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How can I do sit ups without killing my back? I've been doing a lot of sit ups these past few weeks and It's been killing my lower back. Definitely not muscle pain, it's like my bones are hurting. I've also tried a mat, but that didn't help, I even tried doing them on my bed but that was a whole different set of problems.
I'm only 20, so not old.
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You lower back shouldn't hurt. Are you doing the movement correctly? I've seen a lot of people using their psoas muscles to power their sit-ups, and that can really hurt your lower back. You should be doing thoracic spine flexions only.
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>>42606831
I started out doing them fast as fuck because that's what I learned in school gym class. After a while I realized I was just using momentum and not actually using my muscles. For the past week or so I've been doing really slow ones, but the pain persists.
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There are other ab exercises you can do if this is hurting your back.
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>>42606861
Try taking a break from doing them and see if it goes away. If you were fat you may have a bulging disk. In that case, you should go to the doctor.
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