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Lower back pain and free weight/abs workout
booksnbrains
Posts: 119 Member
I do three strength training sessions a week that are a combination of free weights and ab exercises. This is the second week in a row that I’m experiencing back pain afterwards and it’s really cutting into my workout time (and general mobility)! I’m mostly doing standing tricep, bicep, and deltoid work, as well as standing oblique work. Any ideas what I’m doing wrong, or advice on what to try instead? I thought the ab work would stabilize my core, but I’m concerned that I’m not doing the best ab work for that goal. I’m up for pretty much anything I can try in my home gym.
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Are you bent over during these workouts? I have to be very careful not to round my back when I am doing rows or any deadlift variation or I end up with a sore lower back (not to mention risking worse injury).2
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Hi,
I suffer from back pain too. I youtube stretches for back pain video.
Below is a Back Relief video with Dr. Jo. I like and use her videos
https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+exercise+for+back+aches&rlz=1C1PRFI_enUS775US784&oq=youtube+exercise+for+back+aches&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l2.46783j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_61uNXdGBKoW0ggfvi6iIAQ100
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