What to do if your stomach hurts when doing sit-ups

Sit-ups are a type of exercise that many people do. This type of exercise requires a low environment and can be performed in a very small, narrow space to exercise the body. Therefore, many people choose to do sit-ups. So, what should you do if you have a stomachache while doing sit-ups? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction below and hope it helps.

Core Tip: For people who do not exercise regularly, especially those who do abdominal muscle training, if they suddenly do sit-ups, they may experience stomach pain due to lactic acid accumulation. Usually occurs the day after exercise

Lactic acid is an intermediate product produced during the metabolism of glucose in the body during exercise. Due to excessive exercise, which exceeds the intensity of anaerobic exercise, the lactic acid produced in the body cannot be further decomposed into water and carbon dioxide in a short period of time. The insufficient oxygen supply leads to anaerobic metabolism, which causes a large amount of excessive product lactic acid to accumulate in the body.

Lactic acid accumulation can cause local muscle soreness. Generally, lactic acid accumulates. If you want to speed up the excretion of lactic acid, one way is to continue aerobic exercise to accelerate the excretion of lactic acid from the body along with the metabolism of energy. Another way is to use hot water fumigation (such as sauna) or hot towel compress, which can also achieve the purpose of accelerating the excretion of lactic acid.

Generally, after a period of exercise, the body adapts to the intensity of this load and muscle soreness caused by lactic acid accumulation will no longer occur.

How to prevent stomach pain after sit-ups?

Doing relaxation activities for more than 10 minutes after strenuous exercise can keep the cardiovascular and respiratory systems at a high level, which is beneficial for repaying the oxygen debt incurred during exercise. At the same time, relaxation activities can relax muscles and avoid affecting metabolic processes due to local circulatory disorders. Recommended relaxation activities include: jogging, breathing exercises and stretching exercises for various muscle groups. Doing stretching exercises after exercise can eliminate muscle spasms, improve muscle blood circulation, reduce muscle soreness and stiffness, eliminate local fatigue, and also have a good effect on preventing sports injuries.

For example, intense sit-ups can be followed by some stretches for the lower back and abdomen. It can relieve muscle soreness.

What should you do if you have stomach pain when doing sit-ups? The above is a detailed introduction. If you encounter this situation, you must find out what causes the stomach pain, and then change your exercise method, so that you can make your body healthier through exercise. Therefore, after understanding the above content, you must make targeted improvements in this regard so that you can exercise without any harm to your body.