Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have been using it for about 3 months now...I can only compare it to the "ab roller" which Ive had before and the power wheel ( look it up on amazon) a more advanced ab roller... some points... 1. if you have carpet or a mat, it works nicely/rolls smoothly 2. handles are ergonomic, I believe 3. you can lean to side for an oblique workout, however, the hand clearance is ridiuloucly low to the floor when I tried it, this is not a deal breaker for me, because my goal is not to build ANY oblique musle whatsoever 4. I don't care for the gray rubber knee protector the I received with it - its to wide and feels weird to me! Instead I use a yoga mat ( folded a couple times to make it even thicker) I got off amazon, for $20 bucks, this gives my knees plenty of cushion,and allows me to keep my knees tightly together and feet off the ground, when I roll forward. 5. I would recomend it for beginners to intermediate because it has a coil the helps return the wheel back to starting position, it sounds like spagetti is inside the wheel, but it works decent... My routine is to use this and an ab lounge ( not being made anymore as far as I know) My Routine: I do 3 sets of 20 on each machine in addition to 30 minutes of eliptical/cardio each day ( no days off for the most part) for 3 months and have lost 24 pounds...diet consists of about 1500 cal/day max ( according to Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) ) I should intake about 3100 /cal a day I have about 16 pounds to go ( 2 more months) to my target weight of 186 ( from 226), that is how I am losing weight! in about 4 months, my abs have gone from blah, to KA-BOOM! ...after I melt away about another 16 pounds....I expect to REALLY SEE these ABS that lie under my viseral/flank fat Google: How to Get Rid of Flank Fat for a good article at website livestrong related to your abs! those that say an ab wheel or ab lounge doesn't work either a. doesn't do it long enough b. doesn't implement the correct diet w/ their work out program c. both a and b Note: if this is the first time your are doing this exercise,your AB muscles will be CRYING ( WAA WAHH WAHHH) ( in other words: hurting) for the first week or so, just bare through the pain or do a couple of times a week if it is too painful , in time, you will "wake your muscles up" , after about 2 weeks you won't feel pain anymore, unless of course you take a month or two off, then you will be right back where you started!!! Another TIP: if you need the ab carver to give you more resistence( push back/ help you), you should "pre" roll the wheel then while holding it securely, set it back down in your starting position,, you will notice that the wheel, will then produce more resistence thus making it easier for you, you will also notice it does have a stopping point if you "pre" rool it too much which make be a good thing or bad thing depending on the user! I will post a video review/clip explaining this TIP in the future!