ab-doer or ab twister or something elst - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

rowdyguy · 12-20-2000, 11:29 AM

I hate doing crunches and traditional ab excercises so I wanted to get an ab machine and the two I like are the Ab-Doer and Ab Twister. Has anybody used either of these or recomend something else. Or are all ab machines just a waist of money?

minipaws · 12-27-2000, 09:01 AM

My own personal opinion is Abdominal machines are a waste of $$$.
I am a personal trainer and fitness instructor and use the Resist-a-ball for my classes and clients.
The strength you can build from this fun workout is incredible. Go to a class sometime and give it a shot! It isnt a piece of cake like to many think.
Mini

gainfreak · 12-27-2000, 10:22 AM

Abs are made in the Kitchen not in the Gym !!
No ab machine will work if you have a layer of fat laying over your ab muscles. Although these so called ab machines might build the muscle under the skin you wont see them until you drop your bodyfat down to the single digits. I achieved a six pack of abs just by doing your basic crunches and reverse crunches but the real key to obtaining the six pack look was by doing a combination of cardio and dieting. I have slacked off for six months and I am working toward getting my abs back!!!! Best of luck and my advice to you is dont wayste your money on any of those bogus products!!

rowdyguy · 12-27-2000, 10:31 AM

I kind of figured that the machines might be a waste of money. I know that the key to abs is losing the fat which involves diet and excercise. But I was hoping that there was a machine out there that worked the entire abs, especially the lower abs and the obliques. I don't really want to build my abs or make them any bigger but I want strong ripped abs. The ab-doer and ab-twister were so different from the others I thought that they might actually help with the lower abs and obliques. I have decent upper abs but the lower abs and these ugly love handles drive me crazy.

jrzygrl2273 · 12-27-2000, 10:32 AM

I'm going to put my 2 cents in anyway. Ihate crunches too, sowent out and got the ab dolly and I think that it definely works your ab muscles without doing crunches. But the ab dolly does work. However, I think that one of the replies was right, when they said that you have to lose fat and gain muscle in order to see the results of any kind of ab exercise. But just to say, I really like the ab dolly as a subsitute for crunches. But diet and exercise are of extreme importance.