Ab Swing Pro - What Makes The Ab Swing Machine So Amazing?

Admit it.  We all have an obsession with flat tummies especially during the bikini season.  You want to get rid of your pot belly, love handles and other excess flesh on your abdomen, all for vanity's sake although health considerations do come into the picture.

Because of this obsession, products like the Ab Swing are being offered by manufacturers desiring to cash in on the seemingly timeless trend.  Ostensibly, these ab machines work by providing for a better, safer and faster way to perform crunches, which obviously target the abdominal muscles on all sides.

According to the manufacturers of the Ab Swing Pro, usage of the machine will result to sculpted abdominals in as little as 4 weeks with just 5 minutes a day.  This is supposedly possible because it works out the entire abdominal area from the lower and upper to the outer obliques.

To use the Ab Swing Machine, you sit down on the seat, grasp the bars at each side, place your feet on the footrest and then perform the exercise.  Basically, you pull your feet upward while pulling your chest towards your knees.  Think of a V-shaped vertical crunch and you get the idea.

First, let's discuss the merits of the Ab Swing as every product has them and we are not one to shoot down a product even before it has proven its worth in the real world.  For one thing, the construction is such that you are provided with a safe abdominal workout.

The padded seats are comfortable and the handlebars are within reach.  Since you can adjust the length of the Ab Swing Pro, you and others can use it no matter your height.  The prices seem adjustable, too, with different prices quoted on various sites.  You also need not worry about assembly as none is required.  Add in the fact that it is lightweight and portable and you have an Ab Swing Machine you can take on your travels.

But the Ab Swing is not just judged on the merits of its seats, weight and assembly.  Instead, you should judge based on how well it delivers the final product of a flatter tummy.  Well, it does have potential in that the abdominal muscles are indeed exercised with each execution of the movements.

Then again, this can also be said of the other ab machines available in the market today.  In fact, you can sculpt your tummy without any machine just as long as crunches are performed regularly and properly.

Still, you must not think that crunches are the be-all and end-all of a flat stomach.  You must adopt a healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle so as to shed the pounds and the fat, thus, making your ab muscles show themselves.

Other demerits of the Ab Swing include the lack of a back and neck support, the weight limit of 350 pounds is a delimiting factor and the frame is somewhat flimsy.  You have to contend with these disadvantages if you want to spend money on the product.

In conclusion, Ab Swing can only do so much for your quest to have a sculpted stomach worthy to be seen in a bikini or swimming trunks.  Use it properly but not to the point of excluding a healthy diet and lifestyle.