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Article: Everything you know about abs is wrong.(training)(abdominal muscles)
- Article from:
- Men's Fitness
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO, NOBODY HAD EVER heard of six-pack abs, but plenty of guys had them--even though they didn't have access to 24-hour health clubs or "scientifically" designed exercise machines. Instead they built their abs in the gym of everyday life, usually doing outdoor work such as chopping wood, tilling fields, and stacking hay--movements that built stronger, more powerful, and better-looking midsection muscles than those of some of the most fit men today, We're not suggesting you give up your cubicle, your office, or your indoor job, but we do say forget nearly everything you've been told about how to build your abs: Most of it was a lie.
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