Look at this picture from this week's episode of NBC's Biggest Loser. These million dollar trainers have these contestants doing crunches/situps incorrectly with hands behind hand & neck torqued, which is putting pressure on their cervical spine/neck. Without proper form during exercise we're putting A LOT of unnecessary pressure to our spine, joints, ligaments. This pressure will lead to injury & chronic pain in the future.
A proper situp/crunch is done with your arms crossed over your chest, and when you come up you should be looking upward not forward so that your neck & torso come up as one piece.
A proper squat/lunge is done with your upper body upright, knees BEHIND the toe-line, going straight down not forward, and pushing through the heels to come back up.
A proper pushup/plank is done with your arms/hands under your chest not your face so you're not putting pressure in your shoulders/rotator cuffs/neck, and with your feet WIDE apart.
Learn proper form so you avoid injury!
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