How To Go About Picking An Abdominal Exercise Machine

When my sister was younger she had incredible abs because she was particular about what she ate, restricted her fat intake and did countless ab crunches every day and, although it was hard work, it was more than worth it. But everything changed after the birth of her daughter when she rapidly went extremely soft around the middle, developed very noticeable love handles, and could not get rid of the flab regardless of how many diets she tried.

As if that was not bad enough she discovered that she was unable to do her ab crunches anymore as a result of severe chronic back pain. Nevertheless, she was not prepared to accept being out of shape and so she resolved that it was time to check out a few abdominal exercise machines.

Abdominal exercise machines are specially designed to home in on the abs during a workout and almost all machines replicate regular crunch exercises although they are far easier on the body. For example, just about everyone does crunch exercises while lying flat on their back on the floor with their hands behind their head which puts them at risk for back and neck injuries. This is not however a risk with abdominal exercise machines since they restrict your movement and force you to maintain a sound posture to work with the machine. As a result these exercise machines are just about foolproof and permit the remainder of your body a break while you are working on your abs.

My sister had watched a lot of late-night infomercials for exercisers but was not ready to rush out and buy one solely on the basis of what she had heard and seen on TV. She did not wish to listen to what actors and professional bodybuilders were paid to tell her but wanted to hear what real individuals had to say about these exercisers from their own experience.

So she searched online and discovered various consumer reviews of many of the leading abdominal exercisers. She wanted to ascertain which machines were well-constructed, simple to use, and really worked on sculpting your abs and which would merely be a waste of her money and time. In addition, she wanted to find websites from which she could buy the most popular abdominal exercise machines at low prices because the machines are not cheap and any discount which she could find would be a help.

One thing which she said to me was that she was very pleased to have read the internet reviews as one of the exercisers which she had her eye on had not been at all well received by the reviewers. It would seem that this particular machine has a couple of major problems which she would not have found in advance of purchasing it. In the end she purchased a machine which was a fair way down her list of possible machines but which had nevertheless received very positive reviews.

The good news is that with her machine she can work on her abs several times each week without the back pain which she had without it. Most importantly, she is now starting to see a reduction in her waist and should soon be back in shape once more and feeling much more like her old self.