Someone recently asked about the Janda Sit Up, and was told that it isolates the abs, so it goes against Pavel's teachings or something of that sort. Pavel recently responded to a question similar on a website:
'isolation' is not the exact word; I used to it make the benefits obvious to laymen. What the Ab Pavelizer does is retrains you to use the correct, functional pattern that involves a synergistic action of the abs and glutes. One has no power when the abs contract w'o the glutes. Using a wrestling example, think of a tackle. If the abs/glutes tense on impact your tackle will be a lot more powerful. Using a MA example, should you try to front kick with your quads/hip flexors/abso only, you will fail to put your weight behind the kick and fail to use the reaction force from the ground. This is explained in the Martial Power. - Pavel Tsatsouline
Hope this helps everybody understand what the move is about.
