Im 6 weeks out ive been working out since my 4th week. Im going hard with cardio lifting light weights because I just wanna tone up not bulk up. But im scared to start situps or crunchys. Anyone doing situps yet?

I'm 4 weeks, and my Dr just told me I could start ab work. He did stress, though, not to hold your breath when engaging the abs so pressure doesn't strain the healing incision areas, which could lead to a hernia.

He said to breathe through the movement.

My trainer is coming tomorrow, so I'll do my first ab crunches then (but I have already been riding my horse and using my abs for sitting trot).

I don't do sit ups but I workout abs with my bodyblade and through the kettlebell and other exercises. I have just begun doing full on push ups which work the abs. For over a year it caused me some pain to put a strain on abs and I took it easy. I am in real good shape now and got there without injury. Way to go, Gman!

I am 10 1/2 months out and I just now started sit ups cause it hurt my stomach on the inside.

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I don't do sit ups but I workout abs with my bodyblade and through the kettlebell and other exercises. I have just begun doing full on push ups which work the abs. For over a year it caused me some pain to put a strain on abs and I took it easy. I am in real good shape now and got there without injury. Way to go' date=' Gman! [/quote']

Body blade looks pretty interesting. Have you found it helps you with results that match your expectations? How long do you end up working with it per session? I am working my abs currently with roller exercises in addition to body weight exercises like push-ups, plank variations, burpee variations and others.

The bodyblade is quite a deal.

I have been using the bodyblade as a good warm up lately proceeding heavy lifting. It is great on it's own, too. The short frequent movements build up and put a fatigue on the muscles pretty quick. It is great for working out injuries, it is used for that in therapy.

The ab exercises are not extensive with this but they are pretty effective. It looks like you have abs covered real good with what you are doing.