Tense neck while doing crunches
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this i guess is a very common thing among crunchers
i had the problem long back
use should check the way you breathe during the crunches(breathe in going up; breathe out going down)
other problems could be your hand placement behind your neck
check the end of this article
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa112.htm
you can place your hand on the chest as well
also there is this forum discussing the same issue has some good info
http://acefitness.infopop.net/3/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=799290654&f=7662946696&m=836105692
hope it helps
i had the problem long back
use should check the way you breathe during the crunches(breathe in going up; breathe out going down)
other problems could be your hand placement behind your neck
check the end of this article
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa112.htm
you can place your hand on the chest as well
also there is this forum discussing the same issue has some good info
http://acefitness.infopop.net/3/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=799290654&f=7662946696&m=836105692
hope it helps
Benny said:
hello titanium i think u s hould not press ur head toward ur chest too much with ur hands while u doing the crunch
another thing u can do is using a towel underneath ur neck then lift the towel with ur hands and dont put too much strain on ur neck
good luck
another thing u can do is using a towel underneath ur neck then lift the towel with ur hands and dont put too much strain on ur neck
good luck
everyone goes through that, i think. you get used to it. support your neck well.
thanx jpc 4 telling me
I tried my 1st ones and it seemed like a success, However what confuses me is.
I wouldnt think of myself to have good ab strength(apart from doing sit-ups for a mediumish period i dont do anything with them), as its the 1st time i did these crunches, I tried doing them the difficult way with my hands behind my head touching my opposite shoulders. I did 15 and i i didnt find it hard(i didnt flex abs becuase it was 1st time doing them and tbh i wasnt sure if i was flexing them or not) I also stayed up for 5 seconds
So i did another 3 sets all of 15 and i`m not getting dat tired, i took roughly 5sec brake between each set
Should i do more per set? rather than keep it 15 and end up doing 5sets to make sure muscle is overloaded?
Since i could have continued doing a few more i`m under the impression i just wasted my time as i didnt overload muscles.
So i was looking at 30 crunches for 2-3sets, or mybe 25 crunches 3 sets.
Or could it be i didnt go up high enough and hence found it easy?
However what confuses me is. I wouldnt think of myself to have good ab strength(apart from doing sit-ups for a mediumish period i dont do anything with them), as its the 1st time i did these crunches, I tried doing them the difficult way with my hands behind my head touching my opposite shoulders. I did 15 and i i didnt find it hard(i didnt flex abs becuase it was 1st time doing them and tbh i wasnt sure if i was flexing them or not) I also stayed up for 5 seconds
So i did another 3 sets all of 15 and i`m not getting dat tired, i took roughly 5sec brake between each set
Should i do more per set? rather than keep it 15 and end up doing 5sets to make sure muscle is overloaded?
Since i could have continued doing a few more i`m under the impression i just wasted my time as i didnt overload muscles.
So i was looking at 30 crunches for 2-3sets, or mybe 25 crunches 3 sets.
Or could it be i didnt go up high enough and hence found it easy?
Benny said:
i started a new thread breathing during exercise, to discuss the issue
it seem breathing has a lot to do with stabilising the spine and so on and would'nt affects your strength goals much
so i think you should pay attention to breathing in heavy core exercises like the weighted squats and deadlifts etc
it seem breathing has a lot to do with stabilising the spine and so on and would'nt affects your strength goals much
so i think you should pay attention to breathing in heavy core exercises like the weighted squats and deadlifts etc