Two Hundred Sit Up Challenge
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I keep seeing (in relation to different exercises including crunches/sit-ups) the instruction to "isolate the abs" during the exercise:indifferent: What does that mean exactly? Johnblake? Anybody? Does that mean to tense those specific muscles - like "suck them in"?
Yeah, that's pretty much what it means. But, don't just suck them in, tighten them at the same time. You should feel like your middle is "scooped" out when you lie flat. Press your lower back to the floor and tighten, and don't forget to breath. Help me out, here, johnblake, as I could be wrong. But that's the way I do it.0 -
I keep seeing (in relation to different exercises including crunches/sit-ups) the instruction to "isolate the abs" during the exercise:indifferent: What does that mean exactly? Johnblake? Anybody? Does that mean to tense those specific muscles - like "suck them in"?
Hmmmm, double post:embarassed:0 -
I'm in =] This sounds like a cool challenge. I have no idea how many I can do so this will be a great test!
Hey, there. Thanks for joining. Now go do some crunches:flowerforyou:0 -
no workout today sorry
I got hit by a truck..................................no not really I have a cold and it just hit me last night.
tomorrow 200 sit up sick or not. I'm here for you guy or really it seams mostly women here.
Yeah, well, hate to break it to ya jb, but I'm a woman, too:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :laugh: :laugh: Looks like you're the lone wolf here:ohwell:0 -
I'm gonna give this a shot! I did the initial test and for a brief moment was pleased to discover that I could do a whopping 32! Then I read on to find that my measly 32 left me in the poor category
Oh well, that's why I'm here...to get healthy and better at the fitness stuff, right!?!
Good luck everyone...I'm feeling it after 32, I can't imagine what it'll feel like to do 200!
Yes, that's why we are all here, to get healthy. 32 isn't that bad, it just sounds bad when you put it next to 200:grumble:0 -
hehe, I was so busy responding to everyone's posts I forgot to do my own:laugh:
I didn't do my situps yesterday so made up for it today.
Set 1 = 18
Set 2 = 25
Set 3 = 19
Set 4 = 19
Set 5 = 30 (minimum 25)
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111 (whoooo hoooo)0 -
a full sit up works more muscle groups, upper and lower abs plus hip flex and you lower back.
be careful first check with a DR do you have any lower back pain? or if it does start hurting stop and go back to crunchs.
I posted some ideas of how to do a sit up.
Wash board abs by April
Actually, I've had a lumbago, was stuck in bed for a few good days, couldn't walk straight, so yep, I think I'm gonna test myself with the sit-ups and then do the crunches only
. I'll read your tips, thanks :flowerforyou: . 0 -
the best way to put it is, like doing a concentrated curl? if you know what the is....................I know it's for your arm but it still appliesI keep seeing (in relation to different exercises including crunches/sit-ups) the instruction to "isolate the abs" during the exercise:indifferent: What does that mean exactly? Johnblake? Anybody? Does that mean to tense those specific muscles - like "suck them in"?
"Concentration Curl
Sitting on the end of a bench, lean over and rest the working arm on the inside of the thigh. Attempt to demonstrate strict form throughout the whole movement. The abdominal muscles must always remain tight. Grasp a dumbell with your palm facing diagonally away from you. Now curl the dumbell toward the upper arm using only the biceps to facilitate this action. The elbow must remain in a fixed position throughout. Exhale during this upward phase and pause at the top of the movement before lowering the dumbell back to its start position. Inhale during this downward phase."
for you abs this would be more a long the lines of a crunch, where your abs stay tight, In a full sit up there are many other muscle groups, so you can't keep your abs tight the whole time.
I'm not a big fan of crunches I feel there are lots of other exercises you can do to isolate the abs.
after all that!!!! crunches are a good exercise I'm just not a big fan of them I'm to old school, I guess.
