I need your help with stomach exercises

auntkaren

With my chronic back pain, I haven't done much exercise in a long time except short walks. The past two days I have tried laying on the floor and just doing some old exercises like when in gym at school. I can't begin to do a scrunch though, I just barely get my shoulders up. :explode: My stomach is my worst area as far as to where a lot of weight is. Do you have any ideas for me I really want to tighten those flabby muscles:happy:

auntkaren

With my chronic back pain, I haven't done much exercise in a long time except short walks. The past two days I have tried laying on the floor and just doing some old exercises like when in gym at school. I can't begin to do a scrunch though, I just barely get my shoulders up. :explode: My stomach is my worst area as far as to where a lot of weight is. Do you have any ideas for me I really want to tighten those flabby muscles:happy:

banks1850

hehe, ironically I just posted this today. Talk about timing

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/7075-core-workouts

banks1850

With my chronic back pain, I haven't done much exercise in a long time except short walks. The past two days I have tried laying on the floor and just doing some old exercises like when in gym at school. I can't begin to do a scrunch though, I just barely get my shoulders up. :explode: My stomach is my worst area as far as to where a lot of weight is. Do you have any ideas for me I really want to tighten those flabby muscles:happy:

by the way, Crunches are very dangerous if you already have a weak back. I would leave them out as you can do more harm then good. Much better to do perpendicular hip thrusts with your hands supporting your lower back.

you do perpendicular thrusts by lying on your back, put your hands under your lower back, stick your legs straight up at a 90 degree angle and thrust your hips in the air, hold it for as long as you can (5 to 10 seconds if you can) and release, rest for 10 seconds and do it again, do this until you feel very strong burn in your stomach. Another one is the planck (see these in the post that I did above).

auntkaren

:happy: Thanks!! This should really help.

ariannedavis

do a lot for the back as well. The core is all attached and if you already have back problems, you need focus here anyways.

prone supermans- lay on your stomach and lift legs & arms about 6 inches off ground; hold 10-15 sec.

straight leg lifts- lay on you back, knees bent and focus on your hips/low back staying flat on the floor; lift one leg at a time without shifting your abdomen/pelvis (harder than it sounds)

MacKenzie push-up- push-up position on belly, only your hips stay on the floor so it's only a half push-uup, you can also do rotations to one side at a time with these. This will feel more like a stretch than eexercsie, but soooo good to do.

You may want to try pilates as well. The whole focus is on core strength while doing small, controlled movements. I'm in pretty good shape now and they can kick my butt!

Good luck,
Arianne

nicole0177

you should get a pilates ball it probably would feel good on your back and you can so many exercises with one ball!!! it makes my whole body feel great when i use it!!! because i always have lower back pain but it makes me feel great!!!