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Sport-Elec Ab Belt: A Good Investment or Risky Purchase?
by admin on Feb.27, 2010, under Weight
When purchasing any weight loss product, it is important to do your research. Many people are exchanging their opinions about Sport-Elec on DietBlogTalk.com
For an additional source, check out Sport-Elec on the very popular Sensational.com

Review Summary
In an effort to look good and feel healthy, many people want a slimmer waistline. Six pack abs have become a huge carrot dangling in the face of people everywhere. Because of this push to look great, many gadgets and products have been designed to supposedly aid people in achieving their goals. Sport-Elec is one of several ab belts offered as an effortless solution. The makers of this product seem smart enough to not offer huge weight loss with the purchase, but they do make clear that tighter more toned abdominals are a very good possibility.
Product at a Glance
Electronic muscle stimulation is the use of electronic wavelengths to trigger muscle contractions. You may see machines using this technology quite often in physical therapy and chiropractic practices. Used in ab belts, electronic? muscle stimulation triggers contractions in the abdominal muscles. These contractions are said to increase the strength of the midsection similar to how crunches would.
Product in Focus
Sport-Elec resembles many other ab belts on the market in design. One glaring difference, however, seems to be the use of a Contact Cream instead of gel pads. Clinical usage prefers gel pads, and it is unclear why this product prefers a messy cream. In addition to this odd application method, the product comes with a diet plan, instructional booklet, ab belt with attached control and one bottle of the Contact Cream. Despite these inclusions, there is one crucial component missing. The company does not seem to offer a satisfaction guarantee with this product. We have found that the best ab belts usually come with a satisfaction guarantee. Many of them allow for a 60 day guarantee, ensuring customers are pleased with the product and the results they should be seeing at that time. Without a guarantee, consumers are likely to be stuck with this product, whether or not it works.
Website
The official website for this piece of equipment does not seem too bad at initial glance. Further investigation reveals some small additions that could have been made, however. The website provides a few testimonials, but we have found that the best ab belts will usually provide before and after photos to accompany these types of testimonials. Photos show the results and can really compel consumers to try a product they may otherwise be questioning. Also missing is a FAQ section. When considering a purchase like this, people typically have a lot of questions. A FAQ section allows for a comprehensive amount of information to be seen in an easily accessible manner. Lastly, the product website seems to be missing any sort of satisfaction guarantee, further damaging the appeal of the website and product, as mentioned above.
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Ab Tronic: Belt Claims To Tone Abs With No Effort From The User
by admin on Feb.02, 2010, under Weight
When purchasing any weight loss product, it is important to do your research. Many people are exchanging their opinions about Ab Tronic on DietBlogTalk.com
For an additional source, check out Ab Tronic on the very popular Sensational.com

Review Summary
Ab Belts seem to be everywhere. About a decade ago televisions were flooded with commercials of products like these. Although the commercials have dropped, there are still several ab belts on the market. These products tend to have a certain appeal because they seem to offer what many people want, effortless abs. Although there is no replacement for diet and exercise, many of these ab belts work by electronically stimulating contractions in the abdominal muscles, causing muscle use similar to what happens in an abdominal workout. The Ab Tronic claims to tighten and tone, delivering slimming effects. It can, according to the official website, be used on other muscle groups as well, making it versatile. However, one look at this product reveals a much simpler and smaller design than is used for some of the better ab belts. Let
Ab Exercises – Why Sit Ups & Crunches are Bad for You
by admin on Feb.02, 2010, under Weight
Sit-up is the most popular AND yet, the worst ab exercise. Most people don\’t know that sit-up is not a true ab exercise. When performing a sit-up, your main trunk flexor, the iliopsoas muscle, often does the majority of the work while the abs are not fully recruited.
The iliopsoas muscles originates on the lower back so it pulls on the lower back during every repetition of sit-up, especially when your feet are held down or anchored, or repetitions are performed in a jerky manner. Too many sit-ups can lead to strength imbalance between iliopsoas and abs, poor posture and lower back pain.
