Ab workouts on the floor = death?!):

angiechimpanzee
angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
edited January 2 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone find it absolutely unbearable to do ab workouts on a hard floor? With every movement my spine/tailbone dig right into the floor and it just hurts so bad.. I need to get a workout mat.

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    I do my ab work standing up, or with an ab wheel

    try it
  • 50kgtoofat
    50kgtoofat Posts: 125 Member
    I thought it was just me. We have parquetry tiles laid over concrete so today I took my yoga mat outside and it still hurt.... I think if I looked in the mirror I would find a bruised coccyx from doing sit ups with a yoga mat on my floor.
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    I do my ab work standing up, or with an ab wheel

    try it
    Ahh my parents have an ab wheel somewhere in the house but I'm in college & have no idea where it is lol! What are some really effective standing ab workouts?!
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    I thought it was just me. We have parquetry tiles laid over concrete so today I took my yoga mat outside and it still hurt.... I think if I looked in the mirror I would find a bruised coccyx from doing sit ups with a yoga mat on my floor.
    Yess I'm sure I'll get one too if I continue. & that scares me because the spinal bones are so fragile, eek I just cringe at the thought of them being crushed into the floor like that lol.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    I do my ab work standing up, or with an ab wheel

    try it
    Ahh my parents have an ab wheel somewhere in the house but I'm in college & have no idea where it is lol! What are some really effective standing ab workouts?!

    Deadlifts and barbell squats ;)

    Ab wheels can be had for like... six bucks at walmart.
  • kfesta52
    kfesta52 Posts: 98 Member
    Yup, I think I'm the biggest baby ever when it comes to mat work and padding. :) I work out on a carpeted floor AND put down a thick exercise mat. And the towel on top is for catching the sweat, but I won't say no to a little more padding. The bones do not like to be ground into the floor, give them a break.
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