Finally Learn Why Endless Ab Crunches are a Total Waste of your Time

Do you admire that gorgeous model with the flat tummy and end up doing countless ab crunches to get her washboard stomach? Do you aspire to be the next Sylvester Stallone and do stomach crunches, to get rid of that belly fat?

Here’s the deal. If you think that endless ab crunches are a direct ticket to that six-pack you’ve been chasing after, you couldn’t be more wrong.

Ab crunches as an effective ab workout are quite frequently the subject of controversy among fitness experts and instructors. There are several tall claims made that ab crunches trim belly fat and tone up abdominal muscles. Many fitness experts negate these claims for a variety of reasons.

They believe that crunches in fact worsen a condition of poor posture since you have to hunch your shoulders to do a crunch. Moreover, abs are visible only when your body fat percentage is 10% or less. This means you have to burn calories and lose fat to see those taut abs. Crunches are not effective because they burn negligible calories. Besides, crunches are not an overall workout since they concentrate on strengthening only the abdominal muscles. They can also strain your back and lower neck.

Many people do not make use of the right technique to do ab crunches and can end up straining their spines. Ab crunches make use of the forward bending technique. This technique strains your back and neck and doesn’t teach you how to move and maintain your posture when you get off the ground.

Most people who do crunches regularly are fans of the spot reduction theory. The truth is that spot reduction simply doesn’t work. You can waste your time doing crunches the entire day but it’s not going to get rid of that unsightly belly fat.

Crunches may even succeed in strengthening your abdominal muscles but that fat around your mid-section is not going to disappear. Only a balanced diet coupled with aerobics can help in reducing overall body fat including the fat on your tummy.