How to Enter My Ab Workout?

TaushasJourney

Hi everyone. So I picked up a Shape magazine today, and went ahead and did an abdominal workout it outlined. Now I have no idea how to enter these exercises into my MFP diary!

Here's what the workout entailed:
--Plank Hops: starting from push-up position, you hop to your feet & back 3 times & stand up quickly for 1 rep, 20 reps total
--Torso Twists w/ Knee Lift: In a semi-squat position, twist back & forth, lifting knee into a side crunch every other twist for 1 rep, 30 reps on either side
--Long Lever Crunch: Lying face-up with your arms above your head and 1 knee bent, lift head & shoulders while lifting the straight leg from a couple inches off the floor to the level of the bent leg's thigh, and then back for 1 rep, 40 reps on either side

Any idea what I should enter in my exercise diary for these exercises?

gameovergt

i put it down as calithenics or sit ups

mursey

You can make up your own names for exercises. Also- if you have a heart rate monitor or plan to buy one, I like to enter strength training or ANY kind of workout under Cardio anyway, and put in manually how many calories my HRM told me I burned. Why shouldn't you get calorie credit for ab workouts or strength training? Doesn't make sense, especially if you have worked out hard.

tmonsta617

put it under your strenght training excerise category to track the reps etc. Then put it under your cardio training as "strength training" to calculate calories.

TaushasJourney

Thanks guys! Yeah, I definitely want to get a HRM at some point. It would be good to have an accurate measure for myself. ^_^ For now, I'm tracking the reps under strength training & added the time into the cardio section.