What do you do to strengthen your lower back?

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I'm dying after any activity that requires some stress on lower back even mowing grass, changing a tire etc.

What's your secret?

 

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Certain things may limit what exercises you can actually do
Your age~yeah I know some older people can still do stuff lol so that ones a bit controversial but nonetheless at say 60 you are going to be able to do less than when you were 20 not everyone ages as well as some

Do you actually have any underlying medical conditions?
Advising something too hard core with out knowing that would be bad to be honest
What ever you decide to do don't go crazy immediately or you will be in agony for days if your back muscles aren't used to it
If you have a garden you could set aside a small area that you just use for digging over. Digging certainly does help with back strength and legs too

No conditions simply haven't been doing any exercise that would exercise the lower back for years.

 

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I thought you'd been swimming a lot? As long as you're holding your core during it, that should do wonders for your lower back.

Swimming doesn't really strengthen lower back, well not in my experience, it's good for shoulders, biceps and triceps and somewhat chest.

 

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Breast stroke and particularly
butterfly stroke should do something for lower back
Other strokes not so much as you say they are more top of torso especially shoulders looking at pro swimmers

Butterfly is a tough stroke, I can't imagine lasting long doing butterfly, maybe 50m max.