For many years now, sit ups and their variations have gotten a bad rap by fitness “experts” who claim that sit ups are damaging to your spine. In this article, we will further investigate this claim. We will also compare the sit up to the most commonly performed ab exercise to see which one produces the best results. For years now, sit ups have gotten a bad rap by many fitness “experts” who tout that sit ups are damaging to your spine. Where did this strong opinion come from? The way the sit up has been ostracized by the fitness community, you would suspect that hundreds of thousands of six pack abs seekers have destroyed their backs while performing this “dangerous” exercise! Fortunately, that’s not the case, not even close. |