The Total Trainer home gym would still rank among the most dynamic and useful pieces of fitness equipment even if it arrived without the usual array of attachments. But thankfully it comes replete with attachment opportunities that allow for substantial upgrades to be made to an already exceptional fitness machine. The Total Trainer Pro-Ab Crunch Ab-Strap is one such attachment; its inclusion is of value to anyone seeking a change up in an ab routine that might have devolved into a mundane chore.
The strap is present to usher in a new era in your core routine by making possible the effective development of the midsection’s muscles.
The Total Trainer’s commitment to placing only well designed and meticulously crafted products on the market is no better reflected than in the Pro-Ab Crunch Ab-Strap. Its objective is to keep your body secure as you engage in ab shaping exercises, something which needs increased emphasis due to the unconventional angle required during its utilization. The strap grants your upper body stability, allowing you to stay balanced so the maximum amount of focus is placed on the midsection.
The attachment acts as a mechanism to make these exercises a more profitable venture for anyone seeking a defined six pack. Knocking out the on-the-back, conventional form of sit-ups can become repetitive and dull, creating a need for products like VKRs and attachments such as the Pro-Ab Crunch Ab-Strap. They are a breath of fresh air, letting you strengthen the abdomen muscles from a different angle while still producing fabulous results.
The Pro-Ab Crunch Ab-Strap is one of several Total Trainer attachments tailored specifically to assist you in working toward chiseled abs. In order to put the strap to use, kneel on the glide board, facing in the direction opposite the resistance level settings. With feet hanging off, hook them around the end of the glide board while gripping the strap’s handles in each hand. Curling your feet around the end of the glide board provides additional support on top of the role the Pro-Ab Crunch Ab-Strap plays in securing your body in place. You are in the proper beginning position if heels are touching glute muscles.
Bring your midsection toward the bended knees. Lean down as far as you can go, bringing elbows down to the glide board’s surface if possible; going down this far is a telltale sign the Ab Pro Strap is imparting meaningful ab work. The brilliance of the Ab Pro Strap rests in the resistance it gives during ab work, forcing the core to generate forward momentum against a level you deem adequate for acquiring washboard abs. Working against this added resistance defines and tones the midsection, giving you results above and beyond what is offered by performance of a conventional sit-up.
To form a mental image of workouts with the Total Trainer Pro-Ab Crunch Ab-Strap, picture kneeling on the floor while gripping a resistance band that is anchored behind your body. While holding the resistance band, you would then bend forward until the chest touches kneecaps and elbows reach the floor. This is what the attachment allows you to do from the surface of your Total Trainer glide board, going beyond what resistance bands would allow for by placing variable, easily adjusted resistance levels at your fingertips. This allows your Ab-Strap crunches to become progressively more challenging as core strength is built.
This attachment is included with the DLX II, DLX III, Pilates Pro, Pilates System, and Power Pro models.