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I have a question I am hoping someone in the army can give me some info on or even an opinion.
With all the research that has been conducted on fitness over the past several years, along with conclusive data that supports the fact that sit-ups are terrible for you, why is it that the military has not adapted its training plans to support this?
I would also be curious to see what the ratio of soldiers in the military (Canada, USA, or any other that uses sit-ups as a standard and frequent exercise) is that suffers from low back pain on a regular basis.
I am not asking this to be overly critical, do you believe that the sit-ups are fine and western society has just over analyzed the sit-up? Or is there issues regarding back pain in the army, if so the sit-ups could be a contributing factor.
With all the research that has been conducted on fitness over the past several years, along with conclusive data that supports the fact that sit-ups are terrible for you, why is it that the military has not adapted its training plans to support this?
I would also be curious to see what the ratio of soldiers in the military (Canada, USA, or any other that uses sit-ups as a standard and frequent exercise) is that suffers from low back pain on a regular basis.
I am not asking this to be overly critical, do you believe that the sit-ups are fine and western society has just over analyzed the sit-up? Or is there issues regarding back pain in the army, if so the sit-ups could be a contributing factor.