Mrs. Vixen, maybe your pregnant!! :scream: My bra size never changes unless there's something going on. Building your pecs could increase your bra size and losing weight can decrease it, doing both at the same time hard to say what could happen!
The best way to strengthen your lower back is to strengthen your entire midsection.
To target the lower back, I like stifflegged deadlifts and back extensions (hyperextensions). When the weather isn't conducive to being outside. I prefer shoveling dirt to being in the gym if it's nice out and it gives you a GREAT workout!
For your lower abs, try doing reverse crunches. I get too bored doing more than 25 or so reps of one excercise. I tend to do a cycle or superset of say 20 reverse crunches, 20 leg ups, 20 side crunches, 20 bicycles and 20 crunches. Do them all without a rest, take a minute or so rest & do it again for 3 sets - it'll give you a great bbbuuurrrnnn! I mix it up usually doing whatever I fee like each day.
Best bet to get results is to consult a trainer if you go to a gym that offers them. They are well worth paying for a week or so of good instruction. I have lifted weights since early in high school and even my collegiate strength coaches didn't teach me as much about proper form than one week with a GOOD trainer.
If a trainer isn't available (even if one is just so you can be sure you are using correct form) read the men's muscle mags - Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness......they usually have good articles on form and excercises. Go to the library and look for back issues to get the info you need then photocopy it. Books by Cory Everson (3 time or more :think Ms. Olympia) can be very informative too - good form is IMPERATIVE if you are doing deadlifts and extensions!
FC22, good to hear your getting back into it! I used to love the feeling of working out so hard I couldn't walk out the door without a rest for a few minutes - ohhh to be young and have time to do what you want!
Sarah,
Jetskiing on a standup is a fantastic workout. Try doing some bunny hops and subs to REALLY wear yourself out! Good practice for wheelieing the bike too.
We do the same thing, switch to the ski's this time of year - of course it's best if you don't crash into each other and have to spend a week fiberglassing your hull back together. Oh well. Just got mine back on the water and Karl decided to adjust my throttle trigger and broke it off - on the far side of the LAKE! At least he rode it back - pulling on the throttle cable since he broke it. Hopefully we'll be back on them this weekend.
As for other sports you might like mountain biking. ;) It builds great endurance and if you ride on technical trails similar to where you dirtbike it can really improve your skills when you hit the real bike. Much easier to load by yourself too.