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HeyJoe,
How many days a week do you do your core exercises? I joined Club Pilates (it’s a chain business
That teaches Pilates Reformer), along with weight trainer twice a week with a trainer.
I have all that you do, too, and REALLY want to avoid any type of surgery, even a nerve decompression.
Willow
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Hi Willow,
I specifically work on core 3-4x/week. I also spin about 5-6x/week and that engages the core based on how I sit on the bike (handlebars pushed forward, hands rest on handlebars, lumbar spine and cervical spine oriented forward. This also engages the erector spinae - muscles on either side of the spine.
Almost any cardio activity, if done correctly, engages the core. So while I don't use a stair master or treadmill, the correct way to do that while keeping the core engaged is with arms at your side. Most people hang onto the handrails, and that disengages the core muscles and doesn't require any effort to balance.
It surprises me that people who walk outside, where there are no handrails, grab them on a treadmill.
Joe
I had a decompression surgery and it worked wonders. That was in2006.
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That ruin’s my back.