11-03-2011, 12:19
If you have back problems I recommend yoga and palates. I have scoliosis and on my two "rest" days per week I do yoga or palates and it really helps. Also if you go to a gym or can get one for home use, the hyperextension chairs/benches work. Here is one to show you what they look like http://www.amazon.com/Powerline-PCH24X-Roman-Chair-Hyperextension/dp/B000RYQDRS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1299841701&sr=8-5 I do reps on these at the gym once per week (we have a free gym here, no classes but they have equipment like this). It will help your back to strengthen it, you will hate your life the first week or so of working your back out, but after that it's smooth sailing. I have been about 90% pain free for 2 years now from strengthening my back, where as before it was rare I was pain free, maybe 30% of the time at most. And I don't believe in taking prescription meds unless it's an absolute need. Pain, eh, if I can find other ways to prevent it I will. I think you need to get your back strengthened some before you attempt Zumba. The first week or two of me doing it, my back muscle hurt and I already have a strengthened back! It really works your core, front and back. So yea, be sure to strengthen not only your abs but your back as well.
Also for the lower tummy, leg lifts while laying down help. It's so frustrating for me right now because my core is strengthened and fit, I can feel the muscles there, it's just this dang layers of fat on top of it grrr. That's why I'm glad I've found a workout that burns the calories for me well. So hopefully I can get rid of the fat and have good abs lol. Oh that's the thing about the "pouch" on a females tummy, you can do the lower ab workouts all day, it will strengthen the muscles, but it won't get rid of the pouch until you get rid of the fat there! The best way is to eat right and also do like a cardio type workout to burn calories, you have to burn the fat there for it to go away, and unfortunately our bodies don't often burn the fat in only one place. That's what I'm trying to be careful of, not to burn it off the boobs lol. So far so good though!
Sorry lol I'm a research junkie and know way too much about various subjects, to be a nerd. SMH LOL
Also for the lower tummy, leg lifts while laying down help. It's so frustrating for me right now because my core is strengthened and fit, I can feel the muscles there, it's just this dang layers of fat on top of it grrr. That's why I'm glad I've found a workout that burns the calories for me well. So hopefully I can get rid of the fat and have good abs lol. Oh that's the thing about the "pouch" on a females tummy, you can do the lower ab workouts all day, it will strengthen the muscles, but it won't get rid of the pouch until you get rid of the fat there! The best way is to eat right and also do like a cardio type workout to burn calories, you have to burn the fat there for it to go away, and unfortunately our bodies don't often burn the fat in only one place. That's what I'm trying to be careful of, not to burn it off the boobs lol. So far so good though!
Sorry lol I'm a research junkie and know way too much about various subjects, to be a nerd. SMH LOL