Struggling

cicisiam
cicisiam Posts: 491 Member
Me again. Yes, I am stuck at Low Plank , Flutter Kicks. Looking for any advice on knowledge of the subject with some who has weak AB muscles and lower back issues. Some support and encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

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  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,982 Member
  • sawiemken
    sawiemken Posts: 39 Member
    I've been searching in google most come up with you tube stuff but some I get from other sites that google shows. The flutter kicks were not on my list that day until after I had done my exercises so I didn't do them I do mine at 5am and I do what is there the day before and then go look them up the night before and do what I find. If they are wrong I am sure it's better than what I was doing (NOTHING) and the things I can't do like the v crunchs I did about 5 but I'm trying to do them with one arm so it was easier for me to hold the v than to get up and down with the one arm and trying not to hurt my other one worse. Since I didn't do all of them I add a set of regular crunchs in.

    The way I see it is I'm doing most of them the way they should be and what I can't like the side plank I can't do the right side, I do the left and then do a set of crunchs in place of the right... those muscles are getting better not near as sore as the first day but when my arm gets better I'll hopefully be more toned and can do the correct numbers and correct form.

    Something is better than nothing. Even if it's not the same 300 that everyone else is doing. I understand the importance of the varied sets also, they each work different muscles but for someone that is new like me some ab exercises are just not happening on the first go around. :flowerforyou:

    I was thinking this morning I might just redo days 3,5, 7, 9, and 11 on the ab days so I can get better and measure my progress. I'm not sure if I'll do that but I'm thinking about it that way I know what I'm doing from each day and how to do them.
  • cicisiam
    cicisiam Posts: 491 Member
    Thank you for letting me know it is not just me struggling. I have been doing about the same thing. Doing what I can do , and what I can't do I supplement with Abs I can do trying to do 300.
    I've been searching in google most come up with you tube stuff but some I get from other sites that google shows. The flutter kicks were not on my list that day until after I had done my exercises so I didn't do them I do mine at 5am and I do what is there the day before and then go look them up the night before and do what I find. If they are wrong I am sure it's better than what I was doing (NOTHING) and the things I can't do like the v crunchs I did about 5 but I'm trying to do them with one arm so it was easier for me to hold the v than to get up and down with the one arm and trying not to hurt my other one worse. Since I didn't do all of them I add a set of regular crunchs in.

    The way I see it is I'm doing most of them the way they should be and what I can't like the side plank I can't do the right side, I do the left and then do a set of crunchs in place of the right... those muscles are getting better not near as sore as the first day but when my arm gets better I'll hopefully be more toned and can do the correct numbers and correct form.

    Something is better than nothing. Even if it's not the same 300 that everyone else is doing. I understand the importance of the varied sets also, they each work different muscles but for someone that is new like me some ab exercises are just not happening on the first go around. :flowerforyou:

    I was thinking this morning I might just redo days 3,5, 7, 9, and 11 on the ab days so I can get better and measure my progress. I'm not sure if I'll do that but I'm thinking about it that way I know what I'm doing from each day and how to do them.
  • cicisiam
    cicisiam Posts: 491 Member
    Thank you. I will try this.