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Biomechanics Lab at San Diego State University recently conducted a study of the Best Abdominal Exercises and found that the “crunch” was not as effective of an exercise as once thought.

In fact of all the abs exercises that were studied the “crunch” fell in the bottom 3. This study was sponsored by the American Council of Exercise.

The study included thirty healthy women and men between the ages of twenty and forty-five.

These people all had different exercise habits, some exercised very little, and some exercised every single day. The study showed that the most effective ab exercise is the bicycle maneuver. The Captains Chair came in second, while the Ball Crunch came in third place.