Post 4550949 - (weak core muscles - help with gentle strengthening?)

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[quote="invisibubble"]1000Knives and Kurgan - I like your answers best as I love deadlifts.  I was trying to do the Starting Strength program and deadlifts was the only thing that was really progressing and I felt it was helping to decrease my general back pain.  However I thought squats should be the foundation of your workout and without them I don't know that I'd properly support my body in deadlifts as I progressed?

This week I've been trying to work towards chin ups - my muscles in upper back and shoulders became so stiff that for years I couldn't just do a dead hang from a bar as it was so painful even for a second and thought I'd tear muscles.  This week I've been progressively stretching out and hanging part of my body weight from the bar - yesterday I was able to hang my whole body weight a couple of times for about 3 seconds each time.  I also did a couple of partial reverse chins.  I'm really excited with this progress - felt like I'd never be able to even dead-hang again.  So, if I could work up to doing actual chin ups - I know its supposed to activate your core muscles... any thoughts on if that'd be enough to start to strengthen my core for squats?[/quote]

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