January 7, 201016 yr I am looking to exercise my chest and core, but i have recently stress fractured my wrist so that i cannot hold, pull, or push anything with it... this eliminates bench pressing, pushups, and most other pulling/pushing of weights... What is there that i can do for my chest until my wrist heals? I have access to free weights at home and a rather impressive gym at school (but only once every other day.) Would something like the plank and situps be good for the core? Thanks!!
January 7, 201016 yr Would something like the plank and situps be good for the core?plank and situps are both ab exercises, not chest, but they wouldnt aggravate your wrist DK drops (solo/LS): 66 hatchets, 14 archer rings, 13 berserker rings, 17 warrior rings, 12 seerculls, 13 mud staves, 7 seers ringsQBD drops: 1 kite, 2 visages, 4 dragonbone kits, 3 effigies, lots of crossbow partsCR vs. CLS threads always turn into discussions about penis size....It's not called a Compensation Longsword for nothing.I've sent a 12k combat mission to have Aiel assassinated (poor bastard isn't even Pincers-tier difficulty).
January 8, 201016 yr I'm pretty sure any chest exercise (especially for isolation) will require you to use some sort of weight/cable. However if you want to focus on core, I suggest exercises such as: bicycle crunch, reverse crunch, double crunch. There are many more exercises you can do for your core, but those are my favourite three to do. You should avoid doing planks, because like Aeil said it'll aggravate your wrists. [If you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.]
January 8, 201016 yr Author Do you happen to have a link to a good guide on how to do them? The last thing i need is a pulled muscle... =p
January 8, 201016 yr http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercise_demos.asp?exercise_type=core [If you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.]
January 8, 201016 yr Author Awesome; thanks... and by the way, i've been doing the modified plank (according to that website,) which doesn't irritate my wrist.
January 9, 201016 yr Author Does squatting do anything for the core, or is that mainly for the back and legs? I can do those, without using my wrists ;).
March 22, 201016 yr Would something like the plank and situps be good for the core?plank and situps are both ab exercises, not chest, but they wouldnt aggravate your wrist Planks are ok... never do situps, horrible for you, and not very useful. Russian twists are by far superior. "Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." Support transparency... and by extension, freedom and democracy.
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