Consider it a public service announcement and send it to any trainers, friends, or acquaintances still suffering from Ab Exercise Delusion Syndrome. Here's what the researchers did and what they found. There aren't many that deal with the subject, but the best one seems to have been published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning a few years ago. So I was curious to see if there were any studies to either confirm (ha!) or, once and for all, disprove the notion that ab exercises lead to fat reduction around the waist. And if he doesn't know, how many other trainers and regular folk don't know? Maybe it's one of those myths that still persist despite all contrary evidence, like how you're supposed to pee on your leg if you get stung by a jellyfish. Maybe he doesn't know ab exercises don't result in spot reduction. What's annoying about this is that the trainer knows that all the ab exercises in the world aren't going to do a damn thing about a midsection grown soft by a steady diet of wine, gouda cheese, and avocado toast.īut then I started thinking about it. Instead, he leads her through a 15-minute ab routine consisting of incline sit-ups, crunches, and (groan), side bends. Nor did he at least march her 10-years-past-high-school cheeks over to the treadmill. Now get this, her trainer – a guy I know and normally respect – didn't ask about her diet. So I'm doing a set of overhead dumbbell presses at the gym when I overhear a client complaining to her trainer that she needs to "shrink her stomach" for an upcoming high school reunion.
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