Are Cardio Workouts for Abs Necessary?

For years aspiring exercise buffs have been asking “are cardio workouts for abs necessary”?

There are many on either side of this fence but I am wondering if most are asking the wrong question…

The one camp has a hard time spending 30-60 minutes on a treadmill or exercise bike when they could be crunching their abs or doing some dead lifts.

While the other side feel they haven’t burned the bulge unless they work up an adequate lather.

My question is this…

If cardio is simply getting your heart rate to a certain level and keeping it there for a set period of time does it matter what exercises are used to accomplish this?

I argue “how it’s done” is irrelevant so why not use strength building exercises with less weight (so you can do more reps) with shorter rest periods (so the heart rate stays in the target range) and build your strength while working up a sultry sweat?

For some specific exercise that work well with this ab sculpting model check out my Cardio Workouts for Abs Necessary article.