Several recent bloggers have weighed in on the review article I co-wrote with Bret Contreras about the potential risks and rewards of spinal flexion exercises. First, the Cooper Institute wrote a post titled Controversy Over Crunches, the Cooper team does a good job summarizing the basic info on the topic. Similarly, my colleague Jonathan Ross wrote an article for the American Council on Exercise titled When Pigs Crunch that also summarized the issue nicely. I encourage you to read both posts.
It’s nice to see that our article stirred up debate on the subject, and that the pendulum has now swung back to center. If you still haven’t read our original article To Crunch or Not to Crunch, you can do so at the link below. Due to the publicity that the article generated, the NSCA has made the article free to view:
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December 6th, 2011 at 1:18 am
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January 30th, 2012 at 10:03 am
The article appears to have been locked up again, right now it doesn’t let me open it without becoming a subscriber.
January 31st, 2012 at 7:50 am
Hey C:
Yes, I believe the free preview was only available for a couple of months. Send me an email and I will send you the PDF of the article…
Brad
March 13th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
This tip very helpful for me. My rank over 21mis
December 14th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Brad – Could you send me the PDF of the article also? Thanks!
December 14th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
I emailed the article Lovena.
Cheers!
Brad