Training abs

[Cardinal Slin]

Hey guys and girls, I have a lower back pain with some degeneration of discs and an old fracture but dont know what from. I have been told to build my core and was wondering if any exercises shoulld be avoided.

What`s the simplest, most effective, least dangerous way of building my core.

Thanks a lot

[Jrod5150]

Hanging leg lifts are easy and very effective.

[BIGMOFO]

barbell roll outs,swiss ball planks,,squats,lunges

[silver_shadow]

weighted crunches using the lat pull down machine

[Bradford]

I found this the other day and found it an interesting read:

http://startingstrength.com/articles/abs_rippetoe.pdf

[Mr. Pelham]

if you're having lower back issues, you should be concentrating on movements that do NOT involve crunching and bending of the spine.

I would suggest variations of planks or hanging leg raises

I'm going to send you something too

[silver_shadow]

lat machine crunches are easy on the lower back.