How to do sit-ups to train your abdominal muscles?

Many men want to have abdominal muscles. They think that having abdominal muscles can make their body look good. But there are so many ways to train your abdominal muscles that many men don’t know which one to choose. In fact, if you are exercising your abdominal muscles at home, the best way is to do sit-ups. However, don’t underestimate the simplicity of sit-ups. In fact, only by mastering the correct sit-up posture can you achieve the effect of exercising your abdominal muscles.

1. Coordinate with breathing

To reduce the belly, you need to coordinate your breathing. The lower abdominal muscles will become firmer, achieving the effect of reducing the belly.

When practicing: exhale when you are rising (when you are exerting force), and inhale when you are releasing force. In a static state, for example, when maintaining a 45-degree angle, maintain normal chest breathing and do not hold your breath.

Normally: Abdominal breathing helps to tighten the transverse abdominal muscles. When inhaling, feel the abdominal cavity pulling inward and upward, inhale fully and then exhale deeply. You can consciously practice abdominal breathing when sitting, standing or walking, and make it a habit.

Slimming principle: This breathing method ensures that the muscles deeper in the abdomen are involved in the work at the same time.

2. Standing height: Stay at a 45-degree angle

Sit-ups are not about how high you stand, but about understanding the correct method. The most correct method is to prolong the duration of the 45-degree angle between your body and the ground, so as to effectively exercise your abdominal muscles. (Duration: 30 seconds or more)

The general sense of sit-ups for weight loss is to cross your fingers and place your hands behind your head.

3. Don’t hold your head with your hands

The general sense of sit-ups for weight loss is to cross the fingers of both hands and place them behind the head, but in the process of sitting up, you often use the strength of your hands to lift your head, which can easily cause neck muscle strain. The correct way is to cross your arms in front of your chest, or place your hands beside your ears. When sitting up, you should use your abdomen rather than your arms.

In addition, the duration of doing sit-ups is also important. Some people who have just started to exercise their abdominal muscles through sit-ups cannot do sit-ups of too high intensity all at once. They can consider doing 10 sit-ups in each group first, and then increase the number of sit-ups in each group after training for a period of time. This will achieve the ideal exercise effect.