Hope that helped0 -
as promised 200 sit up
2 sets of 50
5 sets of 200 -
No sit-ups today - worked a double-shift today, and hubz is having friends over tonight - can't bring myself to workout for an audience - especially since I've been eating Fiber One cereal for breakfast the last few days -- sit-ups have a way of 'relieving pressure', I've found, and I don't want to let one rip in front of a room full of guys! :blushing: :blushing: :blushing:
Will make up for it tomorrow after cardio.
Hope everyone's having a good week!:flowerforyou:
Manda0 -
nothing like some home made musicNo sit-ups today - worked a double-shift today, and hubz is having friends over tonight - can't bring myself to workout for an audience - especially since I've been eating Fiber One cereal for breakfast the last few days -- sit-ups have a way of 'relieving pressure', I've found, and I don't want to let one rip in front of a room full of guys! :blushing: :blushing: :blushing:
Will make up for it tomorrow after cardio.
Hope everyone's having a good week!:flowerforyou:
Manda0 -
nothing like some home made music
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I doubt they'd appreciate my symphony... lol... girls are supposed to be dainty (HA!), right?0 -
hay where I'm from the men are men and so are the women.nothing like some home made music
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I doubt they'd appreciate my symphony... lol... girls are supposed to be dainty (HA!), right?
you made the right choise,
I clear the room when I start to play0 -
hay where I'm from the men are men and so are the women.
you made the right choise,
I clear the room when I start to play
LMBO - Thanks, I'm glad my restraint is appreciated! :bigsmile:
I credit 18 years of ingrained southern gentility.0 -
Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker: I think I counted wrongly my first :grumble: (I reset the counter at some point, I think
), so I'll do my "test" tonight. And yeah, my lower back was hurting after the first 10 :ohwell: . So I guess I'll do crunches. :ohwell:
What is the break you people are taking between sets? I take it anything between 2 minutes and 6 hours
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Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker: I think I counted wrongly my first :grumble: (I reset the counter at some point, I think ), so I'll do my "test" tonight. And yeah, my lower back was hurting after the first 10 :ohwell: . So I guess I'll do crunches. :ohwell:
What is the break you people are taking between sets? I take it anything between 2 minutes and 6 hours .
Hey, there. Good job with what you did so far. As for the breaks in between, did you go to the challenge website? It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.0 -
that is cool I really dig the web page, did you put that together? I have my Navy pt test at the end of the month if I can putn out 200 sit ups in 2 mins at 41 years old that would be cool.Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker: I think I counted wrongly my first :grumble: (I reset the counter at some point, I think ), so I'll do my "test" tonight. And yeah, my lower back was hurting after the first 10 :ohwell: . So I guess I'll do crunches. :ohwell:
What is the break you people are taking between sets? I take it anything between 2 minutes and 6 hours .
Hey, there. Good job with what you did so far. As for the breaks in between, did you go to the challenge website? It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.0 -
that is cool I really dig the web page, did you put that together? I have my Navy pt test at the end of the month if I can putn out 200 sit ups in 2 mins at 41 years old that would be cool.Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker: I think I counted wrongly my first :grumble: (I reset the counter at some point, I think ), so I'll do my "test" tonight. And yeah, my lower back was hurting after the first 10 :ohwell: . So I guess I'll do crunches. :ohwell:
What is the break you people are taking between sets? I take it anything between 2 minutes and 6 hours .
Hey, there. Good job with what you did so far. As for the breaks in between, did you go to the challenge website? It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.
Oh, heck no! I'm not that computer literate:laugh: I got it through the one hundred pushups thread (if you look at the situps webpage, there's a link to the pushups if you want to do those too.)0 -
I got a back sholder I can do 80 push ups but day after day starts to hurt.
that is cool I really dig the web page, did you put that together? I have my Navy pt test at the end of the month if I can putn out 200 sit ups in 2 mins at 41 years old that would be cool.Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker: I think I counted wrongly my first :grumble: (I reset the counter at some point, I think ), so I'll do my "test" tonight. And yeah, my lower back was hurting after the first 10 :ohwell: . So I guess I'll do crunches. :ohwell:
What is the break you people are taking between sets? I take it anything between 2 minutes and 6 hours .
