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

I believe that women who exercise regularly will have this kind of distress. It is easy to have abdominal pain after doing sit-ups. The pain will be more obvious after a lot of exercise or even when laughing loudly. So let’s see what to do if you have abdominal pain when doing sit-ups?

For those who do not exercise regularly, especially those who do abdominal muscle training, if they suddenly do sit-ups, they may experience stomach pain due to lactic acid accumulation. It usually occurs the day after exercise. Lactic acid is an intermediate product produced during the metabolism of glucose in the body during exercise.

Due to excessive exercise, which exceeds the intensity of anaerobic exercise, the lactic acid produced in the body cannot be further decomposed into water and carbon dioxide in a short period of time. The insufficient oxygen supply leads to anaerobic metabolism, which causes a large amount of excessive product lactic acid to accumulate in the body.

Lactic acid accumulation can cause local muscle soreness. Generally, lactic acid accumulates. If you want to speed up the excretion of lactic acid, one way is to continue aerobic exercise to accelerate the excretion of lactic acid from the body along with the metabolism of energy. Another way is to use hot water fumigation (such as sauna) or hot towel compress, which can also achieve the purpose of accelerating the excretion of lactic acid.

Generally, after a period of exercise, the body adapts to the intensity of this load and muscle soreness caused by lactic acid accumulation will no longer occur. Doing relaxation activities for more than 10 minutes after strenuous exercise can keep the cardiovascular and respiratory systems at a high level, which is beneficial for repaying the oxygen debt incurred during exercise. At the same time, relaxation activities can relax muscles and avoid affecting metabolic processes due to local circulatory disorders.

Therefore, for people who do not exercise regularly, it is very necessary to do warm-up exercises before doing sit-ups, and it is best to do some movements that can release the muscles after the sit-ups. This can help people effectively avoid abdominal pain after sit-ups.