Mike Goddard was sitting on a top-of-the-line, mid-level Matrix abdominal crunch machine at the new Prisco Community Center fitness area, looking wistfully around at a room with almost no other people ...

“Are abdominal machines that simulate a sit-up effective? What is the best way to strengthen the abdominals and the core?” “” Judy A. Oakland, CA Traditional Chinese medicine refers to the stomach ...

If you’ve ever bought an exercise gadget in pursuit of a flatterfront, a San Diego State University study on fitness equipment maymake you sit up and take notice. Professor Peter Francis studied ...

One of the most popular machines or equipment in a gym, apart from the treadmill and the bench and the cables, is the ab machine. That chair with some weight attached, which you have to pull down in a ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? That said, different ab machines function in very different ways, so it's ...