If You Hate Crunches... If You Hate Sit Ups... Then Find Out Why Craig Ballantyne is Telling People to STOP Doing Them!

Doing another crunch or sit ups is NOT necessary EVEN if you want a flat stomach or six pack abs.

In my professional opinion... abdominal crunches are useless, ineffective and for some folks... damaging to your spine. That's right! Damaging to your spine...

In fact, Dr. Stuart McGill covered this subject in his book, "Ultimate Low Back Fitness & Performance." The conclusion from his research scared the heck out of me. So if you are one of those gym rats who prefers to spend thirty minutes on abdominal crunching type exercises... prepared to be SHOCKED!

For myself... I found out about how useless crunches and sit ups are the hard way... spending 10 minutes a day back in my third year of University, and guess what? They did absolutely nothing for my abs!

However, that same year, I accidentally discovered interval training and total body abdominal exercises. At last, I found the training secrets that helped me transform my torso from a regular fit college-aged guy into a cover-model six pack abs worthy.

(Matt's notes: Be sure to check out Craig Ballantyne's six pack abs and see for yourself that by just doing the effective bodyweight exercises, interval training along with following good nutritional habits... SEE? You CAN get six pack abs)

But, back to Craig's article...

No Sit Ups... No Crunches... No Kidding!

So let's focus on the total body abdominal exercises to help you build a better looking torso while maintaining your healthy lower back...

For the beginners... the three exercises you must master are called, "The Plank," "The Side Plank," and "The Bird dog." Now, I am going to be blunt here... these abdominal exercises aren't the most exciting moves in the world but they will get the job done for you. In fact, those three exercises would kick the butts of any sit ups or crunches you can do.

But for the intermediate level of fitness and strength... you will graduate to abdominal exercises such as the "Mountain Climbers," "Plank with your forearms on the stability ball," and "Stability Ball Jackknives." There are also several advanced push ups exercises that will also work your abs MUCH better than crunches ever could!

Matt here again... I found a great stability ball at Walmart for less than $20 USD. It doesn't cost much but using it in conjunction with Craig's full -

But I won't stop there... when you reach the advanced level of fitness... I will show you the "Cross-Body Mountain Climbers," "Chin Ups with Knee Ups," and :Stability Ball Rollouts."

Please welcome... to the new era of CRUNCH Less abdominal workouts.

About the Author:

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training For Abs workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. Go here for more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions, without crunches or fancy equipment!