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You're both right! Tex your exercise would certainly be effective but you do risk back injury by straining it. Especially when you get into your 3rd and 4th sets where you are tired! My favorite ab exercise is to use either a Roman Chair or a device they use in some gyms(I don't know the name!) that you use to strengthen your spinal erectors(The lowerback muscles that run up both sides of your spine!). Instead of laying face down, I turn around so that from my waist up there is nothing but 3 feet of air! I do reps in a circular motion so that I can hit both Oblique and abdominal muscles in one exercise.
I always tried to create programs that were heavy on compound exercises(Exercises that worked out more than one muscle!) so that my clients could get through their workouts as quickly but as effectively as possible!

Perfect Example(This is for the more experienced so if your a beginner be careful!):

Start standing straight up with your hands to your side.
Squat until your fingertips touch the ground.
Raise your hands in front of you and put them on the ground 12" in front of you.
Kick your feet out so that you are in the pushup position.
Do a pushup.
Pull your feet back underneath you.
Stand up.
Try to do it in smooth motions and not stop at any point in the rep.

If you work up to doing 50 of these consecutively you are in good shape. This exercise works out pretty much every major muscle group in your body in one exercise!

Hahahaha!!! You're all going to hate me when I get through with you!!!

John

Originally Posted by Dago Red

I was never a trainer but was in pretty good shape once (currently have a keg rather than a six pack).

I always tell people that I use to have a six pack but now I have a 2 liter!

John

John, we should get a thread here for health tips. Most of us are ageing and we can't stop that. And on the back side, we all find ourselves not getting the right amount or proper exercise to keep us on our feet properly. Wanna start?

Originally Posted by nitrowarrior

John, we should get a thread here for health tips. Most of us are ageing and we can't stop that. And on the back side, we all find ourselves not getting the right amount or proper exercise to keep us on our feet properly. Wanna start?

Sure! The only problem is that if you do there has to be a disclaimer that this is for entertainment purposes only and that you do this at your own risk!

John

Originally Posted by nitrowarrior

John, we should get a thread here for health tips. Most of us are ageing and we can't stop that. And on the back side, we all find ourselves not getting the right amount or proper exercise to keep us on our feet properly. Wanna start?

HEALTH TIP: If you are going to sit on your deck and drink beer, pack a cooler so you don't have to keep walking back into the house. No need to wear out your knees prematurely.

Jack

Originally Posted by moparjack44

HEALTH TIP: If you are going to sit on your deck and drink beer, pack a cooler so you don't have to keep walking back into the house. No need to wear out your knees prematurely.

Jack

LOL!!! Don't worry about the knees! The trek to the fridge is exercise in itself!

John

Understood.

Originally Posted by nitrowarrior

Understood.

Damn Lawyers!!!

John

You said Lawyers, I hear schysters......oops, you did say Lawyers....

I didn't catch who was the personal trainer but here is an idea you can expand on.

All sports use some part of the equipment for exercise. Throw the baseball, bat exercises, fence exercises , football blocking dummy, running helmet banging etc.

Now how about 10 bench press reps with a 8 inch Ford housing, 10 squats with a 9 in pig, some rotations of the waist with a GM radiator, 10 curls with a couple 12 bolt axels. For legs you could mount a lifted truck 10 reps from each side. For aerobics you could roll a tire around the block a couple times. You get the picture. Make it fun and interesting. haha

Originally Posted by bentwings

I didn't catch who was the personal trainer but here is an idea you can expand on.

All sports use some part of the equipment for exercise. Throw the baseball, bat exercises, fence exercises , football blocking dummy, running helmet banging etc.

Now how about 10 bench press reps with a 8 inch Ford housing, 10 squats with a 9 in pig, some rotations of the waist with a GM radiator, 10 curls with a couple 12 bolt axels. For legs you could mount a lifted truck 10 reps from each side. For aerobics you could roll a tire around the block a couple times. You get the picture. Make it fun and interesting. haha

Good Idea! I was on a business trip in Mexico and I used the hotels telephone books for dumbells!!

John

Originally Posted by bentwings

I didn't catch who was the personal trainer but here is an idea you can expand on.

All sports use some part of the equipment for exercise. Throw the baseball, bat exercises, fence exercises , football blocking dummy, running helmet banging etc.

Now how about 10 bench press reps with a 8 inch Ford housing, 10 squats with a 9 in pig, some rotations of the waist with a GM radiator, 10 curls with a couple 12 bolt axels. For legs you could mount a lifted truck 10 reps from each side. For aerobics you could roll a tire around the block a couple times. You get the picture. Make it fun and interesting. haha

And I thought this thread was going nowhere!!