Mr Average
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Post by Mr Average on Apr 4, 2019 12:01:46 GMT
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Post by mr potatohead on Apr 4, 2019 13:54:44 GMT
When I have overworked my lower back, causing acute (not chronic) pain, I relieved it by doing a few things, like - an unweighted situp (now I would do a frog crunch)
- bring my knees up, holding them to my chest, and rock forward and back, from neck to butt, on my back like a roley-poley
- lay flat on the floor and bring a leg over toward opposite shoulder to twist hips, while keeping shoulders flat on the floor.
Although I have no experience with them for this specific issue, I wonder if wall sits would help with chronic lower back pain to strengthen lower back over time? ? There's no rule that a wall sit requires thighs to be parallel with the floor either. Could start out with shallow wall sit.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 15:46:33 GMT
Here's my core video:
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Post by justregularguy on Apr 4, 2019 16:29:21 GMT
Hahaha goddamn! (rofl) Will take me easily 10 weeks only to be able to do the first exercise That's one HIGH level core workout. Thanks for sharing, good motivation!
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Post by justregularguy on Apr 4, 2019 16:32:04 GMT
Well there is an easy way to achieve a 6-pack,it has been proven effective for years. It does not involve diet or exercise, just look at one of my customers
Yes once you become a Grand Master of photoshop or gimp anything is possible. Still don't believe me well just look at what I did for Bruce once My methods are also used by fitness magazines etc.....
BTW I do have at least a 6-pack, but I choose to protect it with a layer of body fat.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA this is awesome
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Post by justregularguy on Apr 4, 2019 16:39:12 GMT
Henry, do You do these straight legs, bent-legged, feet under something, or feet free? Just Curious. This would kill my back. Anything that works the hip flexors like that always causes a problem with my back. My hats off to You for being able to do stuff like this. JRG, Something else I would recommend, if You had access, is either Two Hand Kettlebell Swings or Trap Bar Deadlifts. But I think You said weights and calisthenics don't work well with You. Yeah I don't know what it is with weights but I always pull a muscle or hurt my shoulder. With the expander I have more control over the angles from where the resistance is applied to my body and it's very light on the joints too. I still would like to try out kettlebells for overhead presses and kettlebell swings, they are quite expensive though aren't they.
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Post by justregularguy on Apr 4, 2019 20:31:13 GMT
Will add side planches to my routine. I think 15 second holds each side should do do it for the beginning. Next week 30secs, then 45secs, 1 minute and I'll find more advanced versions..
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Mr Average
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Post by Mr Average on Apr 4, 2019 21:43:52 GMT
Hahaha goddamn! Will take me easily 10 weeks only to be able to do the first exercise That's one HIGH level core workout. Thanks for sharing, good motivation! Have you ever thought of this to build up your core strength and you can do it for free.
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Post by gruntbrain on Apr 5, 2019 0:20:01 GMT
Experiment on a high bar with a variety of ab exercises . Include some static contractions along with the usual isotonics- eg leg/knee raises
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Post by mr potatohead on Apr 5, 2019 7:54:17 GMT
Vince Gironda's Frog Crunch is intended to minimize the effort of the hip flexor muscles while tensioning the abdominals. I had been doing Vince Gironda's Frog Crunch in bed when I awakened sometimes, but last year I started to do a similar hold as part of my hang time. I bring my legs up to about a 90* at the hips, as in an L-Sit angle, bending my knees to put the bottoms of my feet together as best I can and spreading my knees apart - in the frog crunch style below the waist. I hold / surge / pulse in that position. (While I'm hanging, I also flex my midsection the opposite way by pushing my feet behind me and by hanging with my knees bent so that my feet add centrifugal weight while twisting.) It's all part of a hang. One more note on abs: Everyone has potentially visible abs. Abs are made visible in the kitchen, not by doing exercise. Situps Are A Waste Of Time
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Post by justregularguy on Apr 5, 2019 12:53:48 GMT
Hahaha goddamn! Will take me easily 10 weeks only to be able to do the first exercise That's one HIGH level core workout. Thanks for sharing, good motivation! Have you ever thought of this to build up your core strength and you can do it for free.
Athlean X dropped this yesterday: I really like his reverse plank shown at 6:25. I've just tried it and for me it's like a harder and more complete exercise than the superman. Will do the reverse plank holds from now on instead of the superman exercise. Yall should definitely try the reverse plank, it hits your whole posterior chain. I'm still in week #1 of my plan but I already see progress. When I first did the knee raises on the dip bars I had pain in my shoulders. Now after only 3 or 4 days of doing them daily all the time, the pain magically disappeared. The reps also feel much easier now. This type of downpressure and stabilisation work my shoulders do on the dip bars seems to strengthen them in some way. I think it's healthy for the shoulders.
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Mr Average
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Post by Mr Average on Apr 5, 2019 13:21:16 GMT
When I have overworked my lower back, causing acute (not chronic) pain, I relieved it by doing a few things, like - an unweighted situp (now I would do a frog crunch)
- bring my knees up, holding them to my chest, and rock forward and back, from neck to butt, on my back like a roley-poley
- lay flat on the floor and bring a leg over toward opposite shoulder to twist hips, while keeping shoulders flat on the floor.
Although I have no experience with them for this specific issue, I wonder if wall sits would help with chronic lower back pain to strengthen lower back over time? ? There's no rule that a wall sit requires thighs to be parallel with the floor either. Could start out with shallow wall sit. What advice would you give someone who has not overworked their lower back?
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Mr Average
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Post by Mr Average on Apr 5, 2019 13:22:51 GMT
Situps Are A Waste Of Time
I find crunches to be a waste of time, weighted sit-ups and leg raises will build the ab muscles like crazy and make them rock hard, planks are for Yoga girls. What is wrong with the bodies of Yoga girls exactly?
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Post by billfish on Apr 5, 2019 14:27:20 GMT
I really couldn't care less about 6 pack abs, what are they good for ....is someone going to walk around without a shirt to show them off ? I had developed abs at one time and I didn't do any direct ab work, just worked out hard. Didn't eat anything special and drank beer Skipping rope, hitting the heavy bag, and doing tumbling got my abs strong
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Post by billfish on Apr 5, 2019 14:43:13 GMT
I really couldn't care less about 6 pack abs Then why read this topic ? When I'm working out at the Fitness Centre and take off my long sleeve thermal it lifts my T-shurt thus exposing my mid section, who wants the girls on the treadmill see a fat beer belly reflected in the mirror. Having a good sex pack makes me feel chuffed. Yes, I'm sure that they are really checking you out !
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