when did anyone start doing crunches or using an ab machine? I am only 2 weeks out. thank u!

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when did anyone start doing crunches or using an ab machine? I am only 2 weeks out. thank u!

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The advice from my surgical group is to avoid any exercises that may tax the abdomen for 6 weeks. I started in at the gym at 4 weeks, but have been avoiding anything that may strain the abs. Plan to gradually introduce such exercises, with lower resistance and not to exhaustion at first, at 6 weeks and gradually increase. I can't gauge the risk very finely, but I don't want a hernia or that kind of setback in my program, I know that.

I was told 6 weeks.

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I was told six weeks as well but I was still sore at that point. I didn't have any pain from just moving around but when I tried to do a situp at 6 weeks, my abs were like "NO MA'AM SLOW DOWN!".