When I do situps I get a pain in the front of my neck on both sides? What can I do to prevent this?
Answer:
That's common when you are not using just your abs when you do situps. One way to fix it is to just do crunches, instead of going from floor all the way up. You can do a search online on "crunches" for correct technique.
Until your ab muscles are stronger, you will still notice the muscle tensing in your neck a little, I think.
do your sit ups correctly
dont do them anymore
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try stretching out your neck muscles first before doing situps. put your head side to side, front and back and hold it for 10-20 seconds while you stretch in your neck.
if you neck muscles are still tense after a few situps, try massaging them with you hands to loosen them up.
While doing sitsups, move you head forward a little more, this should help to relieve the stress on your neck muscles
~Use the ab roller, I believe that's what it's called. You rest your neck on it and hold onto it while rolling up to a sitting position.~
You neck muscles are NOT involved in this exercise, but you are involving them by accident. Place a towel behind your head, support your head with the towel, each end in hand...that will solve the problem...and make an effort NOT to use your head as part of the sit up...serves NO useful function here.
You are correct! Your tensing your neck muscles. your probably pulling your head up with your hands or something. Your form is off somewhere, but I just cant say what your doing wrong since we are not looking at a video or something.
do put your hands at the back of your head. You are tugging on your neck.
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