Interesting.

Been training for Tough Mudder, and well just training, and my friend realized his back pain is bad.

Lower back. Cannot do leg lifts he just feels it in his back really badly.

He occasionally pulls his back, from time to time just from sleeping wrong.

I wonder what it is?

Otherwise he's in decent shape.

Me on the otherhand, I'm worried, because at my Muay Thai gym they encourage a lot of traditional situps, leg lifts and holding your legs in the air while on your back.

I've been shown to support my back with my hands cupped together, but after many leg lifts my lower back is sore. Not in pain, but sore.

Freakin' worrying me a bit, not like I can "opt out" of doing the prescribed workouts at the classes.

Hrmm.

Mark Bondy> thoughts on the traditional Muay Thai workouts?