Strengthening and building the muscles in your lower back is more important than you may think. For starters the lower back supports most of your body’s weight and it is very easy to injury this area of the body. Therefore strengthening and building the muscles in your lower back is a preventive measure to avoid injury and pain.
Even though the lower back is a weak region, it still does get the attention that it deserves in most fitness classes. Yet there are exercises that target on the lower back region and would help you to become stronger and have lesser pains and aches.
There are some types of equipment that you would need if you want to give your lower back a good workout. The most common is an exercise ball. I would recommend it because it helps you in concentrating and balancing your efforts on the muscles in your lower back. Another equipment is the hyperextension bench which allows you to do exercises that target only your lower back.
To do lower back exercises using an exercise ball:
Lay down on the ball facing the floor; make sure your hips are secured firmly on it.
Brace yourself with your legs so that you don’t slip of the ball
Put your two hands at the back of your head
Now bend your back over the ball so that you can extend your back as far as you can go
Use the muscles in your lower back to raise your upper body to the position that you started from
Continue doing this movement till you can perform 2 sets of 12 repetitions at once – it doesn’t matter if you can’t do up to this when you first start.
This exercise may seem uncomfortable to you when you first start it, but later you would get the hang of it and begin to enjoy doing.
It is possible to do this particular exercise with a hyperextension bench. It is easier than with an exercise ball because you don’t have to worry about balancing and you still get to work out the same muscles. As you do this exercise, your lower back muscles would get stronger and you can start adding weights so that your workouts become more intense.
Asides from building the set of muscles in your lower back, it is also essential that you include abdominal workouts in your exercises sessions to build your abdominal muscles which help to prevent injury and also supports the spine.
If you already have an injury in your lower back, then you need to first see your doctor and discuss the suitable work outs for your situation before you begin any fitness program. This is because you can cause more injury if you use the wrong kind of exercise on your injured lower back.
However, most individuals can build and strengthen the muscles in their lower back using the exercise in this article. For your own good, include lower back exercises in your fitness routine... I am hope you are already exercising on a regular basis.