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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: funk51 on January 25, 2019, 03:54:30 PM
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i haven't used one of these for years . did 4 days straight of it, now i'm really sore. any one else use one of these ab wheels. ???
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i use this
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=585231.0;attach=654793;image)
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i use this
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=585231.0;attach=654793;image)
pretty expensive to do basically the same thing as a 10 dollar wheel.. funny i started the frog thread too.
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I love the ab wheel funk. It's a total core experience.
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I use one. The first time my abs were so sore the day after. This is what I believe. A lot of ab exercises do contract the abs but they are mainly hip flexors (psoas) dominate like leg raises and sit ups. The actual abs cause very little movement to the torso. It's more of a stabilizing protective isometrically contracted muscle. Using the wheel the abs must contract or you couldn't do the movement. When your arms are extended it's a lot of leverage on the abs increasing the intensity like a super plank. I do it from the knees position but I have seen just a few that start at the standing position. That is really tough.
On another note I still believe in crunches. The overwhelming majority don't do them correctly. It's moving the upper torso toward your navel. Most just jank their neck up and down. Most out of shape people can't do crunches. I always hold a plate behind my head to increase the intensity.
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Would the airlines allow me to carry the Frog onboard?
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they create much pain >:(
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Apparently also good for 'expanding' the rib cage or at least stretching out the tight muscles which can pull the chest in.
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I used to use the Torso Track years ago. I did a few quick sets and had a hard time getting out of bed the next morning.
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Used an Ab Wheel for years, usually after a regular workout. Also good for tight shoulders, which most BB'ers don't realize that they have. I think of doing Ab Wheels as a reverse straight arm pullover, which also hits the abs and lats as the Ab Wheel does. And very good for a tight shoulder girdle.
Some men use the Ab Wheel starting from a standing position for higher reps (better men than I). Can buy a $5 Ab Wheel at WalMart or a $25 one at a sports store. Some have better handles/grips but the mechanics are about the same. We had a ballbearing (Home Depot) wheel and rod running through at a gym I frst started to train at..
A negative may be that some may experience lower back pain after use for awhile; nerve, disc, muscle imbalance, etc.. Something that anyone will have to discover themselves . Might suggest Romanian deadlifts if there is a weaker muscle imbalance of the lower back, because the ab's are a potential very strong muscle group and that strength balance can be very important.
Good Luck.
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I take an old dumbbell bar (has no flanges) and put two 10 lb. plates centered on it and then collars each side.
They are a really good core workout.
Another is 1 arm farmer's walks.
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pretty expensive to do basically the same thing as a 10 dollar wheel.. funny i started the frog thread too.
Frog = classic over-engineering.
Right up there with the Biceps Supinator machine.
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i use this
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=585231.0;attach=654793;image)
I'm sure their stock is doing well. Its $900 on ebay.
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I'm sure their stock is doing well. Its $900 on ebay.
what was the org MSRP?
there is some band/bar for $499!!! wtf
mike has a house payment - i dont blame him for schilling that POS thing out. he prolly made $5k - $10k?
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The fact that people have to pack it up and take it somewhere outside the house pretty much kills any motivation to use it after the 2nd time.
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The fact that people have to pack it up and take it somewhere outside the house pretty much kills any motivation to use it after the 2nd time.
ok.... after looking at the pic from the designers point of view....
it is a glorified pilates reformer on wheels. - bingo
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most getbiggers have plenty of space in their
house palace
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most getbiggers have plenty of space in their house palace
(http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ebf22afec/images/HOMELESS_011AA-1.jpg)
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I'm sure their stock is doing well. Its $900 on ebay.
overpriced piece of junk . . ! !
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I got my ab wheel at Wal-Marts. ::)
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pretty expensive to do basically the same thing as a 10 dollar wheel.. funny i started the frog thread too.
Its still being sold for 1,495.00 on the website. :-\