Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

The original book's the best, and now the improved version!:

A popular, (and successful), philosophy among strength trainers is to train harder and briefer. This theme hasn't been applied to the abdominal muscles,(check all the high rep, low resistance 'tools' on TV ads), UNTIL NOW. Pavel uses the the latest knowledge to TRULY isolate, (crunches won't do it), the abs for the first time. What this means is brief sets like never before, ( those ' 6 minutes workouts' for the abs are NOT brief, just trying doing six minutes of crunches). Imagine doing a set of revised... more info

Something different, for any level of ability:

I used to do incline bench situps with 30 pounds on my chest, and stop because I was bored, not tired. Pavel Tsatsouline comes with a book applying his favorite fitness tool, neurology, to abdominal training, and I find exercises that have me shake and collapse before the end of the first rep. If you want strong abdominals, you will get them if you do these exercises, if you want them to look good, he has a few tricks for that too. You will hear from some experts that since the abs mostly stabilise the... more info

Very clearly written & illustrated:

This book includes a lot of unique & rare info. I particularly liked the info about breathing techniques to use with the exercises. Pavel includes a wide variety of techniques from various disciplines including yoga & martial arts, plus a lot of stregnth-training type exercises. I ended up buying the Pavelizer equipment he discusses in the book, and it is very effective. I also liked the fact that it does not strain my neck. As a belly dance teacher & performer, I'm obsessed with abs, and I've... more info

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