Ow my butt!

[MistaFreeze]

Alright so I just started doing sit ups as part of my workout and my tailbone is really sore after doing a few sets of 30. Is there a reason for this? My floor is standard carpeting and I believe I'm doing the sit ups correctly. I can feel there's a rash/burn of some sort back there and it has to be from doing the sit ups. Will I just get used to it and eventually the body will just be okay with me doing these?

 

[TallBill]

You'll be ok, did you put your feet under anything to hold you in place?

 

[MistaFreeze]

No I didn't.

 

[Megatomic]

Yeah, anchor your feet for one thing. Another thing you can do is to get a yoga mat or stability ball to do your crunches/situps on. I do all my ab and lower back exercises on my stability ball.

 

[katank]

Also, have you tried the Abmat? It's pretty useful for situps on the floor.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

THere are better exercises for your core that don't put so much strain on your neck and back.

 

[MistaFreeze]

Thanks for the responses. I'll be sure to at least put my feet under something for now on. IceBerg, what other exercises would you recommend?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: MistaFreeze
Thanks for the responses. I'll be sure to at least put my feet under something for now on. IceBerg, what other exercises would you recommend?

reverse crunches

and

hanging knee raises

are a couple. There are really so many core exercises that don't stress your torso as repetitive sit ups

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: MistaFreeze
Thanks for the responses. I'll be sure to at least put my feet under something for now on. IceBerg, what other exercises would you recommend?

knees to elbows, skin the cats, etc

 

[mk52]

Actually if your tailbone hurts it means that you're raising your entire upper body, which is not an ab but a hip flexor workout.

To better focus on your abs simply raise your shoulders of the floor and try to bring your head forward without lifting your lower back off the ground.

Here is video that shows what I mean

 

[z1ggy]

Archor your feet under something and put your hands next to your hips off the ground a little. then lift up a little so you can touch your hands together under your knees ( you can reach that far). If that isn't working than hold your feet in the air like your doing a crunch.