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A member asked:
Are crunches(exercise) bad for spine? & what about planks. i heard they are also bad for in a certain way. what are good ab exercises ?
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Situps: Setups were condemned after bad experiments. They now are great abdominal exercises shown to be perfectly safe. Be sure to setup to each side to get the obliques . After all, I never heard of a patient blowing a disc on passing a constipated stool. Also, a six pack refers to your abdominal wall not what's in it.
Answered 2/9/2016
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