HELP stomach toning

HIP HOP ABS, IS EASY ON MY BACK ITS ONLY 19.95 ON BEACHBODY SITE

I would recommend you speak with your doctor or get professional advice as what you can do will depend on the type of injury you have. It may be that your muscles need to be strengthened in order to support your back and crunches could be just the thing to do that, but the last thing you want is to make things worse.

Either way, any exercise that will 'tone up' your muscles is going to cause you a certain amount of soreness, it just needs to be 'good sore' not 'bad sore'.

As the lady above has mentioned however, you can have the most amazing 'toned up' abs but you won't be able to see them unless you lose enough fat for them to be revealed so I guess it also depends on what results you are actually looking for!!!

First, there is no such thing as 'toning'. Just saying.

If you want to increase ab core strength then do Hollow Rocks and Hollow Holds.

Hollow Rock with mods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72HS7BV42g

Trust me... interval train the Hollow Rock and you will be sore in the core man. Very little stress on the spine as well.

For your sit-ups... I'd get yourself an Abmat if your back is an issue.

http://www.amazon.com/Abmat-abdominal-exerciser-core-trainer/dp/B0006UAC16/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372956819&sr=8-2&keywords=abmat

Good Luck.

P.S. If you want a six pack, that's all diet man. No amount of ab work will get you ripped.

lay on your stomach and lift your legs and lift your arms up in front of you like superman. it will strengthen your core. my high school p.e. teacher called them super mans.

i suggest talking to a physio. they can give you exercises that won't make your back any worse. if not, you could seriously regret risking your spinal health on the workout advice of unqualified internet strangers.

As someone who has also had back injuries and 1 back surgery, I often shied away from doing anything that that I thought might further injure that area. However, after yet another disk herniation and consulting with an orthopedic doctor and a physical therapist that was interested in fixing this without cutting me open, I have come to the understanding that by avoiding using my lower back I created a huge muscular imbalance that actually set me up for a greater risk of re-injury. First off, consult with a doctor to be sure your back problem is stable and some bending and twisting isnt going to cause further damage. Also be aware that discomfort will be necessary, you don't have to cause pain but if you ever want to improve you will have to push past some comfort limits both mentally and physically. A staple of my early routines, after doing all the normal physical therapy movements for back injuries, was lying flat on my back and then using my core to bring my knees up to my chest slowly and in a controlled motion. When that gets easier and when you can do a full range of motion totally pain free try lying on a bench or a bed if you dont have a stand alone bench with your legs hanging off the end but keeping your feet off the floor, then once again use your abdominal muscles to raise your knees up to your chest, again staying in a pain free range of motion. At some point you are going to have to also begin working on building up the strength of your lower back/posterior chain/spinal erectors to keep things healthy and in balance. A roman chain or even a glute ham raise are great for that type of work. Trust me when I say with experience that going through this process will greatly improve your quality of life as well as reduce your future risk of further back injury. I guess the important part of all this was to say, Don't just work on the external abs, work on rebuilding your whole core, make it strong and stable.