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Are Crunches Good For You?

January 24, 2012
by Stephen R. Santangelo

http://www.primalfitness-systems.com/articles/archives/2012/exercises/are-crunches-good-for-for-you.html

NO! NO! NO!

Don’t do sit-ups, crunches or any related abdominal curling exercise.

Believe it or not they make your stomach bigger, not smaller; just as any exercise does to any muscle.
These exercises will interfere with lean muscle gains because the stress which the abs incurs, negatively, shocks the nerves in the solar plexus. This negative impact forces your hormone levels to dramatically drop and negates muscular gains.

Not only this, but, every time you do a crunch type exercise you are placing 600lb of pressure on your vertebrae. Ever wonder why you have a back ache or a pain in the neck?

The best abdominal developer is heavy, full body movements; not ridiculous isolated movements which counter act normal motor patterns.

This is how the body is meant to function and yet chiropractors, physical therapist, back specialists and personal trainers continue prescribing these harmful, idiotic, isolated abdominal routines.


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