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...they work? Not necessarily. Independent studies have concluded that most of these products--no matter who endorses them or how expensive they are--shape your midsection no better than old-fashioned stomach crunches. Some can even cause injury--like the $518.99 Body Shapers, which left electrical burns on some researchers at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Others, like the popular Ab-Doer, typically burn fewer calories than a gentle walk, according to a study to be published in September by the American Council on Exercise...
What about "spot training" to build muscle or lose fat in just that part of the body? Forget it, says Allan Goldfarb, professor in the exercise and sports science department at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Developing a toned stomach requires not just abdominal exercises but also a low-fat diet and lots of whole-body aerobic activity. "Typical stuff," he says, "that you've heard a thousand times before...
That doesn't mean you should give up on your stomach muscles. Strong abdominals are good for you. They pull the pelvis up, which helps prevent pain by reducing the sway of the lower back. "Lower-back injury is one of the top problems in the country, and abdominal weakness is a huge contributing factor," says Miriam Nelson, an exercise physiologist at Tufts University in Boston. "We sit all day, and then if we go to the gym, most people focus on the biceps instead of the core muscles...
...Chandra's mother Susan, it was an especially hard episode. "I'm not holding up very well," she tells TIME. "It's been a very rough week." Levy says both she and her husband Robert take sleeping pills and tranquilizers at night. "I'm often sick to my stomach. It's sheer terror." Still, Levy won't call for Gary Condit to quit. "Let the people decide for themselves." But she does take a shot at California Governor Gray Davis, noting that he hasn't called the family, whereas the state's two Senators have...
...Rumsfeld?s original plan - reportedly, spend twice the extra $18.5 billion the White House sent the Pentagon?s way - certainly would have made all those choices easier to stomach. As it is, Bush?s earmarked funds went to missile defense and status-quo basics like parts and equipment and improved living standards for soldiers, and the disagreements between the military establishment?s soldiers and civilians became measurably sharper. And Rumsfeld is on the brink of a choice that - at least for the time being - has little or no chance of making its way into the field...