What should I do if my stomach hurts when doing sit-ups?

Exercising every day can make your body stronger and more beautiful. Everyone’s exercise methods are different, such as running, skipping rope, sit-ups, etc. Speaking of sit-ups, if you practice them every day, you can develop abdominal muscles. But some people experience stomach pain after doing sit-ups. Why is that? So how to solve stomach pain after sit-ups? What are the misunderstandings?

Doing sit-ups every day can exercise our lower abdominal muscles, and the sit-ups should be done in the correct posture. Many people report that they have stomach pain after doing sit-ups, which is related to the misunderstanding of sit-ups. So, what should we do if we have stomach pain after doing sit-ups?

Misconception 1 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.

After reading the above content, if you exercise your body or train your abdominal muscles by doing sit-ups, stomach pain is usually caused by incorrect posture or because it is the first time you are doing it. When training your abdominal muscles, be sure not to use too much force to avoid muscle strain. If you do sit-ups with your knees bent, you can better exercise your abdominal muscles.