50 000 Sit-Ups This Year - 2010 Challenge

theduchesshavoc

I did a hundred squats today. It didn't seem very difficult... Am I doing them wrong? Knees are staying above toes and I'm at a right angle to the floor with each one.

Not doing sit ups until I get a sit up bar or figure out how to do them with pilates ball: worried about my back.

Going swimming tomorrow, got to walk 6 miles there and back! Maybe I should add walking and swimming miles to my challenge. Yes. I will.

skaps

sounds like yr doing them right. You must have stronger legs than me.

cake21

I'd love to join in please :j
(used to do 100 sit-ups every morning but haven't done a single one since the middle of December :eek:)

cake21

cake21 wrote: »

I'd love to join in please :j
(used to do 100 sit-ups every morning but haven't done a single one since the middle of December :eek:)

10 Jan
180 / 50000 situps :j

skaps

Well done today so far i have done 30 situps, 50 squats and 32 lunges. Have updated sig with new totals

skaps

People taking part:

1) Sugarspun - 6000/50000 situps
2) aless02
3) Neonic - 10/50000 situps
4) Toothsmith - 50/50000 situps
5) katiejones
6) jackomaj
7) piratefairy - 600/30000 situps
8) tara747 - 2700/30000 squats
9) Lyndach
10) daisy1973 - 588/20000 situps
11) theduchesshavoc - situps 295/20000 squats 645/20000 push ups 295/20000
12) skaps - 14885/50000 situps and 8350/50000 squats and lunges
13) cake21 - 6300/50000 situps
14) glamazon - 0/20000 situps
15) bills - 21690/50000 situps and 200/15000 press ups
16) staceysteve
17) a1x - 6000/50000 situps
18) boobylou - 14650/50000 situps

yummymummy79

Don't want to rain on anyones parade here but as has already been mentioned, unless there's no fat on top of the muscles then it doesn't matter how many situps you do cos any results won't be visible and a bit of a waste of time.

TBH, I would concentrate more on either cardio exercises to burn the excess fat or weighted squats which utilise a lot more muscles therefore increasing the overall potential for muscle building which in turn can lead to increased calorie burning.

Working a certain muscle will never make it more visible unless there is no fat on top of it, spot reduction of fat is a massive myth which leads to massive time wasting. Each person has their own pre-programmed way of losing fat and where it comes from first, some people will lose belly fat quite easily, for others it will be more stubborn, but doing thousands of situps on their own will not make your tummy look flatter/slimmer. Incorporating them into a sensible diet (as in nutrition plan not short-term diet) and exercise plan along with other muscle building exercises is a much better idea.

skaps

yummymummy79 wrote: »

Don't want to rain on anyones parade here but as has already been mentioned, unless there's no fat on top of the muscles then it doesn't matter how many situps you do cos any results won't be visible and a bit of a waste of time.

TBH, I would concentrate more on either cardio exercises to burn the excess fat or weighted squats which utilise a lot more muscles therefore increasing the overall potential for muscle building which in turn can lead to increased calorie burning.

Working a certain muscle will never make it more visible unless there is no fat on top of it, spot reduction of fat is a massive myth which leads to massive time wasting. Each person has their own pre-programmed way of losing fat and where it comes from first, some people will lose belly fat quite easily, for others it will be more stubborn, but doing thousands of situps on their own will not make your tummy look flatter/slimmer. Incorporating them into a sensible diet (as in nutrition plan not short-term diet) and exercise plan along with other muscle building exercises is a much better idea.

thats true thats why im doing the exercise at least 3x a week challenge too, that way i get my cardio plus toning.

skaps

Hi everyone to help Sugarspun i have listed on page 2 #37 all the people who are taking part and some of the updated totals. If you could pm or post yr totals then i can update them. Hopefully ive not left anyone out. Also if you know how i can move the post to page 1 please let me know. Thanks

SugarSpun

I'm up to 200 with a further push when I'm not trapped under the baby.