Most days in the morning at five am, I wake up from my slumber, pound the alarm clock wipe my drewl and head out to the gym. Some days I like going to the gym other days I do not. The positive factor with the gym is that it gives me the opportunity to loose some weight. Plus it wakes me up and gets me in a positive state of mind.

I start with warm up sessions, then go to the treadmill and moving along to the weights. Eventually I get to the dreaded ab exercise machine. This piece of equipment is not my favorite. Personally I cannot stand the ab exercise machine. At times I feel that this machine was invented with the intent on torturing my fellow human being! Using the ab exercise equipment can at times feel like pure hell! On top of that I cannot seem to get the washboard belly that I see being advertised on the TV morning, noon and night

After using the ab exerciser equipment I often times I find myself pooped, breathless and in agony at the end of the session.

I thought at the time that it maybe the equipment itself (bad work man blames his tools). Could it be possible that me and this equipment were not compatible. So I decided to buy my own that I could use in the privacy of my home. This was a pretty fancy cardio-based ad exercise machine. I brought it home with great expectations, got into my gym gear and gave it a shot. Let me tell you I almost killed myself. I managed to sprain my back.

The moral of the story is this. When using any equipment like the ab exercise equipment get those who are in the know to show you how to use it properly, otherwise you might end up wounded. Put your pride in your pocket and find out how best to use it based on your current build and level of fitness. Trust me it is far more enjoyable when you know how and begin to see results.