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Bachstrad37 · #11 Post by **Bachstrad37** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:38 am

Haha. Starting him early, I see. I remember being like that when my Dad used to ride. I bugged him all day to sit up on the gas tank while he drove an old Honda CB.

Henriettaah · #12 Post by **Henriettaah** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:39 am

Yeh.. I've been looking into lower trap and latissimus dorsi exercises

Here are some more piccies

Nalian · #13 Post by **Nalian** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:45 am

Henriettaah wrote:Yeh.. I've been looking into lower trap and latissimus dorsi exercises

High rows will do the trick! It'll hit your lats, traps and delts, which should help with all of that.

Henriettaah · #14 Post by **Henriettaah** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:48 am

I don't have this kind of machine! -
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGen ... ghRow.html - is there anything I can do with a bench/dumbells/bar to equal it??

Henriettaah · #15 Post by **Henriettaah** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:49 am

Aah - what about this:
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGen ... erRow.html

#16 Post by **dr_bar** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:55 am

Henriettaah wrote:Aah - what about this:
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGen ... erRow.html

I was actually going to point you in that direction, that site has a great diversity in exercises for different equipment. Just check out the section on lower back and there are a few you can do...

Don't forget the stretching...

http://exrx.net/Lists/ExList/BackWt.html#anchor125439

sharpmagna · #17 Post by **sharpmagna** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:58 am

Happy Bike Day!

Nalian · #18 Post by **Nalian** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:59 am

Yup - they're the same exercise basically. The only trick is to watch your back position when you're doing the 2nd link you posted. Exrx is a great site but their form isn't always the best. Basically do what that guy is doing, but don't move your back/shoulder around so much. He drops the shoulder and thats exactly what you don't want to do - keep it stable. The whole idea is to keep your upper body stable while your arms and back muscles do the work.

You can also do the same thing if you have a high enough bench by lying stomach down on the bench, starting out with the dumbells a bit above head level, and then pulling them up towards you arcing in towards your chest. You stop right about when your hands are besides your watermellons. That would also help keep your chest isolated.

A good complimentary exercise to that one is this: http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Deltoid ... Press.html - which you can do with dumbbels sitting upright. Start with them straight out from your shoulders and press them up and together until they're right over your head. Same thing minus the cables, plus you'll get the stabilizing muscle bonus.

A great site on female weight training is http://www.stumptuous.com. It's down at the moment for some reason, but lots of great info there!

Edited to add: don't neglect your ab workouts too - quite a lot of lower back strength actually comes from your abs.

Mag7C · #19 Post by **Mag7C** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:37 pm

I think the best excercise machine would be riding it!

Nice bike.

#20 Post by **KarateChick** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:50 pm

Well your new toy certainly explains where you've been hiding! Looking good! Hope you are back to post more when you have time!