Ab Lounger Review » Complete Program

Total Core Extra

Chandler — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:04:28 +0000

The Total Core Extra is Our Winner of the All Around Best Ab Workout and Core Toning System. The incredible 360 degree midsection workout allows you to target your entire core while properly supporting your back. The power coils assist you on the way up and provide resistance on the way down engaging all of your core muscle groups: Abdominals, Obliques (sides) and Lower Back!

The Total Core comes complete with a 10-day quick start guide, common sense meal plan, slimdown workout DVD, and a balance ball with pump to use for the additional exercises. As an extra bonus, you will receive a convenient Total Core Computer to keep track of your progress!

The Total Core Extra is small and compact making it easy to store away in a closet, corner or under your bed. Since the system provides good back support it is suitable for all users. The price is much lower than many of the other “as seen on tv” type ab machines. Overall, the Total Core Extra is THE BEST ab workout on the market today.

Ab Lounger Sport

Chandler — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:04:54 +0000

The Ab Lounger was one of 2009′s hottest ab workout machines, but as we found, it really wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. The overall unit is flimsy and feels as though it would fall apart at anytime. The max weight capacity is 250lbs, so heavier users would not benefit from this machine. The machine is supposedly fold able and easily stored, but it’s only marginally less bulky when folded. When it IS in use, unless you have a dedicated exercise room with plenty of open floorspace, plan on rearranging the furniture or risk breaking something.

The ads you’ll see on TV state:

“Focus your abdominal workout strictly on your stomach muscles with the Ab Lounge sport, a comfortable, effective ab machine for people of all fitness levels. The Ab Lounge sport offers a sturdy floor-based position that helps you experience a total range of motion, making it easy to work muscles in the upper and lower abdominals and obliques. At the same time, the chair supports your body, head, neck, and back throughout the entire exercise, so you won’t accidentally strain a non-ab muscle through poor form.”

Bottom line, there are way better (and cheaper) alternatives to the ab lounger. Try looking at the Total Core Extra; it’s cheaper, smaller and works better.

Ab Rocket

Chandler — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:22:21 +0000

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.