Originally Posted by Santaria
Situps just cause lower back problems, they work back muscles, not stomach.
Various forms of the crunch actually target the stomach muscles.
Absolutely true! I love sit-ups, did at least 100 a night, but I never did crunches or back stretches.
Major, major ouch!
After throwing out my back reaching for a cup of coffee, it took 3 days before I could walk without appearing to have a corncob inserted in a particular body orifice and 3 weeks before I could move without pain.
After 4 months, I'm pretty much back to normal, but I do my crunches every day.
I continue to do my push-ups, but only 50 sit-ups a night.