Comments on: Day 4 of P90X http://weblog.elwing.org/elwing/index.php/2009/04/15/day-4-of-p90x/ Elwing's rantings and ravings Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Walt http://weblog.elwing.org/elwing/index.php/2009/04/15/day-4-of-p90x/comment-page-1/#comment-8974 Walt Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:42:34 +0000 http://weblog.elwing.org/elwing/?p=919#comment-8974 Sit-ups work your hip flexors in addition to your abs, so you're going to want to replace them with something that works those, too. Crunches are only going to work your abdominals. Leg raises (http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Lying+Leg+Raises+%2F+Throwdowns&table=exercises&ID=97) or air bikes (http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Air+Bike&table=exercises&ID=95) should be reasonable substitutes. Although, if your spinal problem is in the lumbar/sacral (lower) region, then those exercises might have the same problem as sit-ups anyway. Sit-ups work your hip flexors in addition to your abs, so you’re going to want to replace them with something that works those, too. Crunches are only going to work your abdominals.

Leg raises (http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Lying+Leg+Raises+%2F+Throwdowns&table=exercises&ID=97) or air bikes (http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Air+Bike&table=exercises&ID=95) should be reasonable substitutes.

Although, if your spinal problem is in the lumbar/sacral (lower) region, then those exercises might have the same problem as sit-ups anyway.

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