The gym I work at has just has been remodeled and many of the members are so stuck in there ways that they seem to complain about all the new changes. One women was mad because we didn’t bring the Abmats into the new facility. She said she does ab work on those every time she works out and I guess she felt her workout would be deprived without an Abmat exercise.
Here’s what went through my head while she was complaining:
- If you’re doing supine (laying on your back) flexion (sit up) exercises, you’re setting yourself up for lower back pain. Your spine is not designed to do high repetitions of sit ups.
- She should incorporate bridging movements as well as standing rotational movements if she wants to target her core.
- Train movements not individual muscles.
- Take a look in the mirror and realize that your ab routine you’ve been doing for years isn’t working – change it up!
- Obviously she does not read my blog – as I have discussed this topic numerous times.
Check out these previous posts on core workouts – Check this one out, or this one, or even this one, and here’s another.
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