upper abs hurt after running?

Sikk · 12-26-2007, 08:09 PM

I just took up running, after a few sprints today and a jog. I got home my upper abs feel like it had been worked. but I have just been running. nothing else in my abs, just the top to the sides, anyone else get this?

1mmort4l · 12-26-2007, 08:28 PM

Your abs are one muscle, so you didnt work your "upper abs"
Its probabably your Thoracic Diaphragm from heavy breathing.

**Fozzy** · 12-26-2007, 08:30 PM

no.

you obviously have a weak core.

you require 100 weighted decline situps in a row. Repeat every 4 hours until core is stronger.

seriously, no, wtf.

~Foz

**Standard** · 12-26-2007, 09:50 PM

Could it be a stich or a cramp? which would most likely be either poor hydration or improper breathing technique

If your "upper abs" feel tense for a day or so after that would be an indication the muscle was overworked, but running shouldn't do that but i have heard of people getting hernias from pushing too hard when running

**Fozzy** · 12-26-2007, 10:04 PM

I've gotten back pain when I've run before but that was because i was cycling 2-3 days as well and my bicycle is way too small so i was hunched over giving me bad posture. I have not needed to go to the chiropracter since I stopped cycling on that fucking devil bike.

~Foz

**Standard** · 12-26-2007, 10:12 PM

I think most people fail to realize how important posture is for general well being as well as sport performance, i notice when i sit poorly for a few days how much it affects my deadlifting.

In most cases though i find a sore back is a weak back

heritagemma · 12-28-2007, 12:10 PM

while you run, your abs are getting worked as well. not as intensly as a sit ups or crunches, but it does help with the core.

rainbowchild · 01-02-2008, 07:35 AM

I occasionally get aching in the lower back when I run.

It feels muscular rather than anything to do with the spine, so I don't worry too much, it's not intense pain or anything.

Could this be a posture thing too?

20valveMk4 · 01-03-2008, 03:22 AM

Interesting. I was talking to a co-worker about running and she said she has sore abs after running. Never thought how your abs could get sore from this though. I never have. Interesting subject though.

TGR74 · 01-06-2008, 02:47 AM

Mine never got sore till recently. When I was started back running faster and longer distances during the summer i'd get the lowe abs sore for a day and then it would over...but ever time i took more than a week off they would get sore all over. I'm not trotting(per my own level of exertion) so it definately is a quick pace.

Keep your chin up and run with shoulders back and chest slightly out...let your feet fall underneath you.

If yoru slouching and running you are wasting a good ab workout.