bent back..help - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

OnePack · 25-03-2004, 09:56 PM

Yesterday, i been doin inclined situps on a bench (about 35 degrees). Started with 10 reps no weight, then a 5Kg plate on my chest another 10 reps, Then a 10Kg plate but only managed 4 or 5 reps.

I did them all very slowly (about 3 seconds up and 3 seconds down).

I also did a bit on my back (dumdbell rows) and like situps but on the back ( the face facing the floor and raising my back)

Now, I feel pain on the abs and back which i expect, but I can't keep my back straight. I have to keep my back slightly bent when I'm standing. (a bit like a hunch back)

anyone have this b4?

help!

robin_3_16 · 25-03-2004, 11:28 PM

sounds like your rear lower back muscles ache
the opposaite to hurting abs,
i.e when yopu stretch them out it hurts
stretch the muscle gradually until you can stand up straight
just sounds like pain,
it'll go away after a day or two!

OnePack · 26-03-2004, 02:40 AM

yeah, my lower back muscle ache a little bit, but i feel a lot of pain on my abs when i try to straighten my body and stretch my abs/ stomach area.

**robdog** · 26-03-2004, 01:44 PM

if its just a muscle strain youshould be ok in a day or two mate.

**hackskii** · 26-03-2004, 04:08 PM

Looks like you overdid it some.
Stretch your back and your abs and you will be ok.
If you can stretch then do so. If you need advice on how to stretch then PM me and I can help you there.

OnePack · 28-03-2004, 03:57 AM

i heard on another forum that the way to do sit ups is to have ur chin on the chest and have the spine curved...is this true?

winger · 28-03-2004, 04:42 AM

I am not a big fan on weighted sit ups. I think if you do a leg lift you will work the lower abs that never get touched. It also hits the upper abs as well. I used to train heavy on this machine and my upper abs got to big. It looked like I was fat, big diaphram. The lower abs are the ones you want to develope. A true six pack is being lean enough to see your abs to begin with and having them developed. If you trained them real strict like you said then I can quarantee you are ok. Being lean with good abs and some half way decent shoulders are what the birds like. I mean girls.

OnePack · 28-03-2004, 10:26 PM

feelin better now after the rest over the weekend..it might have been 'hardcore' DOMS.

**robdog** · 29-03-2004, 01:17 PM

glad to hear you are better mate.

**Aftershock** · 08-04-2004, 12:42 PM

Hanging upside down with gravity boots, really helps if ive got abb or back pain. Pulls it it the opposite direction.... I bloody love my gravity boots, best bit of kit i ever bought...

Greyphantom · 08-04-2004, 12:57 PM

Leg lifts mainly work the hip flexors... for true lower ab work try reverse crunches or hanging knee raises (quads parallel to ground then pull them up with the lower abs)...

OnePack · 09-04-2004, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greyphantom

Leg lifts mainly work the hip flexors... for true lower ab work try reverse crunches or hanging knee raises (quads parallel to ground then pull them up with the lower abs)...

will give the reverse crunches a go.
as for hanging knee raises, i cant do them...maybe half a rep :-( i'm just not strong enough to do those. help!

Greyphantom · 10-04-2004, 04:27 PM

You will get stronger eventually mate... do the rev crunches for now and then in a couple of months try the knee raises... you will find you can do more even if they arent easy...

25-03-2004, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
OnePack UK-M's Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 1,494	bent back..help Yesterday, i been doin inclined situps on a bench (about 35 degrees). Started with 10 reps no weight, then a 5Kg plate on my chest another 10 reps, Then a 10Kg plate but only managed 4 or 5 reps. I did them all very slowly (about 3 seconds up and 3 seconds down). I also did a bit on my back (dumdbell rows) and like situps but on the back ( the face facing the floor and raising my back) Now, I feel pain on the abs and back which i expect, but I can't keep my back straight. I have to keep my back slightly bent when I'm standing. (a bit like a hunch back) anyone have this b4? help! __________________ Thank you.

25-03-2004, 11:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	sounds like your rear lower back muscles ache the opposaite to hurting abs, i.e when yopu stretch them out it hurts stretch the muscle gradually until you can stand up straight just sounds like pain, it'll go away after a day or two! __________________ Robin

26-03-2004, 02:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
OnePack UK-M's Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 1,494	yeah, my lower back muscle ache a little bit, but i feel a lot of pain on my abs when i try to straighten my body and stretch my abs/ stomach area. __________________ Thank you.

26-03-2004, 01:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
robdog Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,577	if its just a muscle strain youshould be ok in a day or two mate. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 25% off for UKM members (discount code UKM25)

26-03-2004, 04:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
hackskii Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 22,649	Looks like you overdid it some. Stretch your back and your abs and you will be ok. If you can stretch then do so. If you need advice on how to stretch then PM me and I can help you there. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

28-03-2004, 03:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
OnePack UK-M's Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 1,494	i heard on another forum that the way to do sit ups is to have ur chin on the chest and have the spine curved...is this true? __________________ Thank you.

28-03-2004, 04:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,216 Blog Entries: 1	I am not a big fan on weighted sit ups. I think if you do a leg lift you will work the lower abs that never get touched. It also hits the upper abs as well. I used to train heavy on this machine and my upper abs got to big. It looked like I was fat, big diaphram. The lower abs are the ones you want to develope. A true six pack is being lean enough to see your abs to begin with and having them developed. If you trained them real strict like you said then I can quarantee you are ok. Being lean with good abs and some half way decent shoulders are what the birds like. I mean girls. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

28-03-2004, 10:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
OnePack UK-M's Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 1,494	feelin better now after the rest over the weekend..it might have been 'hardcore' DOMS. __________________ Thank you.

29-03-2004, 01:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
robdog Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,577	glad to hear you are better mate. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 25% off for UKM members (discount code UKM25)

08-04-2004, 12:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
Aftershock Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,898	Hanging upside down with gravity boots, really helps if ive got abb or back pain. Pulls it it the opposite direction.... I bloody love my gravity boots, best bit of kit i ever bought...

08-04-2004, 12:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Greyphantom Getting HUGE! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,587	Leg lifts mainly work the hip flexors... for true lower ab work try reverse crunches or hanging knee raises (quads parallel to ground then pull them up with the lower abs)... __________________ Greyphantom The Ghost who Grows!!!

10-04-2004, 04:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
Greyphantom Getting HUGE! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,587	You will get stronger eventually mate... do the rev crunches for now and then in a couple of months try the knee raises... you will find you can do more even if they arent easy... __________________ Greyphantom The Ghost who Grows!!!