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? asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 8 years ago

How do you do ab splitters?

Someone I'm following but don't know enough to ask, tweeted that she did them and her abs were killing. This makes me think it's a good exercise, does anyone know how to do them?

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  • 8 years ago
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    "Killing" abs may not be a good thing. The rectus abdominus muscle is a simple muscle with a simple task. It pulls the sternum toward the pubis and that's all it does. There are not many ways to train the abs because it's articulation is so simple and uncomplicated. What more can one do than provide a resistance to that simple movement and then perform it against that resistance?

    I might suggest that "tweets" are a poor source of information about physiology. If you rely on the internet for information about diet and fitness you will be swimming with the sharks.

    Your body has no choice but to follow your brain. So, you should feed your brain a steady diet of good information if you want to be all you can be. It's YOUR body and it has to last a lifetime so it's worth the investment. Don't ask questions of random strangers with no credibility in this or other online forums. Use high quality resources for information instead. The basic principles of health, fitness, and nutrition are not that difficult or hard to understand.

    Avoid the internet unless you're using trusted sites in dot gov or dot edu domains. The dot coms are usually driven by profit motive and you'll find bad information in most websties including WebMD, Livestrong, Bobybuilding.com, etc. and especially in this forum and others like it.

    Use books, especially late edition text books. You can find excellent information resources at your local public or Uni library or for sale cheap online at Amazon.com and Ebay.com.

    Always follow the science. Use critical thinking. Be skeptical and do not believe anything without cross checking it with trusted sources. Grow your personal knowledge base and everything else will follow with relative ease.

    Here's the answer to your question --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENpwQr2Eea0

    Good luck and good health!!

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