Doing sit-ups can't be said to be harmful to the waist, but in the whole process of sit-ups, it will have a greater burden on the waist. Some people in the process of exercise, will lead to low back pain, even lead to low back pain, this is because in the process of sit-ups, there is no use of standard posture, so the waist has produced more burden, and finally caused low back pain, and even some people will do sit-ups because of lumbar disc herniation. So it is recommended to avoid doing sit-ups, of course not. Replace sit-ups with other exercises such as belly rolling.

However, sit-ups for a long time will do some harm to the waist, because it will squeeze the spine, compress the nerves, and cause pain for a long time, which will eventually lead to diseases such as lumbar disc herniation. Secondly, many people do sit-ups when the movement is not in place, did not control the speed of upper body decline. When lying flat, the whole waist will be in a relaxed state, which will make the spine lean forward and cause low back pain. In addition, abdominal muscles and gluteal muscles will be involved when doing sit-ups. This is easy to cause spinal injury. It is suggested that you do a small amount of abdominal rolling exercise every day, or do proper sit-ups, so that you can not only exercise your back muscles, but also exercise your back muscles.