Ab circle

shellbellnz
shellbellnz Posts: 115 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hiya. I bought one of these a couple of years back and I have used it a few times but never stuck at it. I have a couple of questions about it if anyone can help me. I didn't see any results previously but that could be for a few reasons, one being I didn't use it often enough and two being I wasn't prepared to change my diet. So I am wanting to know if anyone has had any success using it. I have heard heaps of bad reviews lately so don't want to waste my energy.

If you log it as an exercise what do you log it as. Maybe aerobics?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Since you've already bought, then all you need to do is use it. Start off with a time you can achieve and build from there.

    I dissuade people from buying home equipment till they can do just the body weight exercise versions for free consistently. If people don't do the free exercises consistently, buying a piece of equipment won't usually change the habit either.


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  • shellbellnz
    shellbellnz Posts: 115 Member
    Yeah it was a bit of a have really. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I am doing heaps of walking and started to run and wondered if it would be a good idea to try the ab circle as well to burn some extra calories. There is a counter thing on there but its never worked. I might go and have another look at it. I find it motivating knowing how many calories I am burning. I kind of want to get one of those arm band things too.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I have it, it's the most useless thing I've ever bought but I got it because I found it entertaining. The company always wants to try it, and it was pretty fun for a second when I was on it. Unfortunately it's bad on my knees.

    It's a thing that works a specific area. FYI your body is predetermined to be a certain shape...Some people carry their weight in their gut. Weight will eventually come off your waist on a calorie deficit no matter what you work out, and it will come off when it wants to, not because you use the ab circle. Work your whole body, eat at a calorie deficit. It's good you want to exercise, but I'm flexible and can use that thing all day and break into a harder sweat when I hike or jog or run or do jumping jacks. I don't find it to be the greatest calorie burner, definitely not aerobics. Perhaps enter it as sit ups?
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    don't waste your time with ab gimmick machines. get a holistic routine going.

    i should add... it's ok to work your abs, but that should be like 4% of what you do.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Yeah it was a bit of a have really. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I am doing heaps of walking and started to run and wondered if it would be a good idea to try the ab circle as well to burn some extra calories. There is a counter thing on there but its never worked. I might go and have another look at it. I find it motivating knowing how many calories I am burning. I kind of want to get one of those arm band things too.

    The calorie counter on the ab circle is completely inaccurate. It doesn't know how old you are, what your heart rate is, how hard you're working, if you've done a full swing, what muscles are engaged, if you're female, what your body fat percentage is...it knows nothing. I highly recommend getting a continuous HRM (heart rate monitor) if you enjoy the cardio stuff. They're accurate for cardio burns.

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