Sometimes, the best
abdominal exercises place stress on your back, so you need to work both sides of your core.
Even if you have a healthy back, spending too much time doing certain
abdominal exercises places a strain on your lower back.
Not exact matches
Only with a balanced, solid base strength in
place are other
abdominal exercises worth your time.
I believe that the risks outweigh the benefits for any
abdominal exercise that
places increased strain and stress on your lower back.
In an
abdominal exercise, the muscles acting as stabilizers hold the pelvis in
place so that when they contract they raise the torso and not simultaneously raise the pelvis.
Twelve
exercises make up the 7 - Minute Workout, including jumping jacks, wall sits, push - ups,
abdominal crunches, chair step - ups, squats, triceps dips on chair, planks, high knees running in
place, lunges, push - up and rotations, and side planks.
But as I stated earlier in this post, every single
exercise you do, your
abdominal's is the
place you have to extract the force from.
Strength training, whether performing traditional weight lifting
exercises like a dead lift, plyometric
exercises like box jumps, or simply body - weight
exercises such as pull - ups and
abdominal crunches, all have their
place in most
exercise regimes.
You can turn the ordinary scissors
abdominal exercise harder by holding a weight plate above your chest instead of
placing your arms next to you.
If your lower back muscles are weak, it will be harder to get the most out of your
abdominal workout because the
exercises that challenge your
abdominal muscles the most also
place the most pressure on your lower back.
There is certainly a
place in sports conditioning for all types of integrated
abdominal - hip flexion
exercises.
Abdominal exercises definitely have their
place but more so in pursuit of the second objective: getting stronger, toned abs (or building core strength).