The Ab Rocket is another new piece of exercise equipment but due to some design flaws, it doesn’t make it into our recommended list. It uses rolling cushions on the back that are suppose to relieve pressure on your back and neck, but as we saw, these only work if you are just the right height. It comes with different resistance springs so that you can adjust the amount of assistance when coming up. Unfortunately, none of the resistance springs provide much assistance at all so the back rest does not really help you to come up. So if your abs are weak, you will rely mainly on the handles to pull yourself back up pretty which pretty much defeats the entire purpose of the Ab Rocket.

The Ab Rocket is a complete system which includes a low-calorie meal plan and an instructional DVD with five-minute ab workouts, a cardio workout, and a Pilates assister. The ab workout you get from the Rocket isn’t terrible, but it is left to be used only by those that are already somewhat in shape.