Breathing while doing Crunches or Situps

[French Fry]

What is the proper way to breath when performing crunches or Situps? Should one breath in/out on the way up/down?

 

[stinkfoot]

Breathe out as you move in toward your center, in away... Inhale to prep, pull your navel into your spine as you exhale into the crunch, inhale on the way down- use Pilates/Yoga breathing technique. The breathing should help you cue on your abdominal muscle groups while helping you avoid using the iliopsoas muscle group.

(It runs counter to weightlifting, where you breathe on exertion.)

 

[Karky]

breathing in weightlifting derives from Pilates and Yoga? I had no idea Pilates, Yoga and weight training had contact that far back..

 

[zennode]

Breathe out as you move in toward your center, in away... So, inhale, pull your navel into your spine, exhale into the crunch, inhale on the way down.

This is the proper way to breathe while doing crunches. And it is key.

 

[stinkfoot]

breathing in weightlifting derives from Pilates and Yoga? I had no idea Pilates, Yoga and weight training had contact that far back..

Editing caught you in mid-way me! Catch good!

 

[Karky]

Editing caught you in mid-way me! Catch good!

lol hate it when that happenes