Why can't I do sit-ups?

We all know that sit-ups are a great way to reduce belly fat. However, for many people who have not exercised for a long time, they cannot do sit-ups at all, and thus cannot achieve the effect of losing weight and reducing their belly. Because people who don't exercise for a long time have a lot of fat around their waists and lack strength in their waists. Well, if you are the one who can’t do it, here are some tips on how to do sit-ups!

Sit-up exercise tips:

1. Gradually increase the number of sit-ups: For a participant who has just started to train his abdominal muscles with sit-ups, the number of sit-ups should not exceed 10 repetitions.

(Train your abdominal muscles first). After completing each sit-up, you should stand up or lie down to rest, allowing your abdominal muscles to relax for more than 10 minutes.

2. Do sit-ups slowly: The main training goal is the endurance of the abdominal muscles. Therefore, only by doing sit-ups slowly can you effectively train the endurance of the abdominal muscles.

3. Sit-up action: The muscles of the upper abdomen of the human body mainly include the rectus abdominis, external oblique muscles and internal oblique muscles. Therefore, if the sit-up action is to sit with the upper body in the sagittal plane (shoulders parallel to the sit-up action)

When performing the above movements, the training effect of the external oblique muscles and internal oblique muscles will be significantly limited. Only by increasing the rotation of the body's longitudinal axis (right shoulder strap to left leg and left shoulder strap to right leg) can the incoordination of abdominal muscle training be avoided.

In addition to the upper body movements, in order to avoid excessive load on the lower abdominal flexion hip joint muscles during sit-ups, the knee joints should be flexed when doing sit-ups. However, doing sit-ups in this supine, knee-bent position will limit the training effect of the lower abdominal muscles.

We all know that it is very easy to gain weight on the belly. Once the meat grows more and piles up, we have a little belly. Moreover, sit-ups are an exercise that must be performed long-term to help you lose weight and reduce your belly. Therefore, if we want to maintain a good figure, we must control our diet.