Route246
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My doctor told me to do more resistance exercise in response to diabetes/glucose/A1C test results going slightly over threshold. He said pushups and situps would be fine.
I have an ab roller wheel which is really too advanced for my 67 year old body/back at this time so I found these ab rollers with elbow pads on Amazon and the difference is amazing, stark and life-changing. I won't link or show anything here but just search "ab roller" on Amazon and you'll see many choices.
The first day with an elbow-pad roller (kind of like aero bars on a triathlon bike) was painful and the resulting muscle soreness the next day after 5 reps was quite high, in a good way. I rested one day to heal and was able to do 10 reps with moderate pain and moderate soreness the next day. By the end of two weeks I was up to 3 sets of 10 reps without any pain or discomfort and no soreness. Today, I do 4 sets of 20 reps in the morning after waking while brushing teeth, shaving, washing my face and taking meds in the morning. I find 20 reps spaced out a minute or two apart to be optimal in order to avoid back soreness/stiffness. It also breaks up my morning routine in the vanity, too. The amazing thing is I can get into a flat planking position at full extension and do some isometric stretching at the bottom of each rep, pain free and really tightening up my abs. Although I still have some belly fat I see 4-pack abs starting to form and I can feel the underlying muscle structure that eventually forms into 6-pack abs if I were to lose the belly fat. I've always had a little belly fat just due to being middle-aged and older and not being as lean as I would like to be.
My wife tried using this but she said it hurts her back, to each their own, I guess.
One thing I noticed is I can snap out of bed like a switchblade knife now with the increased core strength in my abs.
I have an ab roller wheel which is really too advanced for my 67 year old body/back at this time so I found these ab rollers with elbow pads on Amazon and the difference is amazing, stark and life-changing. I won't link or show anything here but just search "ab roller" on Amazon and you'll see many choices.
The first day with an elbow-pad roller (kind of like aero bars on a triathlon bike) was painful and the resulting muscle soreness the next day after 5 reps was quite high, in a good way. I rested one day to heal and was able to do 10 reps with moderate pain and moderate soreness the next day. By the end of two weeks I was up to 3 sets of 10 reps without any pain or discomfort and no soreness. Today, I do 4 sets of 20 reps in the morning after waking while brushing teeth, shaving, washing my face and taking meds in the morning. I find 20 reps spaced out a minute or two apart to be optimal in order to avoid back soreness/stiffness. It also breaks up my morning routine in the vanity, too. The amazing thing is I can get into a flat planking position at full extension and do some isometric stretching at the bottom of each rep, pain free and really tightening up my abs. Although I still have some belly fat I see 4-pack abs starting to form and I can feel the underlying muscle structure that eventually forms into 6-pack abs if I were to lose the belly fat. I've always had a little belly fat just due to being middle-aged and older and not being as lean as I would like to be.
My wife tried using this but she said it hurts her back, to each their own, I guess.
One thing I noticed is I can snap out of bed like a switchblade knife now with the increased core strength in my abs.
