What is sit-ups?

Maybe we all do some sit-ups regularly, but we don’t have a particularly detailed understanding of what kind of exercise sit-ups are. Knowing what sit-ups are and mastering some scientific methods can help us better achieve the purpose of exercise. Everyone must pay attention to these contents and attach great importance to them. Let us understand what kind of exercise sit-ups are.

Sit-ups are an important part of physical exercise, and some people even misunderstand that they can help lose belly fat.

Studies have shown that if you do less than 150 sit-ups per training session, you will not achieve the goal of losing weight. Although sit-ups are tiring, they don't consume a lot of calories. Even if you do a lot of sit-ups, the energy consumed comes from fat all over the body, not just from the abdomen. The benefit of doing sit-ups properly is that it can strengthen and firm your abdominal muscles. Strong abdominal muscles can provide better support for the back, allowing you to increase your physical strength when engaging in other aerobic exercises and recreational activities. Therefore, even if you insist on doing sit-ups every day, it will not consume much abdominal fat and cannot achieve the purpose of reducing the belly. Instead, it will develop the abdominal muscles and increase the muscles.

High-efficiency aerobic exercise is the best exercise for weight loss. Studies have shown that only by doing aerobic exercise for more than 20 minutes each time can you reduce the body's accumulated fat and achieve the goal of losing weight.

The main function of sit-ups is to strengthen the abdominal muscles. If done correctly, sit-ups can not only increase the elasticity of the abdominal muscles, but also protect the back and improve the body posture. On the other hand, if performed improperly, sit-ups are not only a waste of time, but can even be harmful.

According to Stamford (1997), the correct way to do a sit-up is as follows: Lie on your back on a mat with your knees bent to about 90 degrees and your feet flat on the ground. Do not fix your feet on flat ground (for example, by having a partner hold your ankles with their hands), otherwise the thigh and hip flexors will join in the work, reducing the workload of the abdominal muscles. Furthermore, straight-leg sit-ups will increase the burden on the back and easily cause damage to it. The position of your hands should be determined based on the strength of your abdominal muscles, as the closer your hands are to your head, the more strenuous it will be to do sit-ups. Beginners can place their hands on both sides of the body. Once they have adapted or their physical fitness has improved, they can cross their hands in front of their chest. Finally, you can also try crossing your arms behind your head, but each hand should be placed on the shoulder on the opposite side of your body. Never cross your fingers and place them behind your head to avoid straining your neck muscles when exerting force. This will also reduce the workload of your abdominal muscles.

What kind of exercise is sit-ups? We must all understand it carefully and never ignore it, otherwise there may be problems with the exercise, which will bring us unnecessary harm. Doing some sit-ups every day can also effectively help us achieve the goal of strengthening our abdominal muscles.