Ab Chair 2

Find out more about ab chair 2 abdominal muscles exercise machine and whether it can help improve your Abdominals. 

The Ab Chair 2 is an exercise chair that can help strengthen and tighten your abdominal muscles. There hase been a huge amount of abdominal fitness machines that have come onto the market in recent years that look quite similar to the ab chair such as the ab lounge xl.

The the Ab Chair 2 pro design is very similar product to the Ab lounge which was a highly successful and popular fitness exercise machine produced by the sports company Fitness Quest.  The Ab Chair 2 claims that it includes many more features that can "transform your flabby abs into sexy into swimsuit abs in just a few minutes a day". Whether this is true or not is still to be proven.

The unique feature that the manufacturers focus on the is the abdominal  crunch system that works out your abdominal muscles with a fuller range of motion compared to the traditional crunches and sit up exercises that we are more familiar with. Below I have provided what I consider the main advantages and disadvantages of the Ab Chair xl:

Advantages

As it name suggest the Ab Chair deluxe is a chair that you sit in. This does have an advantage over the traditional sit up and crunch exercises because your neck and back muscles are supported by the chair. This enables you to focus on tightening the abdominal muscles and tone them more effectively by pushing against a network of resistance bands.

The Ab Chair is comfortable and its as it supports the abdominal and back muscles these features would benefit people who are not that flexible or who have not trained for a considerable amount of time.

There are resistance controls that allow you to set your own specific ab workout routine and you can increase the resistance as you build up your strength.

Although the chair may look a little flimsy it is quite sturdy due to its rolled steel frame. The seat material is made of a breathable mesh material that can stretch to provide added comfort. It is also folds up for storage when not in use and has adjustable foot pedals.

Disadvantages:

Whether the ab chair deluxe is more effective at giving you better abdominals remains to be seen. However, most people whose body is in good shape and regularly use the traditional sit up and crunches would not see any real benefit in using the ab chair 2 deluxe 2008.

The full range of motion that is claimed to give a more effective workout would be considered by some Fitness experts as putting excessive strain on the back.

Conclusion

The Ab Chair does have its benefits and it limitations and is more suited to certain groups than others. For those of us who are not as flexible as we use to be due to back problems are being overweight then this abdominal exerciser  may benefit you. If you are a person who is in good shape and are already finding success with the traditional abdominal crunching exercises then I would give this product a miss.

Please stay as later on I will be doing a review on the ab chair 2 pro model, the ab exercise ball and more exercise equipment.