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Can Ab Workouts Aggravate Intestinal Inflammation?

bridgetm

By bridgetm
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bridgetm Enthusiast
bridgetm
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I went out in my kayak yesterday for the first time in over a week. It got pretty windy on the lake so it turned into a total body workout. My abs, upper and lower, were burning after paddling a half mile with the wind and a half mile against it through a 2-3 foot swell with some ski-boat wake thrown up along the way. I noticed last night and this morning that my stomach is much more inflamed than the day before even though I was eating more carefully. I was starting to feel better, but I'm in pain again now less than an hour after some knee rehab (straight leg raises, abduction and adduction both legs with weights). Feels like when I was first having gluten trouble combined with typical post-workout ab soreness, but I haven't had any suspicious food today. Anyone else get these flare-ups?

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tennisman Contributor
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I get similar problems when doing stomach muscle exercises , sometimes I get a pain in my stomach straight away other times the pain starts after a few hours , i'm not sure if it's to do with being Celiac or not though .

lizard00 Enthusiast
lizard00
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They seem to bother me. I have to be pretty careful or I'll start to feel nauseous and it'll last for a couple hours afterwards. It did get better the longer I was off of gluten and felt like my insides weren't on fire, but if I get accidentally glutened, it's bad.

bridgetm Enthusiast
bridgetm
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It's nice to hear it's not just me. Before I had to go gluten-free I was doing a lot of crunches, sit-ups and kayak workouts and had no problems; just that nice burn after a good workout. Every time I have tried doing more than a few crunches it felt like I had been glutened. Didn't think a hard paddle would do the same.

Thanks for the replies

Wheatfreedude Apprentice
Wheatfreedude
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Are all of you stretching before any physical activity? And, I not just talking about sports, weight lifting and running. If you're going to chop wood it makes sense to stretch first. Or, if you're going to dig in the garden for a few hours it makes sense.

With that said, are you stretching before ab exercises? You strain ANY of those small muscles around your ab area.... it's going to feel like your whole torso is hurting.

~Wheatfreedude~

dilettantesteph Collaborator
dilettantesteph
Posted

My abs don't look like that last guy, but I haven't ever noticed increased inflammation after ab workouts. I usually do crunches every night.

Lett Newbie
Lett
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It is not related to celiac, i have been doing ab work outs for years and have never had same problem

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bridgetm Enthusiast
bridgetm
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I always stretch; I guess it's time to start stretching more. This hasn't been the greatest central-MN kayak season so maybe I'm just more out of shape than I thought.

Wheatfreedude Apprentice
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I usually do crunches every night.

A quick hint. Do NOT do crunches every night, you want to give them a rest for a day -- really any muscle needs at least a day's rest to build.

Think about pruning an ornamental bush in a garden. If you prune it EVERY day (break it down) it will never grow back. You want to give it some time to grow.

~Wheatfreedude~

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I always stretch; I guess it's time to start stretching more.

Try and stretch your whole body as our muscles are connected to one another. So even though you think that you're just going to use your shoulders and arms to kayak... work your lower back/abs/quads/calves

Your body will thank you!

~Wheatfreedude~

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bluebonnet
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i've been trying to do more crunches/ab workouts but i always feel this weird pulling sensation during and after. now that i know i have a hiatal hernia i'm not sure if that was the pain i felt or if i should continue to do situps. its definitely something more than me feeling the burn from a good workout.

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