More on the abs

It seems as if the Times article has cast some intrigue. While Iran is burning, North Korea is aiming missiles at the Aloha State and healthcare is in crisis, the most e-mailed article from the NYTimes.com site is the abs exercise article mentioned yesterday. Comments are off-the-charts and boy! what a fitness obsessed society we live in.

So back to the subject of abs. It seems that the safe consensus is that any exercise the forces you to stabilize your midsection is good for the "core." So squatting, deadlifts, standing shoulder presses, planks, etc... are sufficient to have strong abs and lower back.