Hey, there. Good job with what you did so far. As for the breaks in between, did you go to the challenge website? It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.
Oh, heck no! I'm not that computer literate:laugh: I got it through the one hundred pushups thread (if you look at the situps webpage, there's a link to the pushups if you want to do those too.)0 -
Checking in.. Yesterday I completed week 3, day 2
set 1: 30
set 2: 38
set 3: 23
set 4: 23
set 5: 50 :happy:0 -
Did Michael Olijade's Extreme Abs and Back workout vid today -
HOLY COW. I didn't count, but I am POSITIVE I got my 200 situps in plus a few extra for good measure!
Good thing I didn't eat BEFORE working out.. :grumble: :grumble: :grumble:0 -
It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker:
Cheers, yeahbuddy :flowerforyou: . Today in the aerobics&bodystyling class we did roughly 100 crunches, all sorts. So they must be counting as 50 sit-ups, the trainer did make sure we work various muscles. Funny thing was, while warming up I did feel yesterday's sit-ups in my tummy :happy: .
Hope I'll do my test on the above website tomorrow morning. 0 -
It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker:
Cheers, yeahbuddy :flowerforyou: . Today in the aerobics&bodystyling class we did roughly 100 crunches, all sorts. So they must be counting as 50 sit-ups, the trainer did make sure we work various muscles. Funny thing was, while warming up I did feel yesterday's sit-ups in my tummy :happy: .
Hope I'll do my test on the above website tomorrow morning.
Good job and good luck with your test:happy:0 -
Started my session today - Week 3 Day 1
set 1: 18
set 2: 25
set 3: 19
set 4: 19
set 5: 25
I hate crunches but in order to get fit and slim down this is the best way for me..0 -
10 sets of 20 = 200
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Hey! Just did week 1 day 2
set 1: 15
set 2: 18
set 3: 15
set 4: 15
set 5: 40 (at least 18)
Off to a slow start, but by golly I;m gonna get 200 sooner or later!0 -
Today was Week 3, Day 2, Column 2 for me
Set 1 = 21
Set 2 = 28
Sets 3 & 4 = 21
Set 5 (at least 28) = 30
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Too bad I'm not able to do these all at the same time right now, but it's coming:glasses:
Sorry, jb, but I really don't have any core strength to try to do full sit ups yet. I'll wait till I feel stronger then try it.0 -
I'm proud of you!!!!!!!!!!! keep the great workToday was Week 3, Day 2, Column 2 for me
Set 1 = 21
Set 2 = 28
Sets 3 & 4 = 21
Set 5 (at least 28) = 30
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Too bad I'm not able to do these all at the same time right now, but it's coming:glasses:
Sorry, jb, but I really don't have any core strength to try to do full sit ups yet. I'll wait till I feel stronger then try it.0 -
Today was Week 3, Day 2, Column 2 for me
Set 1 = 21
Set 2 = 28
Sets 3 & 4 = 21
Set 5 (at least 28) = 30
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Too bad I'm not able to do these all at the same time right now, but it's coming:glasses:
Sorry, jb, but I really don't have any core strength to try to do full sit ups yet. I'll wait till I feel stronger then try it.
Thanks. You're doing pretty awesome yourself.
I'm proud of you!!!!!!!!!!! keep the great work0 -
It explains it all there. It's at www.twohundredsitups.com.Did two sets of 25 sit-ups yesterday.:drinker:
Cheers, yeahbuddy :flowerforyou: . Today in the aerobics&bodystyling class we did roughly 100 crunches, all sorts. So they must be counting as 50 sit-ups, the trainer did make sure we work various muscles. Funny thing was, while warming up I did feel yesterday's sit-ups in my tummy :happy: .
Hope I'll do my test on the above website tomorrow morning.
Let us know how your test turns out:drinker:0
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