In my role as a Personal Trainer and exercise equipment reviewer, I often like to compare various pieces of exercise equipment aimed at the home market to see how they measure up to each other. I look at equipment in the same price bracket, or similar and then analyse purpose, ease-of-use, convenience and how interesting it makes your workouts.
Very popular on the Internet and informercial channels at present are two pieces of equipment called the Ab Circle Pro and the Firm Wave. The former involves kneeling on pads and moving your hips and can strengthen and tone your abdominal area, and the latter offers full body toning incorporated into a cardio workout.
The Ab Circle Pro gives a cardiovascular workout as you swing your knees from side to side on the semicircular track and works your abdominals and obliques at the same time to give you toned, flat abs and a trim waistline as well as conditioning your lungs and heart.
The body positioning on the Ab Circle Pro can feel quite challenging to start with if your upper body is weak, but within a week or so of regular use you will start to strengthen and tone your arm and chest muscles. The all fours positioning is also very good for strengthening the bones in your arms.
Ideally your back should be almost flat, with just a small hollow in your lower back - it should not sag and your tailbone should neither be sticking up or tucked under. This position keeps you abdominals muscles flat while you work them, which makes it a lot better for toning the abs correctly and much better than doing hundreds of sit-ups.
If you do ab crunches on the floor, it is easy to get them wrong and make the appearance of your abs even worse than before, and you can also make your neck and shoulders ache. The Ab Circle Pro makes it much easier to work your abs correctly; if you find the knee supports make your knees sore, some extra padding seems to work well.
The Ab Circle Pro comes with a useful healthy eating guide and a three-minute DVD. In this price range it represents good value for money and will be very helpful in burning fat and giving you flatter abs if you exercise on it regularly as part of a varied exercise routine.
To read the Ab Circle Pro Review and user ratings please visit my As Seen On TV Reviews Site.
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