Hi, new here. I'm Nick. I am going to keep this short.... I live in San Diego, and I am getting back into exercise. Currently, I run 8 miles a day, do about 80 crunches a day, about 60 pushups, about 20 bicycle kicks, and free weights. goal is to build muscle and burn fat... and I know that the more muscle mass you have overall, the faster your body is going to burn calories.
Namely, I would like to lose gut, (from drinking 30 beers a night while recovering from the inguinal hernia repair, percoset and the like have absolutely NO effect on me), build pec muscles, and lose lovehandles.
However, I also want to build up abdominal area as well. Specifically, the groin area. I had an inguinal hernia on the left side, and I am never going through that pain again... but only being 4 months out of the surgery, I am still very paranoid about it. If I suck in gut and thrust out pelvis, as directed by something on ehow.com or whatever, to strengthen that area, I feel a LOT of pressure on the repair area, and that scares me. I can only wear 36 pants comfortably because 34s, while I fit into perfectly, and feel nice, after a few minutes, the hernia area starts hurting. I would like to slim down to that weight again, since most of pants are size 34.
are there any safe exercises I can do to strengthen that area? and if I do strengthen that, are core exercises, along with LOTS and LOTS of cardio, safe to do, and effective? thanks much...
post hernia surgery workouts?
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Re: post hernia surgery workouts?
One of the best ones for the Abs is Planks, because it doesn't require any muscle movement, as the exercise is a static one.
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Re: post hernia surgery workouts?
I had never thought of planks.... good one! thanks! ...no muscle movement, yeah, but how does that go with abdomen pressure? I'm paranoid about putting too much pressure on abdomen/groin area, where the repair is....Boss Man wrote:One of the best ones for the Abs is Planks, because it doesn't require any muscle movement, as the exercise is a static one.
Re: post hernia surgery workouts?
Try them the normal way and if thye hurt a bit, switch to the variation where you use the forearms and lower Legs, not forearms and feet to balance.