am i tearing up my core muscles?

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Jgirllosingweight
Jgirllosingweight Posts: 8 Member
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I do core about 4 times a week but a leg injury (and lack of motivation) made me quit core exercise for about 1 1/2 weeks. when I went back to the workout, I started to get these groin spasms (almost like labor pulses right around the hole that a baby comes out of [for lack of a better word, and BTW I'm not pregnant) about halfway through the workout. Does this mean that I tore some muscles, or is it just fatigue? Should I stop doing core?

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  • Jgirllosingweight
    Jgirllosingweight Posts: 8 Member
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    and yes, I'm a girl.
  • hill8570
    hill8570 Posts: 1,466 Member
    edited January 2015
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    Not sure what sort of exercises you're doing here, but generally after a layoff you need to dial back the intensity the first time or two.

    BTW, muscle spasms generally aren't due to injury.
  • Showcase_Brodown
    Showcase_Brodown Posts: 919 Member
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    I don't know how to address the spasms part at all.

    But doing core isolation 4 times a week might be a little much. You doing any other lifts/exercises?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,391 MFP Moderator
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    Wow all, way to lower my hope for humanity. Let's try to follow the below rule:

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,391 MFP Moderator
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    OP, if you are having issues with any muscle, you should probably hold off from doing exercises for that area.
  • Jgirllosingweight
    Jgirllosingweight Posts: 8 Member
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    Thank you to those who actually answered. To the rest of you, just get a life and stop being crude and crass.
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
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    "whole the baby comes out" ??! Your vagina? Sheesh.

    It sounds like maybe you're overdoing it. Try lowering the intensity or the frequency and see if that makes a difference.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
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    Showcase_Brodown wrote: »
    I don't know how to address the spasms part at all.

    But doing core isolation 4 times a week might be a little much. You doing any other lifts/exercises?

    ^^^This. Why are you doing so much core isolation?

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