Build to 200 situps challenge

meerkat70

I tried to find a thread for this through the search engine, but the ones I could find were all a few months old.... So... I'm starting this programme today, if anyone wants to play along:


http://www.twohundredsitups.com/week1.html

I've just done week 1 day 1, column 3

15, 18, 10, 10. 14

mommy2ajs

I'm in I was going to look for a thread on this today.

blantonjm1

I am in. I am going to start this tonight. thanks for the post.

Crystal0827

Thanks! I am in, 4 weeks ago I couldn't do 1 sit up. Last week, with help my friend got me to do 4 sets of 20 but it wasn't pretty. I'd like to be able to do 200! I know planks also help build up your core strenth and will help you with sit ups.

cunokyle

Going to start this!

Tams297

really need the motivation here - wanted to start building up sits up (and push-ups) in feb but slacked off way too quickly. Will get on it tonight

Lotte34

Just as a word of warning I went from nothing to doing 200 daily due to my personal trainer thinking i am made of tougher stuff. DONT DO THIS IT HURTS!

junyr

Just as a word of warning I went from nothing to doing 200 daily due to my personal trainer thinking i am made of tougher stuff. DONT DO THIS IT HURTS!

That's what muscles do at times when working them above and beyond their norm... they get sore and it hurts.

Lotte34

Just as a word of warning I went from nothing to doing 200 daily due to my personal trainer thinking i am made of tougher stuff. DONT DO THIS IT HURTS!

That's what muscles do at times when working them above and beyond their norm... they get sore and it hurts.

lol you don't need to tell me!!!!

sunnysweetpea

Thanks for sharing this. I really need to build up my core strenght for an event I'm doing in May. Thanks for sharing. It's been a while since I did proper sit ups. Will have to see how many I can do tonight :S

JohnnyResets

And when we get done there's this;

http://hundredpushups.com/

I'd forgotten about both of these until I saw this post! Time to get busy!!

d3mon4ngel

I'll give this a go. I'll start tonight and see how many I can do! I'm guessing that it'll probably be less than 2 lol

Edit: Just read the "What is a sit-up" part of the site, and it says it uses crunches, which is what I do each day anyway (I did 50 this morning!). I'm not entirely certain that I've been doing them completely correctly, so I'll follow exactly what it says on the site and see how I do.

meerkat70

Just as a word of warning I went from nothing to doing 200 daily due to my personal trainer thinking i am made of tougher stuff. DONT DO THIS IT HURTS!

Lol, definitely not jumping straight into 200.



And yes demonangel, it's crunches, as they're safer for the spine (if you do a full sit up with bad form, you can proper hurt yourself.... ). If you're up to 50, you might want to start on week 2 or 3 - have a look at the reps and see which one looks most like you....

I guess people could mix it up as they wish though - if you wanted to do bicycle crunches instead, or whatever, I'm sure it would be fine.

meerkat70

And when we get done there's this;

http://hundredpushups.com/

I'd forgotten about both of these until I saw this post! Time to get busy!!

I started that 2 weeks ago - there's a thread about somewhere. It's actually really good, but quite tough. I did week three today and really knew I was doing it!


ETA - here's the pushups thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/479429-pushups-challenge

scooterboy2003

ok, i"m in

monkeymouse74

I'm keen to join! Abbs are my weakest muscle group, and I do anything to avoid working on them, (my best excuse is that I workout so hard everyday, I'm too knackerd to do abbs too). This should get me going though.:flowerforyou:

meerkat70

I'm keen to join! Abbs are my weakest muscle group, and I do anything to avoid working on them, (my best excuse is that I workout so hard everyday, I'm too knackerd to do abbs too). This should get me going though.:flowerforyou:

This is *exactly* the same as me... :-)

mommy2ajs

Done week 1 day 1, column 2

9, 9, 6, 6, 20

penny_eclipse

I'm in...might as well since I'm also doing the pushups with you!?

Just done W1 D1 column 3,
15, 18, 10, 10, 18

meerkat70

well done everyone who's done day 1!

monkeymouse74

week 1, Day 1, column 3

15 18 10 10 14

meerkat70

well done mm!

porffor

OMG can't believe I'm going to say yes to this challenge!! Scared at the thought of a full sit up! lol :blushing:

porffor

Yay did day 1 week 1

test was 8 (better than I thought - though I had my knees bent and feet under the sofa).

Did:
3, 4, 3, 3, 7

Thanks for this - just what I needed!!

monkeymouse74

week one day 2 column 3.
15 18 15 15 25 :drinker:

Dory_42

I'm keen to join in... Tonight I am doing some indoor cycling (Tues, Thur & Sat) so will start tomorrow with the initial test and then do Mon, Wed, Fri from next week!!

meerkat70

well done porffor and monkeymouse! And welcome to the thread captainboing.

penny_eclipse

W1 D2 15, 18, 15, 15, 22 Done x

mommy2ajs

W1, D2, C2 Done

9 12, 9, 9, 18

Qarol

I'm on week 5...just completed day 2, column 2 yesterday

d3mon4ngel

I did the initial test on Tuesday, and managed 55. So last night I did as suggested and started at Week 3 Day 1 Column 3.

21, 27, 21, 21, 35