Recommend in-home ideas for core and back strength workouts?

[Anonymous]

Try the Every Mother app. Focus is on core and also healing/avoiding diastasis recti. Even if you don't have DR, the workouts are good and you need very little,if any, equipment for most of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have had years of back problems and PT. I find most core workouts focus too much on the tummy, and not enough on the lower back aspect, even Peloton. This is my routine from my PT days...I do it 4-5 days a week, even when I do a Peloton core workout. It gets a little boring but it's only about 10 minutes. If you haven't been doing core work, start with lower reps/time and work up.

15x EITHER hip bridges, Supermans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6PJMT2y8GQ) or bird-dog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiFNA3sqjCA)
1 minute plank
30 second side plank on each side.
Repeat 3 times.

+1. This is what you need to do. People who recommend all this peloton crap for core.... You don't need apps and crap. Do this!

[MattHughes]

Thank you for your recommendations, you inspired me to bring workouts back into my life. Actually, I gained extra weight during the quarantine and really want to get rid of it, that's why I need to resume workouts. Too bad the gyms in my area are closed due to the pandemic, so home workouts is a great way out of this situation. By the way, I recently came across a guide to adjustable ankle weights, and I decided to use them for my workouts. I've read that they help increase endurance and burn more calories, but it's important for me to know when I can use them, so as not to overload my legs.

[Anonymous]

There's an app called Shred which has an excellent at home, body weight routine. I used to use them for strength training routines in the gym (pre pandemic) and they were great at that too. Try a few and see whichever one you like, as people seem to have personal affinities for one or another.

[Anonymous]

Fitbod

[Anonymous]

Pilates is a miracle worker and all you need is a mat. Suggest YouTubing GoneAdventuring Pilates, Denise Austin (nice beginner mat routine), and the Live Fit Girl.