Working stomach muscles

witchgirl26

Hi all - bit new to this forum & looking for a bit of help.

Bit of background - I have quite bad IBS and while it was very volatile for a few years, I was advised by doctors against any strenuous exercises around my stomach area as this had a tendency to kick it all off. I was told I should wait until it stabilised. It has now but it's also left me with a bit of a belly & poor stomach muscles.

I'm now looking at trying to strengthen these as this will help long term with my IBS. I'm currently doing Pilates as I was advised it would be good & finding it's working but looking to see if there's anything else I could be doing either at home or in the gym to help. I'd like to point out that while I'd love a flatter tummy, for me the main focus is strengthening the stomach muscles so that it benefits my health more so.

Any advice is gratefully received

Alf Veedersane

Planks and side planks.

Cable ab pulldowns (make sure to do these properly) and/or ab wheel rollouts as well.

Sit ups too.

witchgirl26

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Planks and side planks.

Cable ab pulldowns (make sure to do these properly) and/or ab wheel rollouts as well.

Sit ups too.

Thanks for that.

Excuse the ignorance - what are cable ab pulldowns?

Alf Veedersane

witchgirl26 wrote: »

Thanks for that.

Excuse the ignorance - what are cable ab pulldowns?

They go a little something like this.

witchgirl26

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

They go a little something like this.

Thanks!