Athletic Abs

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Summary: waist
Review: it was a waste to buy this video, dont be fooled by the description of the format, i gave it away,

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Summary: excellent core fitness
Review: Scott Cole and Tom Seabourne have put together an excellent book about core fitness, covering a lot of new trends. I don't know what the reviewer from Australia was reading, but it certainly wasn't this book. For one thing, the reader is talking about a video, so I don't think he posted his review on the right page. Oh well. Regardless, this book is great in that it contains much more than mere exhortations to do endless numbers of crunches. The authors' concept of "controlled instability" permeates the book, and indicates something of their philosophy of fitness. Instead of isolating the abs, the authors advocate using the abs in concert with the rest of your body to develop functional strength. They cover a lot of exercises from yoga and various martial arts, as well as exercises that utilize the stability ball and the medicine ball. All of these exercises are designed not just to give you a sculpted six-pack, but to stabilize your body and provide you with a strong core. Almost every series of movements(whether in sport or in life) originates from your core muscles, and this book will allow you strengthen the foundation of such movements. This is not a revolutionary new program, but no book on abdominal training is truly revolutionary. What the authors have done is present the best of current thinking on the subject in a concise and accessible manner. If you just want to get a six-pack, there are a number of books that can point you in that direction(try any of Kurt Brungardt's books). But if you want to develop a strong core that can improve your performance in almost any sport, then this is the book you want.

Rating:
Summary: excellent core fitness
Review: Scott Cole and Tom Seabourne have put together an excellent book about core fitness, covering a lot of new trends. I don't know what the reviewer from Australia was reading, but it certainly wasn't this book. For one thing, the reader is talking about a video, so I don't think he posted his review on the right page. Oh well. Regardless, this book is great in that it contains much more than mere exhortations to do endless numbers of crunches. The authors' concept of "controlled instability" permeates the book, and indicates something of their philosophy of fitness. Instead of isolating the abs, the authors advocate using the abs in concert with the rest of your body to develop functional strength. They cover a lot of exercises from yoga and various martial arts, as well as exercises that utilize the stability ball and the medicine ball. All of these exercises are designed not just to give you a sculpted six-pack, but to stabilize your body and provide you with a strong core. Almost every series of movements(whether in sport or in life) originates from your core muscles, and this book will allow you strengthen the foundation of such movements. This is not a revolutionary new program, but no book on abdominal training is truly revolutionary. What the authors have done is present the best of current thinking on the subject in a concise and accessible manner. If you just want to get a six-pack, there are a number of books that can point you in that direction(try any of Kurt Brungardt's books). But if you want to develop a strong core that can improve your performance in almost any sport, then this is the book you want.

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Summary: Bizarre book
Review: This book has about as much to do with abs as a book on stamp collecting. From the bizarre pictures of a guy doing strange contortionist exercises on the edge of a pool and then in the pool to the useless plyometrics exercises to the "repulse the monkey" and "power slide" exercises, I found this book utterly useless and, quite frankly, a joke. Don't bother.