Fitness Motivation and Inspiration

Audrey Eliminated Back Pain and Remade Her Appearance by Dedicating Herself to 6 Minute Planks Daily.

She boosted core strength, reduced back pain, lost fat, and transformed her physical appearance.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA
Published in
8 min readApr 9, 2022

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She intuitively knew planking would be a valuable tool for her fitness and health when she learned plank workouts using glutes, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, and obliques. “Rectus abdominis” in fitness literature, aka the abs muscle publicly, is part of the anterior abdominal wall. “Transverse abdominis” protects internal organs holding them in place. Within the sides of our core, the obliques allow for rotational movements protecting our spine.
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Audrey is a 78-year retired office worker who suffered from intense back pain for many years, starting from her early 30s.

She raised three kids, and all became professionals in different fields. Her athletic husband, a carpenter, was supportive and became a catalyst for her to find an unexpected solution.

The primary issue for Audrey was sitting too long in the office in front of her typewriter and, in later years, in front of computers, besides spending most of her time on the phone.

When Audrey got 60 years old, her back pain became unbearable. One day her husband gave her a pamphlet introducing a free seminar for mature citizens for a new health center opened in their suburb.

Audrey joined the seminar introducing a new service about Pilates to the locals. The presenter’s focus was on cores. She heard the term planks the first time, which opened the window in her healing journey.

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com