http://rochephenix.com Live a better life Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:24:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://rochephenix.com/2009/10/20/how-to-do-sit-ups/ http://rochephenix.com/2009/10/20/how-to-do-sit-ups/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:44:06 +0000 admin http://rochephenix.com/?p=13 Sit-ups done badly can cause back and neck injuries! Be careful and if you feel something’s not right, stop! To do a sit-up: lay on your back on carpet or a yoga matt, not concrete or wooden floors. Place your hands in a cross formation over your chest, with each fist on the opposite shoulder. Bend you knees so they point to the ceiling, with your feet flat on the floor and shoulder width apart. Wiggle a bit so you are comfortable and your body feels evenly spaced. Fix your eyes on a spot or mark on the ceiling; you must look at this the whole time you do your sit-ups. Slowly but fluidly tryto sit up. Continue until you can feel a slight burn in your abdominals then hold for 3 seconds. Slowly but fluidly return to your starting position. Repeat as many times as you feel you can! Remember these important points: keep you eyes on the same point and don’t move your head; don’t clench your neck as it can spasm easily; you don’t need to sit up fully, just enough so that you feel you abdominals working. And most importantly if something other than your stomach is hurting, stop!

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