I recently read this interesting article on Michael Boyle's website regarding core and abdominal workouts, and could definitely enlighten a few gym-goers about the fallacies of our classic ab workouts. Here's an excerpt:
"First of all, crunches and sit-ups can reinforce poor posture. According to Eeric Truumees, MD, in his article "Back Pain Prevention, 5 Harmful Habits," poor posture "places an enormous amount of stress on the spine." Crunches and sit-ups involve spinal flexion and too much flexion of the spine can lead to disc problems over time. We have enough ways to ruin our back, why are we doing it in the gym?"
Please do check out this article
http://www.strengthcoach.com/public/1455.cfm
"First of all, crunches and sit-ups can reinforce poor posture. According to Eeric Truumees, MD, in his article "Back Pain Prevention, 5 Harmful Habits," poor posture "places an enormous amount of stress on the spine." Crunches and sit-ups involve spinal flexion and too much flexion of the spine can lead to disc problems over time. We have enough ways to ruin our back, why are we doing it in the gym?"
Please do check out this article
http://www.strengthcoach.com/public/1455.cfm
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