The Ab Rocket Review – The Easy Way To Rock Hard Abs
In the time I’ve been a Personal Trainer I have looked at several exercise devices that guarantee to give you a toned, shapely waist and a flat sixpack and one that have been quite impressed with its called the Ab Rocket. Imagine a low deckchair with a high back consisting of several rollers to support the spine and you’ll get an idea of what the Ab Rocket looks like. It claims to get you up off the floor and blast your abs into shape.
The advantages of the Ab Rocket over other exercisers is that you are seated comfortably in an optimum position to work both your upper, middle and lower ab muscles to give you a most effective ab workout. The carefully designed backrest of the Ab Rocket supports your back and moving rollers give a gentle massage to all of your back muscles. The Ab Rocket is foldable for easy storage and comes complete with extra resistance springs so that you can customise your workout to suit yourself.
This is a very good way to tighten and tone your upper and lower abs without risking back strain, which is a common side effect of performing sit-ups on the floor. Sit-ups are one of the most effective exercises for sculpting a sixpack, but they can be extremely challenging to do correctly, especially if you are new to exercise and are not accustomed to isolating and engaging your muscles correctly. Most people just place their hands behind their head and struggle upwards by poking their elbows forwards and dragging on their head and neck. This does nothing to tone the abdominals, but goes a long way towards hurting the back!
Your physiology when you are lying on the floor means that your stomach muscles are at their longest, as they attach at the bottom of the pelvis and run up under your lowest ribs. This means that they are in their weakest position at the starting point of a sit-up. Lifting your rib cage and head against gravity is very hard work for your abs, and unless you know how to stabilise them by drawing in your tummy button, you are going to have trouble performing your sit-ups. This means your back will ache and persisting can even result in a damaged muscle or a ruptured disc.
Therefore it is obvious that is changing your supine position for a seated one on the Ab Rocket has already vastly reduced any risk of back injury. When you are sitting, your abs are in a strong, shortened position, ideal for effective crunches which will target the upper portions of your sixpack. Raising your legs means the lower abs have to work harder and doing both gives double benefit. The Ab Rocket cushions your spine all the way up to your head and means that no strain is put on the neck and back muscles and your throat wont begin to ache either. The Ab Rocket should be combined with sensible eating and regular exercise like walking or cycling for optimum results.