Does the ab doer lean back to work out your lower bacl muscles?
1985481
The Ab doer machine does lean back to work on your lower back muscles. I use mine for waist and tummy.
735378
Since it's a machine that's cardio based, your waist and abs automatically get worked out. The key is to keep your abs engaged while you are using it.
1891471
Bobbi got it right. While it does not say so. You can add weights to the bar that holds your knees when doing pull downs and they use the machine to do curls and other lifting exercises. It is a well made machine that works very well.
1400912
yes---pretty good for that too. the back rest has 4 positions, and i put it all the way down to do inclined sit ups. i also do tummy crunches by placing my butt at the end of the back rest (when the bench is in a flat position), holding on to the top bars and raising my legs slowly and holding for 30 seconds. 20x and it's pain city...but i've got some abs now. not bad for a guy 65.
361433
It doesn't necessarily target your lower back, but it does stretch out your hamstrings effectively, which relieves lower back pain. I find it very helpful.
2368
I'm not a licensed PT but I do own this machine and can say the it does indeed strengthen your abs. I use it as illustrated in this photo as well as turning side ways for strengthening those muscles as well as also flipping completely around and doing it opposite. It's important to remember to never over extend yourself so that you don't hurt your back. The muscle lies below the fat, so as for belly fat - that will require watching what you eat and maybe adding a little cardio.
261650
Try the total body burn in the hip hop collection. That should help. And make sure you are doing your pelvic tilts and crunching during standing ab work. Good luck.
440504
Note I am not a personal trainer, but here is my experience. I keep my body straight at all times when using this. I find especially for pull exercises it does work the lower back. Really it gives a great all-over core workout. However, for lower back bodyweight training i find nothing comes close to back extensions.
196358
Yes, but I prefer to do them on a mat. It is a little akward to do them on this. Too narrow for me. On the other hand, doing inverted (partially) crunches (if your core and back are strong enough) is a nice workout on this.
868373
I find that it does. I have a tendency to slouch and if the chair is properly inflated and you sit with your feet on the ground, you have a will need to tighten your core, just to stay balance. It is not, however, a substitute for ab exercises...just an added bonus.
709310
Yes it does. It can actually decline a little beyond flat if you want for doing crunches.
840658
Yes you can use it to work your abs. I do it every time I use the inversion table. The table is sturdy enough to do work your abs and turn to strengthen your back at the same time.
2246442
HI! The best one is to inflate the ball to about 2/3 capacity and then lay on it and roll it back and forth under your back while relaxing into it. This helps with muscular back pain. You can do ab exercises by putting it under your hips and lifting your bent legs up to your chest one at a time or even both at the same time if you can! I hope this helps!
1848572
Hi, It is not hard at all. Once you are laying backward you can pull yourself up to do crunches very easily unless you are very, very impaired. Thanks
667532
The back portion is technically stationary, but it if you wanted to lean back (whole upper body sort of way, like of you wanted to stretch out) it has some give. Otherwise, it is not very flexible for back portion by itself. Hope that helps a bit.
440502
I can feel the stretch in my lower back when I do squats. I'm not any kind of trainer. Perhaps you should see one!
854195
I own a "ball chair" that does this. I bought one with a back which I don't like b/c I lean back too often defeating my good posture.