| Bodybuilders often seek to develop the abdominal | | | | But is the commonly held belief that crunches are the |
| muscles, as this particular area helps produce a visibly | | | | most potent abdominal exercise yet another in the |
| pleasing physique. In hopes of achieving the most | | | | plethora of bodybuilding myths? Not quite, but the idea |
| impressive abdominal shape, bodybuilders frequently | | | | that direct abdominal training is the key to improving |
| implement body weight exercises such as crunches or | | | | mid-section appearance is a very misleading |
| sit-ups, and sometimes even increase resistance by | | | | connotation, as exercise is actually the least important |
| adding weight to induce failure within a lower rep | | | | technique in producing impressive abdominal definition, |
| range, taxing the abdominal muscles with considerable | | | | since a proper diet is the basis supporting the success |
| intensity to theoretically improve appearance. | | | | of any correctly structured abdominal muscle routine. |