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What’s the proper way to do sit-ups? Posted May 21, 2007 at 06:45 PM by Sahara Jackson Sit-ups can strengthen your belly muscles, but doing them incorrectly can hurt your back. Sit-ups should be done while you lie on your back with your knees bent enough for the soles of your feet to touch the floor. Place both hands on your chest and slowly raise your head off the ground. Raise your shoulders about one foot and then lower them to the ground. Do this slowly ten times, rest a few seconds and then do two more sets of ten. After a week or two this exercise will feel easy, so add a light weight held on your chest. As you become stronger, you can use heavier weights [and/or include more complex variations of the exercise]. There’s no need to do more than 30 sit-ups in one workout. To strengthen your belly muscles, you…(Continued...) Read the full article... | Comment on this post Filed under: her-fitness, athletics
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Posted May 21, 2007 at 06:45 PM by Sahara Jackson
Sit-ups can strengthen your belly muscles, but doing them incorrectly can hurt your back. Sit-ups should be done while you lie on your back with your knees bent enough for the soles of your feet to touch the floor. Place both hands on your chest and slowly raise your head off the ground. Raise your shoulders about one foot and then lower them to the ground. Do this slowly ten times, rest a few seconds and then do two more sets of ten. After a week or two this exercise will feel easy, so add a light weight held on your chest. As you become stronger, you can use heavier weights [and/or include more complex variations of the exercise]. There’s no need to do more than 30 sit-ups in one workout. To strengthen your belly muscles, you…(Continued...)
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