Had a crappy drama filled day... i was not in the mood to go to the gym but i got ready and went anyways, it was a pretty good workout nothing over the top. I was laying in bed last night... not sleeping... it was depressing because i was so tired.... and it hit me! I have been doing a new core workout when i am on my hands and knees and my girlfriend sits on my mid/lower back and i lower my back as low as possible and then raise and hold while flexing my abs as tightly as possible. It feels really good and i get a very deep core burn with no actual ab burn. My girlfriend lives 350 kms away for the next several months so i had to work out how to get weight attached to me so i can do them on a regular basis. Putting weight on my back would not work because it would fall off but to hang weight i am not long enough to lift it off the ground, so i put 2 benches together and hung the weights that way, so i would raise and hold it for 5 seconds counting one thousand two thousand etc, then lower it and if i bend my arms a bit i can completely let the weight off and the plates rest on the floor, this was comforting incase i needed to quickly relieve myself of the weight if i some how sustained injury. Its basicely a yoga pose... but amped up for some serious results. I did 45, 90 and 135 lbs for a few eps each and it felt amazing! The belt dug in a bit but it wasn't bad considering how much weight i had. I will be doing this for a few weeks to see the results.