Let me tell you, when my lower back started giving me trouble, I thought my pull-up days were over. Hanging from a bar felt like a distant memory. But here’s the thing: you don’t need to quit pull-ups if your back is acting up. You just need to dial them back with smart regressions that…
For the longest time, I thought back pain just came with adulthood—like taxes or getting overly excited about new kitchen appliances. Turns out, there was a sneaky culprit quietly contributing to my lower back issues: a weak TVA, or transverse abdominis. It’s not the flashy six-pack muscle everyone obsesses over; it’s the deep core layer…
If you’re like me and spend hours a day hunched over a laptop, you’ve probably felt that dull, nagging ache creep into your lower back. I used to think stretching a little and taking short walks would be enough. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t. What finally helped me turn the corner was something surprisingly simple —…