Situps are shit anyway. Do planks till failure. Once you have basic strength, add hanging leg raises.
Benjamin Miller
gonna keep it short, you gonna die
Tyler Diaz
you done torn your abdominal wall, moron
Matthew Carter
You've missed the point. My abs are broken.
Don't say that. I don't know what to do about it.
:(
Benjamin Edwards
Were you able to use them properly before? Go to a doctor.
Benjamin Rivera
Weird. I guess like any muscle the abs could have limited range of motion. You might want to do something like tai chi, not as a primary exercise, but as a rehab program. Do it for a week or two and then slowly incorporate situps, planks, leg lifts at relatively low volumes. Looks kinda gay but stretches your abs pretty well without putting too much force on them: youtu.be/y64YIxGZFMQ
Charles Harris
if it's this OP, you are fucked... worst case scenario is operation and give goodbye to lifting
Nathaniel Morris
Basically what happens is my abs go back to normal until next time I isolate them, then they stop working and feel as if they raise into my sternum when I lay on my back.
A few days later they go back to normal. The issue is, it happens every time I train my abs.
Why do you think its a limited ROM issue? I've never been able to do hanging leg raises so maybe?
Samuel Ross
Its been like this for many months now, and I've lifted just fine, so I don't think it is.
It doesn't hurt either. My abs just stop working...
Matthew Stewart
Also, take the 'chi' stuff with a grain of salt. You really just need to slowly move your abs through a full ROM without using so much force that you strain them. You could do a hula dance for all I care but you seem to have an issue of overworking yourself and following a video strictly will prevent that.
Charles White
How often do you train them? Give them two weeks rest, if it still happens, then go to a doctor.
Jack Johnson
Its been like this for months. I don't train them often at all because of this issue. Light core work is fine, its just when I do core work with high intensity.
Also I am enlisting soon and this might disqualify me from joining so I can't go to the doctor...
Landon Howard
If someone's calf lost strength when they did seated calf raises but showed no signs of a tear, I'd assume the relevant muscle and tendon was too short or poorly activated by the motor neurons to work properly. The solution would be to slowly work on mobility in the calf. Same principle for your abs.
also Do you deadlift, squat, frontsquat?
Logan Parker
I deadlift and squat yeah. That's interesting you suggest that, I'll definitely try those ab stretches.
Anthony Ortiz
Well it's your health.
Henry Bennett
might as well go to the doctor. It's not like you'll be able to train in the service if you are fucked up. Plus they aren't going anywhere, get your shit sorted out first.
