So this is my 7th week post-op. I started going to the gym and am doing the c25k and lifting weights. On monday i did 70 crunches on one of the machines with 35lb weights - i was still pretty sore from Monday, but on Wednesday i did 100 with 35lbs. Hopefully this will help with loose skin issues. Thoughts?

No experience directly, and I don't know much about the whole loose skin issue just yet, but a woman I work with who was sleeved recently, she has healed up pretty nicely, not much issue with loose skin, she attributes that to running and doing abs. I would figure, bringing those muscles up in that area would replace that loose skin with muscle.

Cool. I dont have issues yet just trying to prevent any

Honestly, toning with weights and lotion. I know men usually don't now about about lotions but you want to keep your skin as elastric as possible. Look for lotions that help with this.

Good luck!

It's not just about crunches.

Planks, squats, bicycles, lunges, mountain climbers, bear claws, anything that you need balance and core is going to help with the abs. You are going to kill yourself at that pace. There are a lot of great ab workouts that take 10 minutes at the end of your workout.

It's not just about crunches.

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Yes....honestly I would do planks before I did crunches. Crunches suck. But really, you need a well rounded routine like mentioned above to work the entire core. Crunches alone do not target the entire abdominal core very well. Except....I would do bear CRAWLS....not "bear claws". Bear claws are what got a lot of us in this mess.

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Baahaa yeah what he said. I ❤ auto correct.