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Novice 
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This is the first time I am posting at this sight. Thus far, I am impressed with the information I have found here. I hope someone can help. Let me first say that I have been athletic my whole life. I was a top level ski racer for years and have just recently started to get into weights again after a few years off. My current schedule is the following: cardio in the morning, lifting four days on one day off, and I eat clean. I have experienced lower back pain my whole life but was not diagnosed until recently. I have a congenital defect in my lower back making me prone to lower back irriation and spasms. My form is real tight on everything, but there are still some exercised that I cannot do. Bent rows, for example. I was wondering if anyone has a back routine out there that I could do. I seem to do okay with lat pulls and upright rows. I have increased my ab routine to every other day, hoping this would help. And also, since my lower back is screwy this makes training my hams hard too. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ------------------     | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder 
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Have you tried the t-bar row where your torso is supported by a bench? My gym has those and also a hammer strength iso-row. Again, the torso is supported while you do the rowing motion. The support of the trunk might ease the low back stress. ------------------ | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder 
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Hello Marla. I'd like to hear more about your condition. I have chronic back issues resulting from a clubbed foot/short leg. I've also been working with a 'client' that has chronic difficulties from a herneated disk in her low back. What I find is that imbalance causes greater imbalance. I'm glad to hear you're giving the attention to your abs, and would like to make sure you're giving plenty of good attention to your low abs. Your hips and glutes fall in there as well. As you may already know, sometimes an inflamed lower back doesn't stop there. When the weak link lets go, everything else tries to compensate and before you know it you've got knots in your ass. ...not fun. I haven't convinced anyone here yet, but I swear by sports. Skating has done wonders for the stability of my hips. It's cardio; it's family time; it's just fun. Anyway, my point is that you can't plow forward developing your strengths without equal devotion to the weakness. I'd be happy to talk more about machines/substitutions I've incorporated to keep myself in the game it you'll give me more info about your gym. ------------------ | ||
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Moderator 
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The most effective back exercise which will put ZERO strain on the lower back, but will KILL your lats are PULL UPS! Wide grip, narrow, palms facing in, palms facing each other. Start out with a spot and do what you can.... which will not be much at the start ------------------ Lobo |
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posted January 29, 2001 10:31 PM