Jeez Louise, that's a lot to read. I did read it, however, and thank you so much for writing all that up. That no stirrup work comment made me internally groan (lol) but if it works, it works. Thank you again!

Sorry! I really didn't mean to write so much! *sheepish* but hope it helps! And good luck to you

Planking is the best exercise, you have to use your core strength to maintain it and works a whole bunch of other muscles too.

@K&M, don't worry about it! All of what you wrote is exactly what I needed, so thank you again.