People who hold weights while doing sit-ups think that helps to build their abs. Unfortunately, they increase the chances of lower back injury significantly. The iliopsoas muscles work much harder and place even more strain on the lower back than bodyweight sit-ups. Additional weight may lead to poor exercise form, thus amplifying the likelihood of injury.
Crunches are another common ab exercise. Doing hundreds of crunches alone and regularly can pull your head forward and leave your spine slightly flexed (leading to hunch back). You end up with poor posture and lower back pain.
If you don\’t overuse crunches, they can still be an effective ab exercise. Vary your ab workout just like you vary your cardio and strength training exercise.
There are plenty of safe and effective ab exercises for conditioning and strengthening your abs, which many people are not aware of. They include total body exercises that work the abs and swiss ball workout.
Believe it or not, you can develop amazing abs without ever doing a single sit-up!
Lose Belly Fat With 2 Top & Effective Fat Loss Tips
by admin on Feb.02, 2010, under Weight
Are you struggling to lose belly fat? Have you tried practically every method (from the magic fat loss pill to bogus ab gadgets like ab belt and ab roller) that claims to help you lose belly fat and yet, it just never seems to budge?
What if I told you that you\’ve been scammed? Yes, unscrupulous marketers use gimmicks to make you believe that you can lose belly fat quickly and easily with little effort.
Let\’s cut through the marketing scams and gimmicks, and get to the truths and proven techniques to lose belly fat forever…
1. Firstly, you must know how to structure your workouts. Stop wasting time doing all types of abdominal exercises including crunches, sit ups and torso twists if you are hoping to spot reduce your belly and love handles.
Spot reduction does not work at all! You may or may not have known this fact, but many people remain elusive of it. You don\’t lose belly fat by doing abdominal specific exercises. Although most people already (or should) understand this, they are still spending too much time on targeting their stomach with high reps of ab exercises.
Having said that, a certain amount of abdominal exercises are good for strengthening the core and maintaining a healthy back. The fact remains that ab specific exercises should only form a small portion of your workout routines. Instead, you should focus on multi-joint exercises that work the largest muscle groups of the body such as chest, back and legs for majority of your time.
Now, this is one of the true SECRETS for getting rid of belly fat for good. When you perform multi-joint exercises that target large muscle groups, your metabolic rate is raised during and post workout (for 24-28 hours). This also stimulates an increase in fat burning hormones in your body. Such metabolic and hormonal response cannot be achieved by doing ab exercises only.
If you are serious about losing belly fat, do squats, lunges, step ups, chest presses and bent-over rows. As long as you are focusing on multi-joint exercises at high intensity, it doesn\’t matter if you use barbells, dumbbells or bodyweight exercises. There should be no 5-minute rest periods between sets while you set out to socialise with others at the gym. It is necessary to stay focused and exercise at a high intensity in order to lose belly fat. Remember, consistent effort, time and discipline will get you in top condition. Anyone who tells you that you can lose belly fat by using an ab belt while watching TV is certainly lying to you.
2. Secondly, cleaning up your diet is important to getting rid of belly fat. Do you know that going on \”diets\” actually serves to work against your body in your effort to lose stomach fat? Fad diets such as low fat, low carb, high protein or cabbage soup diet restricts the consumption of certain macronutrient (carbs, protein and fat). Your body needs all macronutrients, minerals and vitamins to thrive and function efficiently. Cutting out an entire food group leads to loss of lean muscle and lower metabolic rate. When you eat normally again, you end up gaining weight in the long term.
Fat diets screw up processes related to your body such as hormonal balance, muscle glycogen, insulin and blood sugar which ultimately shut down your fat loss and muscle gain.
The lesson to take home is not to fall for fad diet gimmicks. We need to eat a natural, wholesome and balanced diet that include a variety of carbs, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. This ensures your body operates efficiently and stay in fat burning mode.