GRRR.
It really bothers me when things like this happen. This article goes under the assumption that the public is.. uhhm.. misinformed.
Unfortunately they are.
Amazing how the anti-crunch movement has been around for over a decade, yet it still hasn’t made it mainstream.
Things that make you go wah….?

This is amazing. Truly artistic as well as a show of intense physical strength.
I never knew/heard of the Roue Cyr wheel before?
Wow, just wow.

I’m still speechless that there are people out there who not only promote them, but still swear by them. The old adage of sit ups = six-pack abs is simply just not true.
A strong core is not the result of doing sit-ups, let alone 200 of them! The sit-up is not only unsafe on many levels (for your cervical spine, lumber spine, sacral complex to name a few), but it fails to properly challenge your ‘core’.
Your core is a muscle complex that involves the mid-section (not just your abdominals). I won’t bore you with the specifics – let’s just say your core is at work throughout just about every movement your make.
It’s a dynamic and static total body stabilizer. To sit on the floor and flex at your hips does your ‘core’ an injustice, since the majority of your ‘core’ isn’t even activated while performing the sit-up.
Take 5 minutes and ‘Google’ the word ‘core’. Then hop on over to YouTube and search for ‘core exercise’.
Let me know how many times you see the sit-up.
Better yet, try any of the novice ‘core’ exercises. Can you honestly say a sit-up ‘works’ you the same?
I’m not making this up, really I’m not. It’s no secret.
I just feel anyone ‘serious’ about their core strength shouldn’t waste their time.

Best of luck out there!