Group: Beginners to Exercise

Beginners to Exercise
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 970, Messages: 18927

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marisa160
marisa160
Posts: 15
Joined: 2004/01/08
United States
2004/02/17, 02:32 PM
at night i do crunches and leg lifts.... then the next day i will get sharp shooting pains in my upper abs ... is this normal?
agamble
agamble
Posts: 1,029
Joined: 2003/09/22
United States
2004/02/17, 02:56 PM
You have probably pulled or stressed the muscle. On a previous post you mentioned that you do crunches and leg lifts every night. If that is the case you are not letting your ab muscles heal/recover. Take a few days off. Take ibuprofen for the pain and see if it doesn't get to feeling better. While you recuperate do some cardio instead.