Abs Myth

Don’t turn your gym session into a ball game. When California State University scientists compared core activation during overhead exercises, they found that shoulder presses on a bench will work your abs, obliques, and lower back more than doing them on a Swiss ball will. The researchers hypothesise that the heavier weights you can use on a bench force your abs to work harder in order to stabilise your upper body.

 

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