How to do sit ups
1. Lie down on the floor with your upper knees bent, the balls of your feet and heels on the ground.
2. Place your hands behind the lobes of your ears, or even hold your ears. (Grabbing the back of head or neck may cause injury down the road)
3. Tighten your abdominal muscles by drawing in your belly button to your spine.
4. Keeping your heels on the ground, slowly lift your head and shoulder blades off the floor with a contraction of the abdominal muscles. Get up off the floor as high as you are comfortable with. Try to keep your back straight, like you were practicing proper posture.
5. Hold the position for a second then slowly bring the torso back to tho floor but try to keep it slightly off the ground (i.e. try not to 'lie' on the floor).
6. Repeat steps 3-5 for the remainder of the exercise.
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