why do crunches almost make me pass out?

[dpopiz]

whenever I do crunches, blood quickly rushes to my head and my face turns bright red and I feel like I'm going to pass out.

am I doing something wrong?

 

[Ikonomi]

Are you doing the hanging-from-a-bar type?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

you need to breath while doing them.

 

[gsaldivar]

If you breathe a balloon full of helium before crunching, it will help!

j/k

:beer:

 

[parsley007]

dunno, but this reminds me, i need to start doing them and get in shape

 

[toekramp]

so you are the one molesting my dog Crunches

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: toekramp
so you are the one molesting my dog Crunches

HAHAHAH I don't know why but I find that totally hilarious

 

[Lifer]

ur out of shape and trying to hard.
take it slow and easy.

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: Lifer
ur out of shape and trying to hard.
take it slow and easy.

but I mean I can keep going for a long time after I start feeling like passing out (I start feeling that way after about 10)...I usually just stop because I think my body is probably trying to tell me something if my face is burning up.

and to clarify, I'm doing the kind where keep your legs up at a 90degree angle without any support/backing for your feet

 

[TitanDiddly]

It's a neck excercise, not abdomen.

 

[Kipper]

Shallow, quick breaths. If you hold your breath during crunches you're killing brain cells that you presumably would have killed some other way, but you don't want to kill them in the first place.

You might want to try getting an exercise ball and doing crunches on that - easier on your back and it lets you breathe. Out of curiosity, are you doing this to burn off energy or as part of a workout routine? That might explain it.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
It's a neck excercise, not abdomen.

It's only a neck exercise if you put your hands behind your head and pull yourself up. If your hands are kept folded across your chest, it's actually works your abdominals fairly effectively. Werd up.

and yes, make sure you're breathing properly.

 

[dpopiz]

I put my arms folded over my chest

regarding breathing: I never really thought about it

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
It's a neck excercise, not abdomen.

1) you're way way way WAY wrong
2) from your pic, I can see you're not in to crunches anyway

don't get mad! :beer:

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
It's a neck excercise, not abdomen.

1) you're way way way WAY wrong
2) from your pic, I can see you're not in to crunches anyway

don't get mad! :beer:

He's into Captain Crunches

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
It's a neck excercise, not abdomen.

1) you're way way way WAY wrong
2) from your pic, I can see you're not in to crunches anyway

don't get mad! :beer:

He's into Captain Crunches

Or is Captain Crunches into him?

 

[Czesia]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Are you doing the hanging-from-a-bar type?

lol
Don't work yourself so hard, it isn't healthy.

 

[Warthog912]

You're out of shape.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: parsley007
dunno, but this reminds me, i need to start doing them and get in shape

Round IS a shape, isn't it?