50 000 Sit-Ups This Year - 2010 Challenge

skaps

Need an exercise rest day as body hurts and have read its good to rest the muscles. So may do some cardio today but no situps and squats today.

Well done cake21, yes you sent me a PM about your MFW thread. Its weird how i keep seeing the same people around, it really is a small world/forum!

cake21

skaps wrote: »

Well done cake21, yes you sent me a PM about your MFW thread. Its weird how i keep seeing the same people around, it really is a small world/forum!

Thanks scaps for confirming I'm not totally mad , certainly is a small world, in my class of 11 people yesterday, 2 used to own my house before me :rotfl:

staceysteve

Can I join please?? Got a few pounds to shift and want to get toned and stay toned this year!
138 a day is doable but I'm a bit late, will give it a go I'm sure it'll be easier to do more once the ton starts showing!
: )

bills_2

Yey! All Ab work done for the weekend!

Now at the 2100 mark!! :T

Hope everyone elses weekend Ab work has gone well and evil distractions didnt creep in lol.

skaps

Wow Bills, everytime i get close to your total you do some more ab work and i get even further behind. Its good though as you keep spurring me on.

Fire_Fox

SugarSpun wrote: »

I'm doing full situps FF

theduchesshavoc wrote: »

Thanks Sugarspun

Firefox, I do 5 abdominal crunches, and then 5 slow full sit ups (with bent knees though), and then 5 jacknife sit ups and repeat.

If you don't mind me putting my two pence worth in, you will get better results doing nice slow ab curls: I am a qualified personal trainer. :j Even better results if you either do butterfly legs (soles of feet touching, knees out to left and right) or one leg bent one leg out straight.

Full sit ups and jack-knifes largely work the hip flexor (the muscle that joins your body to your thigh) as that is where you are bending. To work your abs you need to bend at the belly button.

bills_2

skaps wrote: »

Wow Bills, everytime i get close to your total you do some more ab work and i get even further behind. Its good though as you keep spurring me on.

Good, thats what were here for to keep each other motivated. We will all be reaching our target by the end of the year! :j

Busy day today for me so inbetween job 1 and job 2 im going to try and squash my ab work in...prob only do 150 today depends how much time I have lol cos I think i need to fit a quick power nap in later too before heading to work :rotfl:

skaps

staceysteve wrote: »

Can I join please?? Got a few pounds to shift and want to get toned and stay toned this year!
138 a day is doable but I'm a bit late, will give it a go I'm sure it'll be easier to do more once the ton starts showing!
: )

Hi i will add you to the list and then let Sugarspun know. I'm starting to see the effects of the exercise on my legs and stomach now which is spurring me on.

skaps

Have done 200 lunges/squats today and 110 situps to make up for the rest day yesterday. Hope all of you are managing to have a rest day. It really helped my muscles as i was feeling achy everyday and muscles need time to recover.

skaps

Fire_Fox wrote: »

If you don't mind me putting my two pence worth in, you will get better results doing nice slow ab curls: I am a qualified personal trainer. :j Even better results if you either do butterfly legs (soles of feet touching, knees out to left and right) or one leg bent one leg out straight.

Full sit ups and jack-knifes largely work the hip flexor (the muscle that joins your body to your thigh) as that is where you are bending. To work your abs you need to bend at the belly button.

Watch this video for an example
http://www.ehow.com/video_2359449_the-single-leg-butterfly-core.html

Thanks Fire Fox this looks good will try it tomorrow.