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Welcome to the machine: to have abs more like Lenny Kravitz than Iggy Pop, you need to apply a little bit of resistance - Home Training - training abdominal muscles - The Ultimate Ab Machine - Brief ArticleMatt Fitzgerald Gravity and floor exercises are great for developing a lean, tight, take-your-shirt-off-anytime midsection, but they can take you only so far. If you want to add some density to the abdominals, muscle that displays three-dimensional depth, separation and clarity, you may need to rely on resistance training. But unless you feel comfortable piling a couple of weight plates onto your chest while you do crunches, here's a piece of serious home equipment, not just another worthless infogizmo, that provides constant, even progressive, resistance.
The Ultimate Ab Machine by Intellbell (www.powerblock.com; $199) may sound hyperbolic, like something you would see on late-night TV, but it just could be the last piece in your six-pack puzzle. It combines the constant resistance of a cable with the stability of a seated position.
Perform the following workout with a weight that allows you to complete the prescribed number of sets and reps, and watch your Iggy Pop abs turn into Lenny Kravitz abs.
DO THE SUPERMAN
To make sure your burgeoning six-pack doesn't cause an imbalance in your midsection, throw three sets of 12 to 15 reps of this lower-back exercise into your ab routine.
WORKOUT BOX
EXERCISE SETS REPTS
Seat crunch 3 10-15
Alternating crunch 3 10-15 *
Seated side crunch 3 10-15 *
Superman 3 12-15
* each side
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