How To Do Proper Sit Ups

Sit up exercise is an abdominal strength training exercise which commonly performed in order to strengthen the abdominal muscles. If you are the beginner, i suggests you to start off with the most basic one and the try it with some modifications to the traditional sit up practices when you get stronger. There are several types of sit ups available but for this entry, i will explain how you can implement the most basic one only and will update the other types of sit up soon.

Sit up begin with lying with the back on the floor, typically with your arms across your chest. Sometimes you also can put your hands behind your head but it is not advisable because it can strain your neck muscles during the sit up process. So, let me explain the steps to do proper sit up. 

Step 1 

Lying your body on hard surface and have your knees bent. The balls of your feet and also heels should be placed flat on the ground as well. 

Step 2

You must place your hands on opposing shoulders so that your arms are crossed over your chest. You can also put your hands behind your head but it is not advisable because it can strain your neck musles. 

Step 3

After that, you must tighten you abdominal muscles gently by drawing in your belly button to your spine. 

Step 4 

While keeping your heels and your toes flat to the ground, slowly and gently lift your head first then followed by your shoulders blades. Keep focusing your eyes on your bent knees and gently contracting the abdominal muscles. During this stage, you must pull yourself up from the floor until you are at ninety-degree angle, or when your elbows are on or past the knees. 

Step 5 

When you done with the previous steps, hold the position for a few seconds and then slowly bring the torso back to the floor but do remember to keep it slightly, yet relaxed, arch. 

Sit up is a quick way to get stronger abdominal muscles indeed. Like what i had mentioned earlier, beginner are advisable to do the most basic one first and the proceed with the other types which are more challenging types after they get stronger. 

But however, those who diagnosed with osteoporosis should avoid doing this sit up exercise. This is because bending your spine in the sit up position increases the stress on your bones and can put you at risk for a stress fracture. So, better be safe than sorry; know your ability first and then you can assess whether this sit up exercise is suitable for you to do or not. Cheers!