Have you ever wanted to know how to get ripped? How to get a 6 pack? If you’re interested in core exercises, whether to tone down your stomach, lose the love handles, or to get those prized six pack abs, then you’ve probably looked at some of the new ab exercise equipment. Here’s a comparison of some of the more popular fitness equipment you can use to maintain core fitness. Exercise balls are a common item used in working out, especially exercise at home. They are useful for compound exercise, activating the muscles involved in balance as well as the groups worked by each individual exercise. The drawback of the exercise ball is that it is large and not easy to transport, and works best with large, open spaces.
The Ab Circle is a popular ab exercise machine. It targets your core muscles and burns a lot of calories, but it is a clunky, hard to move machine that will require a stationary section of your house to be operated in. The Ab Circle also suffers from a lack of variety. There is basically one exercise motion, and that can be completed in 2 different stances, for slightly different workout routines.
The Portable AbMat is a minimalist approach to the ab machine concept, favoring portability and variety instead of large machines that only focus on very limited forms of exercise. The AbMat’s strap system allows you to lock in your feet when doing crunches or situps to isolate your abdominal muscles when you work out, intensifying your burn. The side handles and head straps allow you to effectively perform a variety of core exercises, from V-sits to reverse curls to oblique twists with special focus on muscle isolation. Aside from that, resistance bands can be added to the AbMat so you can do a variety of compound resistance exercises. The Portable AbMat even works for stretching, pushups, and yoga! And it works for these tasks while still being portable as well as sturdy, while being more affordable than most ab machines on the market.