Thanks CQ! That totally makes sense, the inclined bench. Will definitely do that. We did the Power Presses today and I found them good, could still do them easily. Belly feels enormous, but it's only going to get bigger! Can still get the bar over the belly so far! Thanks for your tips, I'm going to make sure I do a class next week. And the instructors were really great too & I could feel their eyes on me quite often, and the step instructor made sure that I knew that she would modify the abs etc for step if I wanted to come along. I felt quite welcome!!!