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crunches
whenever i do crunches on the floor, i always get bad headachs. does anyone know whyy? well anyways, so since i get headaches while doing then on the floor, i do the crunches on my bed. do you think theres a difference between doing crunches on the floor and the bed? its my only way of doing crunches because my head hruts whenever i do crunches on the floor pleasehelp!
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If you're looking straight ahead above your knees its going to strain your neck muscles and constrict blood flow to your head. Put your hands at your ears but don't touch your head. Look straight up at the ceiling and use your back muscles, not your neck muscles to pull you up.
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If you put your hands behind your head when you do crunches, it's going to hurt you neck. Which will also hurt your head.
If not, maybe you just havn't done them oin a while and your body isn't used to it! :) - The Panda
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crunches on the bed arent as effective as on the ground because the ground is solid and harder, and the bed kind of goes wtih you as you move, and it is kinda like cheating. take IBprofen BEFORE you do your crunches so it will kick in and make sure your doing them on carpet, or a rug. NO TILE OR WOOD! thats bad for your back as well!
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there is a difference its more affective on the floor because... when you do crunches on the bed, you sink into the bed so it is easier.. maybe try with a pillow under your head or do sets at a time, like 50 and then rest a minute. HOPED I HELPED!!! good luck:) xoxo BLONDE911
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Well, It's kind of like my tailbone issues. When I do situps o a hard floor or I do exercises where you have to keep your body upright while keeping your legs up too, my tailbone really starts to hurt. However, when I do them on a mat or a soft/softish flour, my tailbone feels fine. Maybe when you do crunches on the floor you put your head down to hard or you just have a woosy reaction from going all the way down to the floor with just your upper body or part of your upper body and then coming all the back up with just your upper body again or at least part of your upper body. I do not think that there is a differnce between doing crunches on the floor or on the bed. Only that a bed is a softer and more cushened surface. Hope I helped. GOOD LUCK.
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It might be that your head/neck isnt getting enough support. So maybe try some other exercise to work your abs.
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I do crunches on the floor..and in gym we were taught how to do them correctly.
Maybe you're not using your stomach to pull you up..and you're moving your neck instead. The purpose of crunches is to strengthen your stomach/abs and a lot of people who do crunches after a while get exhausted and continue doing smaller crunches as they get more tired..and as they get tired they tend to lift their neck instead of their stomach. Maybe that's what you're doing but not realizing..because they shouldn't give you headaches all the time..
good luck with that.
`jeSsie
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the bed is softer.. maybe try putting a pillow under your head
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You are probably getting headaches for moving your head up too fast instead of your upper body. Try doing crunches slower if you do them at a fast pace. It should help and if not, take Advil or Alieve. If you do crunches on your bed, yes, there is a difference because the floor is flatter and hard whereas your bed is bouncy. If you have a trampoline, you can do crunches on there.
-Karen
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If you do it on the bed it doesn't do anything because you bounce of the mattress. If you get headaches doing crunches then try a different exercise. I can't think of any excericeses you could do at the moment but you could always jog.
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