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postpartum fitness... help! (calling all fitness gurus)

kwaldykwaldy member
in November 2015 Moms
So, I'm active duty military and required to take a PT test within a year of LOs DOB. This PT test consists of running, situps and pushups. 
I'm most concerned about sit ups. They've never been my strong point, and now I can barely do 3 sets of 10 during a work out... and then I'm sore for days. 
How do you rebuild abdominal strength?!
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Re: postpartum fitness... help! (calling all fitness gurus)

  • JStill0603JStill0603 member
    I am hardly a fitness guru but I am trying desperately to get back into shape and rebuilding core strength is one thing I have looked into a lot. Everything I have read says to plank, plank and plank! I started really working out again about 2 weeks ago when I got the all clear from OB, and at that time I literally had a very difficult time doing even one sit up. My abs felt totally torn up. But I have worked at planking and I'm back to my usual set of 40 sit-ups at the end of a workout so it must be helping a little. Keep up the hard work girl! 
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  • Lolo427Lolo427 member
    Planks are your friend- crunches, (side and regular), bicycles, and there's many different animal ab exercises (penguins, flamingos, turtles, starfish). Just start small and increase time by 10 seconds or 10 reps as you few ready. You can also do yoga ball crunches ( push up position balancing feet on ball and bring knees to chest). There's a whole long long list- honestly YouTube and Pinterest will give you great tutorials.
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  • gipfishgipfish member
    Perform a sitting trot on a bouncy warmblood for an hour. Your abs will never be the same again. I may not be fit in any other part of my body, but boy can I do sit ups.

    But in all seriousness, my hubby us an Ab Cruncher, one of those wheels with two handles and a spring. It works really well. And just keep practicing those sit ups. You got this!
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  • BrookeBrown2015BrookeBrown2015 member
    I'm in the army national guard and lurking from d15. I'm 7 weeks pp but I haven't even tried to do any situps yet. They have never been an issue for me in the past- my challenge has always been running- but now you've got me curious as to whether pregnancy may have screwed that up for me! I can't try any out right now though since LO is breastfeeding...
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  • Ceridwen77Ceridwen77 member
    I work my core in a number of ways. Like others said above, planks are your friend. But think about other weightlifting exercises that use and strengthen your core - bench, squat, deadlift, overhead press. Also remember core is not just your abdominal muscles. You need to have a strong lower back to have a strong abdomen. Work that out as well (deadlifts will help this too). 
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