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Now a resistance band however, is a different story.
I have a hard time exercising. I never did it my entire life.
When I was young, I body surfed and played football.
When I was on the road for years, I burned my calories onstage 5 sets a night.
When I was a carpenter..that did it
So it's been tough wanting to do something that's never been part of my life.
I've realized I need to learn to exercise like I unlearned smoking.
Getting back to the resistance band..
With my acid reflux, I've found there is less chance of reflux if I bend over rather than move up and down from the flat of my back. (sit ups)
I installed a heavy duty eyehook in the side of our stairs outside just above head height so no one walks into it.
I bought the heaviest band with handles I could at Wally World.
So you center the band on the hook and face away from it and walk forward until you get tension on the band.
You put your arms above your head keeping your elbows close together and both hands doubled up on the handles together.
Then you bend forward at the waist until you feel your stomach muscles tightening against the resistance. Then, just hold that for 30 seconds. Then bend on forward and back to that position 10 times leaving those muscles under tension for 30 seconds at a time and repeating the sets of ten perhaps 3 times at first
The beauty of this is you can judge what you are feeling and not overdo it and hurt yourself.
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