Sit-ups cause stomach pain, beware of these misunderstandings

We know that sit-ups are a good way to exercise our abdominal muscles and waist and abdominal strength. However, many people said that they experienced stomach pain after doing sit-ups last night, which is mostly related to some misunderstandings about sit-ups.

1: Misconception about sit-ups: Some people don’t have time to go to the gym to exercise, so they choose to do some basic and effective simple exercises at home to exercise their bodies, hoping to achieve the effect of weight loss. Sit-ups are a method chosen by many people. Many people think that as long as they keep doing it, they can achieve the goal of losing weight. Correction: Simply relying on sit-ups can only achieve local fitness effects, because sit-ups directly target the abdominal muscle groups. Long-term exercise may strengthen the abdominal muscles, but other parts of the body, such as the thighs and buttocks, will get less exercise. Therefore, the first point to note is to effectively combine sit-ups with other fitness methods to achieve the perfect weight loss effect.

The second misunderstanding about sit-ups: Many people usually do sit-ups quickly and vigorously, thinking that this is a sign of strengthened abdominal muscles. In fact, doing so can easily strain the abdominal muscles. Correction: The correct way to do it is to cross your arms in front of your chest, and control the force of your abdomen when sitting up. Or make it more difficult and hold weights in both hands to increase the effect of the exercise.

The third misunderstanding about sit-ups: Many people's bodies will unnaturally deviate to a certain direction when doing sit-ups. This is wrong, as it will cause uneven training of the abdominal muscles and thus distort your body shape. Correction: You should try to control the direction of getting up and lying down, do not deviate from the straight line, and slow down the speed to exercise the control ability of the abdominal muscles. It is best to feel the movement of the abdominal muscles when getting up.

Misconception 4 about sit-ups: Some people think that the slower you do sit-ups, the greater the exercise effect. Correction: Slowing down the speed appropriately will help the exercise effect, but if the speed is too slow, the effect will be poor. The most correct speed should be to go up faster and go down slower, which will achieve the best effect.

Sit-up misunderstanding 5: Most people do sit-ups with their hands behind their heads and fingers crossed. (Holding head) Correction: This is the biggest misunderstanding about sit-ups. Even some physical education teachers teach students this way, which is completely misleading. This gesture will put a burden on the cervical spine. The harder you hold your head, the greater the load. The correct way is to place your hands on each ear and a little bit inward (approximately in the middle of the back of the head and a little bit outward), and just place your hands lightly there without using too much force.

First of all, sit-ups can exercise the abdominal muscles, tighten the abdominal muscles, and better protect the internal organs in the abdominal cavity. It should be noted that when doing sit-ups, the knee joint can be divided into two postures: extension and flexion, and the main functional muscles used to complete the movements are different.

Sit up as often as you can, often doing repetitions of sit-ups at a fairly fast pace. Since sit-ups lack active strength in training, it is beneficial for the rectus abdominis to contract with all its strength under fixed conditions and complete the movement "independently", thus improving the training effect of the abdominal muscles.