26 yrs old-- bad back-- need core/ab excercises

hotjacki85

I am 26 yrs old and have a really bad back from an accident and then also pregnancy... I have tried excercises on excercise balls, used the ab machines at the gym, tried yoga. I am at a stand still on what i can do that will work.

I have googled hundreds of "easy ab workouts" but want to know what actually works.

I am a dedicated gym rat and go 5 days a week. and just feel theres got to be SOMETHING i can do to get my abs back. Everything else on my body is toning up at good pace EXCEPT MY ABS (and hips)

Low impact/low flexibility ab work out appreciated


Thanks

therealangd

The only thing to get rid of the ab flab is to reduce your body fat %. ie eat at a calorie deficit.

All the ab exercises in the world are not going to address the layer of fat covering them up.

hotjacki85

LOL im not trying to lose "belly fat" im trying to strengthen my core

hotjacki85

fats gone just need to tone them

LrdTwitchyMcChin

Pilates and Yoga I have found help me. I had to go to physical therapy for a month because of a shoulder/neck spasm. The cause was an unstable lower back which was caused by large breasts and week ab muscles. When I started doing Pilates and Yoga (which is what my physical therapist had me doing), I could really tell a difference. It really strengthens your core (as long as you're doing it correctly). Hope this helps!