Quote Originally Posted by Melalvai View Post
The fitness center director told me that since everything promotes bending forward-- from ab workouts to biking to sitting at a computer-- that he matches "supermans" for every stomach crunch he does (he doesn't recommend sit ups at all). A "superman" is where you lie on the floor stretched out, and raise your arms and your legs at the same time. Or, you can raise your right arm & left leg, lower them, then raise left arm & right leg.
That's called "swimming" in Pilates. Yoga and Pilates have really helped my core strength and hip issues. I've been cycling since the early 1980s, so I have alot of re-programming to work on.