Electric Belts For Stomachs

Triton

I've been going to the gym a good bit but want a little help in toning a six pack. Would one of these electric belts, like a Slendertone, be worth getting?

What do people think is the best one?

davyjose

Nooooo
just do some sit-ups, a few each day will start to pull things in.

0utshined

Triton wrote:

Would one of these electric belts, like a Slendertone, be worth getting?

No.

Work on your diet so that your abs show, work on your weights so that when they show they are what you want to see.

If you want strong abs do squats. If you're doing them with good form, your body won't have a choice but to strengthen your abs.

There are a number of other exercises you can do that focus on your abs but in my experience when I started squatting, my abs became very solid (albeit still covered by some padding).

Hanley

0utshined wrote:

If you want strong abs do squats. If you're doing them with good form, your body won't have a choice but to strengthen your abs.

This is a major point of contention for me. Strong abs aren't neccessairly good looking abs.

I totally agree that beltless squat will build core srength unlike anything else. In fact I added an inch and a half to my waist during a 10 week beltless squat and deadlift cycle. No fat gain either, my erectors and abs just grew a huge amount.

Do my abs look better now...? Not really.

Abs, like any other muscle require isolation to bring them out to the best of their abilities. But squatting heavy sure is a good start.

0utshined

Hanley wrote:

Abs, like any other muscle require isolation to bring them out to the best of their abilities. But squatting heavy sure is a good start.

Sure, I hadn't meant to imply he shouldn't do any isolation exercises for them if that's his goal. What I was saying was what I experienced - doing squats brought out my abs more than not doing them. I believe it would benefit him more than using some belt.

hardtrainer

Do this EVERY night, right before bed. Guaranteed to give you kick ass abs (you still have to drop fat to see them, but they'll look superb when they do show).

Exercise 1.
Flat on back, legs up on bed/couch/swiss ball etc, knees and hips at 90º angle. Thumbs to temples, fingers lightly on back of neck (no pulling neck up) and elbows back, crunch while forcefully exhailing, hold 1 sec at top, concentrating on pulling belly button in towards your spine. Repeat until it starts to hurt (your abs I mean, not your neck/back etc from poor form) then do 10 from this point.

Exercise 2.
Flat on back, legs straight but not locked at knees, hips at 90º (so legs straight up basically). Rotate the hips to lift ass off floor, squeezing the abs in as you do it. You can have your hands on the floor about 30cm from your hips to stabilise. Should only lift about 2-3inches and concentrate on getting good squeeze on abs. Repeat 10 times.

Exercise 3.
Hands in same position as exercise 1, keeping elbows on floor. Keep lower back in contact with floor at all times. Now raise your legs (keep them straight but not locked at knee) to vertical and slowly lower, then raise them up again concentrating on explosive power in the abs and keeping the abs as tight as possible throughout the movement. 10 reps.

Exercise 4.
You'll need to get a grip on something heavy, behind your head (I lock my fingers under the sofa, arms outstretched behind my head). Back flat on floor, hips and knees at 90º angles. Now, keeping your hips and knees static, bring your knees up to your head (i.e. roll your body, but squeeze the abs tight and lift your hips and lower back off the floor...keeping the hips and knee angles unchanged). This is difficult to describe properly. You don't want to bring your knees in towards your chest, this makes it too easy, you want to keep your knees out away from your chest, which forces your abs to work harder to lift the hips/legs up and you'll get a really good squeeze and burn in the abs. 10 reps.

Exercise 5.
Oblique crunches. Lay flat on ground, now rotate your hips so that both legs are to either left or right, knees and hips at 90º. 10 reps each side.


now repeat all 2 more times.

It hurts, a lot. It takes about 30 mins the first time, but this gets down to about 15 mins in 2 weeks. It's incredibly effective, just do it every night for 2 weeks and you'll notice the difference. It's easy to stay motivated after that :-)

Oh and it's cheaper than a slendertone and you can still do it while watching tv at home (albeit at awkward angles, but still)

smuckers

Tried Hard trains and felt the sweat the second time I was doing it.
I've been going Total Fitness in Clarehall, for past 2 months, I certainely see a diff, a bit more toned, I want that six pack though, its gonig to take alot of hard work.