident waiting to happen, as your stomach muscles are trying to lift your torso upwards, complete with the weight of your head. If you do not know how to use your stomach muscles correctly to do this, the muscles in your back will attempt to help – often causing damage to themselves.
To get chiselled abs and an hourglass waist you need to work all the muscles in this area, not just your rectus abdominis (your six pack). Lying underneath your sixpack is a muscular sheet called the Transversus which is far more important in terms of correct exercise for a flat stomach.
This sheet of muscle (TVA for short) wraps round your midsection and attaches to the fascia close to your spine. Its job is to protect the stomach and intestines, and together with your pelvic floor at the bottom and diaphragm at the top creates the drum shape that is your core; learning to exercise your TVA correctly is the key to getting flat abs.
At the sides of your waist and reaching from your ribs to your hips are your obliques, or waist muscles, which run up and down at an angle. These must be targeted to produce a neat hourglass shape, and once again are very difficult muscles to engage while lying on the floor, and another prime suspect for hurting the spine.
The brilliant idea behind the Ab Rocket is to lift you up from the discomfort of lying on the floor and place you comfortably and safely in a position where all your torso muscles can be exercised safely without any danger to your back. The adjustable resistance means you will get a great workout whatever your fitness level.
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