Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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swivel boards

Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe
Posts: 400
Joined: 2003/02/18
United Kingdom
2008/04/03, 09:54 AM
I went to my gran's the other week, and she had this circular board that swivels so you stand on it and swivel your hips from side to side (like a hula girl?) and I was wondering - because it's fairly easy to go beyond your normal range of motion on it, is it a bad idea? I'm pretty flexible, and I really felt it loosening me up, but i'm concerned that perhaps it isn't good for your spine to swivel too much. Any thoughts?
wrestler125
wrestler125
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Joined: 2004/01/27
United States
2008/04/03, 05:04 PM
Not 100% sure what you mean, but excess flexbility of the lumbar spine is not normally a good thing. Some joints are built for flexibility, your lower back isn't one of them.

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