How To Do Sit Ups

I have a problem when I do sit ups. I do other ab exercises so my core doesan't really hurt when i do sit ups. However my lower back, or mainly my tailbone, does. After only 15 sit ups, my tail bone starts hurting and I can hear it making a somewhat cracking sound. It takes less then 15 on the hard wood floor at my Gymnasem. Some people tell me I just have a weak back but I do not know for sure. Any advice on what I can do to stop this?

Anonymous  (105 days ago)

Fat people can do the sit ups properly and build stronger abs. When they go on a diet these abs will be shining threw =) If you are overweight just do the sit ups with a healthy diet you will soon see the diffrence remember it wont happen over night to pace your self. It doesn't say "how to loose weight" or "get a six-pack!". It is about doing a proper sit-up. Of coarse they use someone who looks as if he's done it several thousand times... What do you want to see? An overweight person trying to lift himself up? No one is going to take that seriously. And if you want a whole proper workout, you can look at other video's. I don't think many people will just look at this and begin. People do research (gym, friends, the net, etc), and this is some additional information. Besides, not everyone can afford a gym, let alone personal trainer. Let's just say, students like me... I go running, 'cause it's free and relaxing. But as an additional I try to do other small things. And something like this does help to prevent making mistakes. And spelling has nothing to do with the video. what an idiot, video jug is great, its films on how to do exercise if you want to burn fat watch the videojug film clips on tips on eating and burning calaries, why would anyone this dumb make a comment without looking at the full site. I am saddened to see that videos like this propel the myth that sit ups "tone" the abdomen. Now a bunch of fat people are going to go to the gym and do 3,000 sit ups in the hope they might look something like this guy by the end of it. Muscular definition (not "tone"; this describes a muscle's state of tension when relaxed), is achieved through low body fat and adequate muscle mass. Low bodyfat should, and can only be achieved by creating a caloric deficit. This is most effectively done through a strict exercise and diet plan. It takes 3,500 calories to be burned in order to loose a pound of fat. I assume one sit up uses less than one calorie, as the muscle group being trained is relatively small. If anybody achieves a body fat percentage nearing, at, or below 10% then they will realise that they too have a six pack. It is simply the rectus abdominis muscle. Now, technically, the R.A. is not part of the core musculature, and performing sit ups is not particularly good for core strength. Isometric and twisting type movements tend to build a stronger core, as do all the big free weights movements (e.g. deadlifts). Sit ups, if performed like any other hypertrophy workout (most likely with a resistance)can build up the rectus abbominis. But this is entirely lacking in function. In fact, there has been some evidence to show that this kind of exercises can develop poor posture and back pains, as the muscle gradually gets shorter. The only place, in my opinion, that this type of exercise has in fitness, is for those with already extremely low body fat , wanting to develop the rectus abdominis, as part of a perfectly BALANCED exercise programme, for aesthetic purposes. By this I mean bodybuilders. And even if this is the case, crunches are more effective :D. If you want to loose weight, get a decent personal trainer, and skip all the trial and error. This is not a dig at VIDEOJUG.COM. Great website, but this video is providing misleading information. Thanks, (anonymous personal trainer) Previous 1 Next Page 1 of 1

Fat people can do the sit ups properly and build stronger abs. When they go on a diet these abs will be shining threw =) If you are overweight just do the sit ups with a healthy diet you will soon see the diffrence remember it wont happen over night to pace your self

what an idiot, video jug is great, its films on how to do exercise if you want to burn fat watch the videojug film clips on tips on eating and burning calaries, why would anyone this dumb make a comment without looking at the full site