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An Abs-olutely Essential Part of Strength Training

By Jennifer Gruenemay, ACE-Certified, LifeScript Staff Writer

Exercising for an hour is grueling enough, but to end that hour by suffering through set upon set of abdominal exercises is just plain cruel. Unfortunately, working out your tummy is an essential part of a balanced fitness program, and it’s something that you just shouldn’t skip – no matter how much you hate to do it. In fact, not only can strengthening your abdominal muscles make you look thinner (because of better posture), but it’s also essential for protecting against lower back pain. A strong core supports your whole trunk, and can reduce low-back pain, which just so happens to be one of the top complaints among aging adults. If you struggle with your abdominal workout at the end of your exercise session, try incorporating it into your strength workout. Between exercise sets, choose one or two abdominal exercises to do and perform 10-15 repetitions of each and then move on to your next weight machine. It’s sort of like a super circuit (where cardio activities, like jump roping or jogging, are performed after each strength set), but with abdominal exercises performed in between sets instead of aerobics. By the time you’re finished with your hour of strength training you will actually end up doing more crunches, sit-ups and oblique crossovers than if you had left it all until the end of the workout.

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