Ummmm... Got Abslide!?May 16 '01 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line So far, so good. The Abslide seems to be doing what it should as far as defining my ABS and making me feel strong.
OK, OK, OK.... I'm not even sure if this fits the category. Heck, I'm not even sure what I'm really talking about, but I finally have one. Well, I actually have more than one ab, but I do have just ONE Abslide. Although I do have two sets of handles for my one Abslide and this is how that happened. I ordered the amazing machine known as the Abslide after seeing the incredible commercial that has been plastered on every non-24 hour channel on the dial between the hours of 2 am and 6 am. What I figured was simple. If the Abslide actually works, I'll be the next superhero in tights running around (perhaps even flying around) saving pet kittens from trees. If it doesn't work, I could always write a really biting, albeit humorous EPINION about it. See, it's a no-lose situation all the way around. So here I am writing an Epinion on the Abslide, and the thing is, I don't have TOO many bad things to say about it. Except for the fact that I had to send back the first one I bought because I seemingly broke the thing by somehow pushing it against the large visible stuck on arrow that says "BY ALL MEANS DO NOT DO WHAT YOU JUST DID, OR YOUR ABSLIDE WILL BLOW UP INTO SEVERAL JAGGED EDGES, RESULTING IN PERMANENT ABSLIDE UNWORKABILITY!" So it didn't quite put it that way, but it did adequately inform me of not doing what I had already done, which leads me to the point of making sure you always read the directions before using any seemingly simple exercise devices. So before I really had much opportunity to take advantage of the Abslide, which by the way is a small roller type exercise machine with handles that you, while kneeling behind it, push outwards until you are nearly level to the ground, before pulling back. This works your ABS in the same way that typical sit ups supposedly do. Abslide however, allows your body the flexibility and ease of a tension machine to work them much more effectively and easily. Your supposed to push outwards with the arrow on the machine, but I guess I must have somehow pulled in on it at first, causing the tension system to go haywire and ruin the entire aforementioned devices effectiveness. I sent the machine back but kept the power handles I had purchased along with it. Apparently the longer handles allow you to work your upper arms and shoulders just as thoroughly and effectively as you can work your ABS. Maybe they should call it the Abupperarmshoulder Slide. Anyway I purchased the Abslide at some fitness store and now have two sets of handles to go with it. I use the Abslide about ten minutes per day and try to do about twenty to fifty reps on it. Whenever I start to feel no resistance I will take a day off between doing the Abslide and try to work in some running or cals instead. This allows the ab muscles to form thicker layers without ripping and tearing as much. It appears to be working. I feel in very good shape and I actually have something that resembles a six-pack rather than a beer keg now. You gotta be careful about dirt and dog hairs though. If you have a dirty floor or a dog that sheds a lot, be careful about getting all that inside the Abslide. It clogs up the wheels and messes up the tension device inside. I can't believe they don't have a warning about that! GEEZ!! Do they think there actually exists an intelligent consumer?  |
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