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Doctor insights on: Ab Exercises For Men

Eat better: For true ab definition, you need to eat low glycemia (carbs cause the gut as well as alcohol and soda); do the core exercises to strengthen your back which keeps you erect and full abs; the ball is great for this. ...Read more

Kegels: Strengthen pelvic floor; some people believe it can. ...Read more

Muscles don't help: A hernia is not a defect in muscle but the fascia between the muscle layers and exercise will not strengthen those. ...Read more

Abs/core+cardio: There are endless varieties of crunches, planks, core exercises, pilates, situps, isometrics, etc. You can do to build your abs; you will need to build up no. Of sets, reps that you do to build abs. No matter how many crunches you do, if you ignore overall fitness/cardio/aerobic exercise to reduce body fat, your massive abs will remain hidden under belly fat tissue. Good luck; consider a trainer! ...Read more

No: Where are you reading that junk? You have too much free time. Actually overall exercise and good health, plus good genetics from your parents, is what's important. It's the skill of the magician not the length of the wand that gets the rabbit out of the hat. If you do penis exercises, push ups are less painful than crunches. ...Read more

No: No it does not.

Remember: There is no one size fits all answer to a question like this. It depends on your present fitness level, past exercise history and any underlying orthopedic and/or cardiopulmonary limitations. Some older patients still run marathons or lift heavy weights others really need to focus on low impact exercise like on a stationary cycle and yoga. ...Read more

Not really: Interesting question. This is technically possible, due to effects on ligaments, BUT, the effect would likely be quite minimal. Try yoga or stretching band exercises- these will probably work better. ...Read more

Mayo Clinic: Mayoclinic.Com has a good list of non-impact core exercises under multimedia tab. The slide show and explanation is pretty informative. ...Read more

Consult urology: If urine leakage continues after normal recovery period after prostatectomy the surgeon should be consulted. ...Read more

Planks: Doing core exercises is the best way to build up almost else and stabilize the abdomen while building abdominal muscles planes are good where are you arrest on your elbows and feet with your frame perfectly straight hold this for 30 seconds and do this 10 times resting in between also military push-ups are very good sit ups are okay but side planks are you better inverted planks are good to where the belly is toward the ceiling and you lift up on your hands and feet with your head off the ground and frame straight. ...Read more

Cardiac + weights: Begin with the cardiac portion as your base. This can be elliptical, running, cycling, spinning, swimming, rowing, racquetball (not tennis), squash, etc. Add a weight training portion to strengthen bones, develop core strength, and maintain muscle. Continue with stretching / yoga to stay loose. You want to develep and maintain dynamic strength, flexibility and mobility. ...Read more

Levels for men: Yes. If you have minor incontinence problems, kegels will help. It also is called the "sex muscle" because squeezing the pubococygeus muscle during sexual intercourse increases girth of penis transiently ...Read more

No: This is a fairly aggressive exercise and may exacerbate your symptoms. Once your symptoms resolve you may resume this activity. If your symptoms fail to resolve see a physician. ...Read more

See details: Why would a 20 year old have stress incontinence? You should determine the cause as a first step. Yes you can squat if you can control your bladder while doing it. ...Read more

No, beneficial: Push-ups and situps are actually quite beneficial. Military of use both exercises for decades to measure gains and upper body strength and core and abdominal strength. ...Read more

Unanswerable: First i doubt that this is question for a medical site. Exercise is so personal and so varied and the outcomes are so different. There is no story to your question. As a physician when discussing exercise i would put abdominal exercises at the bottom of the list for effective exercise. One needs big muscle groups moving and cardiovascular exercise to keep toned and healthy. ...Read more

See details: This is impossible to answer. How strong are you? What are the specific exercises you want to do? Use the highest weight with which you can do the specific exercise and keep good form doing it. ...Read more

Hopefully never: I have patients in there 90's that are still sexually active. With a healthy diet and lifestyle, you can expect to be vitally active for a very long time. ...Read more

Hi/Low Intensity Mix: There seems to be a wide variation among elite power lifters about how much and how often to train. Climbing on a treadmill, interval training with emphasis on plyometrics, swimming sprints all make sense to improve cv fitness while maintaining muscle mass. Many power lifters reduce their aerobic training before competitions to avoid injury and joint strain. ...Read more