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Originally Posted by Lisa~
Set up in a posterior pelvic tilt for the plank and maintain that position throughout. You should feel your rectus abdominis first, then you'll find your obliques, then finally your serratus (under your arm pits). If you ever feel anything in your back, then you've changed your body position and you need to either correct it or, if you can't correct it, terminate the set.
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Lisa, should I apply this posture to pushups as well to solve a similar problem, only with pushups?
The weakest point of my pushups is my lower back. If I do them on the floor my lower back hurts, and then it starts clicking and popping (my hips, too) and I have to stop the pushups. This problem goes away when I do them on a low counter.
By the way, I'm doing extra weeks of Stage 1, mostly because I was really out of shape when I started and had problems with form on some exercises, like pushups and deadlifts. So that's why I'm still doing pushups and not planks yet. I would like to do at least 8 pushups on the floor without my lower back hurting.