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How about building up with Supermans? Those would be less stressful to your lower back. You could start out lifting legs only, one leg at a time. When that feels comfortable lift both legs together but stay low. Gradually hold the position for longer, working up to 20-30 seconds. You can...

Deadlifts do work the lower back as well as the hamstrings - they can be used as a core conditioning exercise. You may feel it more in your lower back than your hamstrings if your back is weaker. Try to purposely engage your glutes and hamstrings when you come back up. Stebby

Here's my story. I was a chubby kid and didn't do much exercise of any sort until I was 12 (BTW my avatar photo is a picture of me at 12). That was when I discovered, when "forced" to take up cross-country running in my gym class, that I could actually improve my fitness level through...

Hi Zozo, I'm glad life is going so well for you! And it is so nice that you have your exercise equipment with you at university. You must have a nice space there. I've had quite a busy year, and haven't had much time to post here. I still lurk though, when I can! I think a lot of...

Hi Zozo, I'm not looking to buy any new workouts right now, but just wanted to say it is nice to see you in the forums! Are you still at university? Stebby

Another old-timer here. Good to see you back, Bobbi! And I am so sorry to read what has happened. You are a strong person and you will make it. Stebby

And so very different from the surgically enhanced bodies you see in Hollywood and some of the fitness competition world! Natural fit bodies look so much better to me. Stebby

Getting old is not for sissies. Stebby

I've also reported it. Stebby

Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians, and, oh yeah, happy birthday to me!! I'm 51 today and dressed in red & white. :) Stebby

YES!! YES!! I had a pair of white leg warmers and a pair of black ones. Matched them to my thongs and sash. :) Stebby

Too funny! I had one purple and one pink body suit and I used to dress them up with a black exercise thong too! As well as the sash! I remember it took several minutes to get dressed in all of that and be satisfied with my appearance. But yeah, fortunately everyone else was dressed the same...

I don't usually notice the clothes, but I did notice the sashes! Sashes were very 80's. I used to wear a one-piece body suit with a sash back when I started teaching aerobics in 1984 and I loved the sash then. But now I don't like to wear anything extra when I work out - just a bra top and...

I think that people who are not natural mesomorphs are going to have a harder time building muscle. TG007 and nkhansen1, I bet you both look much better and more fit than you think you do, and worlds better than you would look if you didn't work out! I don't look as fit as I would like, even...

I'm not a big fan either (and I say that even though I've taken a workshop with the inventor of Zumba, Beto Perez). I have taken probably 15-20 classes and have really tried to like it. It is OK for the first 15 minutes or so but then I get bored. To be fair, it is an excellent workout when...

Wow, that's pretty sad when riding your bike to school is considered a prank! When I was going to high school in the '70s, it was normal to ride your bike to school and there would have been way more than 65 of us! BTW, I also pictured senior citizens when I read the word "seniors". :)...