The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
clothing, even when they have low bodyfat. Not good.
If you want additional abdominal exercises as a woman, stick with timed planks instead,
which also strengthen the gluteus medius on the hip. Just as The Kiwi in the last chapter
prescribed, start with 30 seconds on the front, then 30 seconds on each side, working up to 90
seconds maximum per set. One set per angle per workout is all that's needed.
Last but not least, to avoid the small potbelly look so common among women, even tness
competitors, x your pelvic tilt with hip exor stretches. The following can be performed once
a day for 30 seconds on each side. Before kettlebells is perfect, as it will also help with hip
extension.
Even if you ignore the two exercises in this chapter, don't rely on the plain-vanilla crunch. It's
utterly ineffective.
Here's how it stacks up against other exercises when rectus abdominis activation is measured