Sit ups and ab roller for a flat stomach!?

joeshow5 · Dec 5, 2006

I get sick of seeing all of these contraptions and gizmos that are designed to give a person a flat stomach. I work at a gym and feel kind of bad when I see all these fat men and women doing crunches in hopes of earning a six pack. Most people truly do not know that every body has a pre determined pattern in which it burns fat, and you cannot site reduce! When I first started here I would take the liberty of telling people this simple truth. No one would listen. Even some of the "trainers" here swore that a body ball was the answer.
Well, just a few months ago, after watching a middle aged fat teacher train his abs every day for years, I decided to try again and let him know the truth. Much to my suprise....he LISTENED. I am not certified to train just yet, and he knows this, but I wrote him out a diet and exercise plan fit to his goals of fat loss. It is a very basic plan and after watching the weight melt off him I was quite satisfied. Needless to say he fired his trainer, and I now have the opportunity to train full time after the gym certifies me.
SWEET!

concretetofists · Dec 5, 2006

what amazes me is when i see fat people walking on the treadmill at like 2.0 miles per hour for 15 minutes. i know if you are really out of shape you need to ease into things, but c'mon people, you have to break a freakin sweat.

marbalizer99 · Dec 5, 2006

In HS I trained abs by doing crunches and stuff like that. You could rarely see any abs unless I was lean. I stopped working abs for about a year and recently started (4-5 months ago) doing cable crunches. They are awesome, now I need to find some other good ab exercises that use weights.

Vespa103 · Dec 5, 2006

If you lift weights you have abs seeing them is just a matter of bf%

jmcbride · Dec 6, 2006

Crunches and ab work isnt going to work if you have that layer of fat covering them. Flat stomach comes proper nutrition then the work. no matter disposition ppl r pre disposed to.