Lower a**omen pain...Hernia?

[suprman09]

Hello. Saturday, and I was doing crunches on the decline bench, and I felt a painful burning sensation in a line across my lower a**omen. It was on the first crunch so it wasn't because I was tired or anything. Today I was doing decline flies and when I was laying back on the bench I had a painful buring sensation in my lower left a**omen. I dont feel a lump or anything but it has a burning feeling in that one spot constantly now. Is a hernia or just a strained muscle? Thanks.

[BladesOfBlood]

Thats a common issue when someone is just starting to seriously train their lower a**ominal muscles. It sounds like a basic strain and you should keep it stretched as much as possible over the next few days. My advice would be to Prime that muscle group first.

Example: Do a few sets that mostly engage your upper a**ominal muscles. Then work your way into lower a**ominals. If your doing weighted sit-ups just save those for when your really warmed up.

Train and treat your a**ominal muscles like you would any other muscle group and you'll be fine.