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    Crunches

    Posts: 186 Member
    edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    I have 2 18inch titanium rods in my spine. I cant bend well enough to do "regular" crunches. I can, however, lift my hips/butt off the floor and can feel the "crunch". Is it the same or even close?

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    • Posts: 3,924 Member
      Real crunches are pretty useless. Leg lifts, or partial leg lifts, are even better. Hip thrusts are good
    • Posts: 186 Member
      Ok, good to know
    • Posts: 83 Member
      The plank is also excellent. You might want do scissors, too. Plenty of good exercises available.
    • Posts: 80
      Crunches hurt many peoples backs, I'd avoid them. Go into the captains chair and do knee raises or leg lifts and as you progress I'd go to hanging from a pullup bar and doing the same motion. Hope this helps!

      Jesse Short
      ISSA Certifed Personal Trainer
    • Posts: 282 Member
      From what you described you are doing a crunch. It is called a reverse crunch.
    • Posts: 186 Member
      Crunches hurt many peoples backs, I'd avoid them. Go into the captains chair and do knee raises or leg lifts and as you progress I'd go to hanging from a pullup bar and doing the same motion. Hope this helps!

      Jesse Short
      ISSA Certifed Personal Trainer

      Captains chair?
    • Posts: 169
      a real crunch should have your legs in the air at a 90 degree angle
    • Posts: 378 Member
      You might want do scissors, too.

      Doesn't she need a partner for that one? Or am I thinking of something else?
    • Posts: 186 Member
      a real crunch should have your legs in the air at a 90 degree angle

      Ummm... they were. lol
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      Doesn't she need a partner for that one? Or am I thinking of something else?

      *cough* You are thinking of something else... completely. LOL
    • Posts: 378 Member
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      *cough* You are thinking of something else... completely. LOL

      ok then, moving on
    • Posts: 87 Member
      I actually have a really crummy neck and my chiro told me earlier this week that I should never ever do a crunch. It puts too much pressure on my neck and spine, even if it's done correctly. He did say that the best option would be to (his words, I swear) "plank till I p*ke". Lol. So that's what I'm trying to do...Not to the extent he suggested, but I'm trying the planking route. And I can feel it in my core, which is great. :laugh:
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      ok then, moving on

      HAHA!! Ok
    • Posts: 186 Member
      I actually have a really crummy neck and my chiro told me earlier this week that I should never ever do a crunch. It puts too much pressure on my neck and spine, even if it's done correctly. He did say that the best option would be to (his words, I swear) "plank till I p*ke". Lol. So that's what I'm trying to do...Not to the extent he suggested, but I'm trying the planking route. And I can feel it in my core, which is great. :laugh:
      Guess I need to google planking. lol
    • Posts: 278 Member
      i've been hearing that crunches and other lay-on-your-back ab exercises are bad, but haven't listened b/c i've always done them. no more! i'm moving to the captains chair. it's super cool looking anyway.
    • Posts: 1,690 Member
      lifting your legs like you are saying just uses different muscles. Still a good abdominal excersise IMO.
    • Posts: 186 Member
      i've been hearing that crunches and other lay-on-your-back ab exercises are bad, but haven't listened b/c i've always done them. no more! i'm moving to the captains chair. it's super cool looking anyway.

      Again.... captains chair?
    • Posts: 7 Member
      A Captain's Chair is an apparatus that you climb into and your legs hang. You support your body with your arms, and you lift your legs against gravity.

      It may not be the best description, but hopefully it will help you picture the apparatus. It is usually found in gyms.

      With the rods in your back, I would do planks...Get into the push up position and hold it...It forces you to pull in your abs, and it works your whole core. Fabulous exercise. :)
    • Posts: 186 Member
      A Captain's Chair is an apparatus that you climb into and your legs hang. You support your body with your arms, and you lift your legs against gravity.

      It may not be the best description, but hopefully it will help you picture the apparatus. It is usually found in gyms.

      With the rods in your back, I would do planks...Get into the push up position and hold it...It forces you to pull in your abs, and it works your whole core. Fabulous exercise. :)

      Thanks! and I fear the word "apparatus" lol
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