Bender Ball Method

We’d all love to have a flat stomach.  Some of us are obviously more genetically prone towards having this look, while others have to work much harder.  Here, we offer a number of suggestions to begin to work towards that flat stomach.

Cardio exercise, believe it or not, is very good for achieving a flat stomach.  It burns more calories than other activities, which will help to burn stomach fat.

Certainly, to get a flat stomach, one great activity is stomach crunches. There are many ways to do these.  One that puts less strain on your back and that is extremely effective is crunchless abs with Bender Ball.  This method helps you to melt it off and to work in a very selective way on your stomach muscles.

Obviously, the proper diet is important in this equation as well.  Making sure to eat right so that you aren’t gaining weight also helps you on your way towards a flat stomach.

The Bender Ball Method of Core training is a great way to get your abs into tip top shape. It is useful to know what we are talking about when we say abs-abdominal muscles.

Of course we know these are the muscles that give our tummies their strength and shape. These crucial muscles allow the trunk to move and give support and are sometimes referred to as “the core.” These muscles also participate in breathing.

There are six abdominal muscles which are attached to different places on the ribs and to a number of places on the pelvis. These muscles are also crucial in providing support for posture.

Bender Ball helps strengthen the abdominals, improve breathing and help with posture and backaches.

Core training using the Bender Ball Method was first developed by Leslee Bender. This method is the key to getting excellent results using the perfectly designed sculpting moves inherent to the method. The core training works out every part of the abdominal structure, including the upper abs, sides and the difficult to reach lower abs.

The Bender Ball workout is a more efficient and safer way of targeting the abs, and reaches to the hard to reach recesses of the abdominal muscles. The reason is simple. When using the Bender Ball you get more flexibility, not only can you move forward as with standard crunches, but you can also move backwards with Bender Ball, impossible with the traditional methods of crunching. According to research Bender Ball can be as much as 408% more effective than standard crunches. No wonder you get more results in less time.

If you’re killing yourself trying to get a stronger stomach, or if you’re just busy feeling guilty that you aren’t killing yourself over your stomach, it’s time to understand why a strong stomach is important. Sure, you want to look great at the beach next summer. But, in addition to the aesthetic reasons to stay fit, there really are many physical reasons to do so.

A strong stomach helps to distribute stresses around the body. Lifting and bending becomes easier when your stomach is strong. Your risk of injury to your back muscles also decreases as you strengthen this area of your body. Well developed stomach muscles protect your inner organs, keeping you feeling great and looking your best.

For all of these reasons, and so many more, doing stomach exercises with a bender ball or with another tool can really have many benefits.

Crunches are a great way to exercise your abdominal muscles. This exercise is efficient and safe, as long as you don’t put too much pressure behind your head or neck. As great as crunches are, there are easy and fun ways to make crunches even more efficient and even more fun, and that is when you use a Bender Ball.

In just a few minutes a day a Bender Ball can help you achieve your goals of strong and beautifully sculpted abdominal muscles in much less time then you thought possible.

We used to do sit-ups, but because sit-ups are not as efficient and can even hurt your back, we now try and do crunches, also known as curl-ups. These are an excellent method of strengthening the abdominal muscles.

What you do is lie down on your back, place your hands either crossed over your chest or cupped behind your head as a shelf to support your head. Care should be taken not to exert pressure on the back of the neck or back of the head. Excess pressure could cause neck injury.

Bend your knees up toward your body, and then curl up your shoulders. There is no need to lift your back off the floor. Merely lifting your shoulders and bending towards your stomach will exercise your abdominals. And since you are not lifting your back up off the floor, your hip muscles remain relaxed. All the effort you are exerting is going into strengthening your abs.

There are many variations on crunches that we will be discussing in the future.

You know, no one does sit-ups anymore, but do you know why? The object of sit-ups is to strengthen the abdominal wall muscles by using them to bend the spine up and off the floor. However, two other things happen that not only do not contribute to strengthening the abs, but can actually make things worse.

First, when you pull up the spine off the floor, a lot of pressure is exerted on the lower back, or the lumbar region. The weight of your body and the compression of the vertebrae are not such good things for the back.

The second problem is that when you pull up all the way off the floor you also bring the muscles of the hips into play. This reduces the workout you are trying to give your abdominals because the hips are joining in with the effort, helping the abs and taking away from the efficiency of the exercise that you are doing.

Nowadays we do crunches.