Emphasizing balance, strength, and flexibility--and including core stretches based on martial arts principles, yoga, and gymnastics--this workbook provides a low-cost, crunch-free and equipment-free ab workout that can be done at home. 240 photos.

The newest "little book" in the enormously popular series delivers a fun and effective workout to achieve tight and toned abs-without doing crunches. Who doesn't dream of having better posture, greater overall strength, and less lower back pain-not to mention a tighter, more toned stomach? THE LITTLE ABS WORKOUT BOOK presents more than 25 exercises and challenging workout combinations that fit into a busy schedule and effectively help strengthen the core muscles- leaving readers with the flat abs they've always wanted. Complete with easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations, THE LITTLE ABS WORKOUT BOOK is an essential pocket guide to a firm, strong, sexy stomach.

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Nutrition, Health and Athletic Performance" that was published in Nutrients

Athletic Abs works like magic to strengthen your core as The Body Coach Paul Collins, Australia's Personal Trainer, takes the guesswork out of training and guides you through elite level abdominal training progressions including the Top 10 exercises of all time using body weight, medicine balls, fitness balls and strength training drills alike through all the planes of motion. Athletic Abs provides a critical function in daily movement, sport and physical activity by helping improve posture, motor control of deep stabilizing muscles and the abdominopelvic-thoracic cavity relationship. The synergy that occurs promotes better muscle control, breathing patterns, lower back protection and increased athletic performance. It includes sample training programs for general fitness and sports performance.

Hardcore Workouts for Abs How to Build Athletic and Powerful Abs workout program. You'll be able to build functional abs along with great conditioning. This is a strength program for core strength and for building abdominal muscles: This abdominal program is intended primarily for boxers and other fighters who aim to improve their strength and punching power with a strong and powerful core. The abs workout exercises of the program are not common and are those used by the best fighters and boxers. This book will help you to achieve the following in the shortest period: Rebuilding or Building your Abs. Up to 30 best exercises for your abs strength, six-packs, ab muscles, and abs burning fat. Exercises that will boost your ab Muscles. Kind of Exercises that fit in the kind of body structure you wish to have. Exercises for Stronger abs, Lower and upper abdomen. Exercises to boost your Muscles, Health Fitness, and Reclaim your body structure back. Tips on abs workout Exercises. A lot more. This book is not all about crunches and sit-ups that have been popular abs exercises. It recommends several exercises to train our abs. Find the one that is best for you. You can also mix and match those exercises to suit your training needs. And when you finally get that six-pack ab, brag it. You have worked hard to get it. Download your copy today!

A strong, athletic physique, highlighted by a flat midsection with well-defined abdominal muscles, is the goal of everyone who works out, from lifelong gym rats to the New Year's resolution crowd. But most people who seek these goals undermine their efforts. In The New Rules of Lifting for Abs, Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove offer unique programs based on the latest breakthroughs in exercise science. And, as they did in their previous books, The New Rules of Lifting and The New Rules of Lifting for Women, the authors debunk ab-training myths while showing readers how to strip off even the most stubborn flab. Surprising revelations include: Washboard abs do not always equal a healthy, pain-free back The crunch is actually a poor choice for most people Extending the core can be much more effective than flexing ab muscles It's impossible to isolate the core muscles And much, much more Readers get three months of intense workouts, combining fat-busting conditioning work with intense strength training, which they can easily expand into a yearlong program. Schuler and Cosgrove also include a nutrition component detailing how to eat for fat loss, muscle gain, and improved health. Home-gym friendly, and illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white photographs, The New Rules of Lifting for Abs delivers the goods.