The Abs Exercise You Should NEVER Do.
There is probably only 1 abs exercise I recommend you should never do, but unfortunately it is one of the most commonly used abs exercises amongst regular people like you. What is it?
A Sit-up when you come all the way up, as in the picture above. Doing a sit-up in this way is not only totally ineffective for you abs but it is extremely bad for you posture and can lead to serious lower back pain and problems.
When you do a sit up, you only use your abs when lifting a small distance off the floor. If you lift all the way up to a sitting position, you are not using your stomach muscles at all, but simply putting your lower back under strain.
Think about the position you putm your back in when you do this. Its a ridiculous posture and one that you would not even consider going into in any other circumstance. So why do it when exercising?
So there is no benefit of coming up that high. Just engage your stomach muscles and squeeze as high as you can just using them.
Today’s Takeaway – Make sure you are doing exercises properly or you may be wasting you time. Do sit-ups for flat abs is a perfect example.
