Worst Abdominal Exercises

Getting a six pack can be hard and difficult. Especially, when there are many well-known abdominal exercises that can only cause weakness and injuries. One of the worst exercises is the sit-up. This move only works one small muscle group, and if you do enough of them it will cause imbalances in the muscles and create a hunched forward motion. Another bad abdominal exercise is the double leg raise. This move can create and hurt a bad back. This move puts a lot of stress on the hip flexor muscles, which causes you to pull the front of the lumbar vertebrae comprising the segments and shearing them forward. The Russian twist also grinds down your lumbar vertebrae that can wear down your joints increasing back pain. Lastly, the side bend with weights is one of the most inefficient abdominal exercises. People assume that by doing this movement they are getting rid of “love handles” but instead they are just developing a crushing force on the adjacent side of the vertebrae.