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What’s better for your abs – planks or crunches?

12 Monday Jul 2021

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Experts say PLANKS are much more effective for your abs than crunches.

That’s because crunches only work SURFACE abdominal muscles. But planks target your entire CORE – surface abdominal muscles, transverse abdominal muscles, obliques, and lower back muscles. That helps flatten your belly and pulls in your waist like you’re wearing a corset. Plus, planks are safer than crunches. The discs in your spine aren’t repeatedly bent. And that’s what increases your risk of injury when you do crunches.

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Backaches send so many people to the doctor every year!

11 Monday Jan 2021

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The #1 way to reduce lower back pain is exercises that strengthen your core and keep your back in balance, like planks, bridges, and pelvic tilts. That’s according to a review of 21 clinical trials involving more than 30,000 people. And doing core-strengthening exercises, aerobics, and hamstring stretches before your first-ever twinge of back pain makes you 35% less likely to develop back pain at all.

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Get abs of steel by doing THIS!

19 Tuesday Feb 2019

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If you want abs of steel, skip the crunches and planks, and do cardio! Yes, planks strengthen your core, but you won’t SEE that core without aerobic exercise. In fact, exercise scientists from Auburn University found people doing abs exercises for 6 weeks lost NO abdominal fat, because we can’t spot-reduce fat. But consistent aerobic exercise, like running or swimming, plus strength training and cutting calories DOES lead to weight loss, everywhere on your body, including your stomach.

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Workout your core, FIRST!

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

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Don’t save your core workout until the end of your exercise session. According to certified personal trainer Michael Wollpert, if you work your core at the beginning – like by doing planks – you’ll engage those muscles more for the rest of your workout. And that’ll help improve your balance all the way through, and help you maximize your effort.

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