How do I...

Brittany_Kayy

add in 200 crunches that i did using my ab-lounge? I've been doing 200 every other day for the last week, but don't know how to add them? Any suggestion's would be really reallly helpful!!! Thanks everyone!

agarlits

If your doing them nonstop I would log it under cardio (situp, its on there just log the time it takes you) if your doing it in sets I would put it under strength training. You wont get the calories burned from it added onto your daily limit but that could be a bonus.

metalpalace

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

Azdak

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

It's too bad that it would be next to impossible to do a controlled study, but I would love to see, say 10-20 people of various ages go through a vigorous fat loss, cardio/strength workout program, without doing ANY focused ab work (e.g. crunches, situps, etc of any kind) and get them down to 10% body fat levels (and the appropriate level for females) and compare their appearance to a matched group following a similar program, but doing ab work as well. I am betting there would not be a huge difference. I think we do a lot more "ab" work when following proper technique in other exercises than we realize.

(now "core" work is a different story........)

Brittany_Kayy

Well, then I geuss I'm an extreme *kitten* for thinking I'm helping myself, then? I do control the food that goes into my mouth and I also walk very fast pace 2 miles every night and have lost 27 lbs doing so, I was just trying to get the ab lounge in as a "added on", but now that I have basically been told that I'm dumb for believing it works, I geuss I won't be doing that anymore...

--skips away to get a gym membership.:ohwell:

metalpalace

Well, then I geuss I'm an extreme *kitten* for thinking I'm helping myself, then? I do control the food that goes into my mouth and I also walk very fast pace 2 miles every night and have lost 27 lbs doing so, I was just trying to get the ab lounge in as a "added on", but now that I have basically been told that I'm dumb for believing it works, I geuss I won't be doing that anymore...

--skips away to get a gym membership.:ohwell:

I'm not playing into your self pitty episode especially after you just put words into my mouth that I certainly never said. Your problem is cognitive quicksand.

Brittany_Kayy

Well, then I geuss I'm an extreme *kitten* for thinking I'm helping myself, then? I do control the food that goes into my mouth and I also walk very fast pace 2 miles every night and have lost 27 lbs doing so, I was just trying to get the ab lounge in as a "added on", but now that I have basically been told that I'm dumb for believing it works, I geuss I won't be doing that anymore...

--skips away to get a gym membership.:ohwell:

I'm not playing into your self pitty episode especially after you just put words into my mouth that I certainly never said. Your problem is cognitive quicksand.

Self-pitty episode? Are you seriouse?:noway: All I wanted to know was how to log in ab crunches? I never put words into your mouth, I stated that I now feel like an *kitten* feeling like doing ab crunches when I thought they were helping me when you basically said that they wern't? If your not playing into whatever it is your saying I'm doing then you shouldn't have even replied a second time. I ASKED the GROUP how to log the crunches in NOT just YOU. I didnt ask for your expert workout routine. Obviously I'm doing just fine, if Ive lost weight and I just didnt know how to log the crunches in... Get off your highhorse :flowerforyou:

msarro

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

It's too bad that it would be next to impossible to do a controlled study, but I would love to see, say 10-20 people of various ages go through a vigorous fat loss, cardio/strength workout program, without doing ANY focused ab work (e.g. crunches, situps, etc of any kind) and get them down to 10% body fat levels (and the appropriate level for females) and compare their appearance to a matched group following a similar program, but doing ab work as well. I am betting there would not be a huge difference. I think we do a lot more "ab" work when following proper technique in other exercises than we realize.

(now "core" work is a different story........)

The group only doing ab work would have killer ab muscles, however you would have to perform invasive surgery to actually see them because of the fat tissue that would be covering them thanks to a lack of cardio.

As for the OP, there's nothing wrong with doing crunches. A pound of lean muscle burns more calories per day than a pound of fat, so you ARE helping yourself. Just make sure you do some cardio too to lower your body fat %. From the looks of your pics, you'll see some results pretty quickly, just keep at it. You already look great!

The original reply IS correct, but more towards people who have spare tires around their guts. You're not going to see any improvement in your abs if there's 2 inches of fat covering them, follow?

As for how to add them, I think you can just put it under strength training. Any form of strength training (including calisthenics) is going to burn relatively little in the way of calories, especially if you've been doing it for more than a few weeks. Your body adjusts to them rapidly.

Brittany_Kayy

Now, that's what I call a nice and very goood reply!
Thank you very much :]

I know that I wont see my abs, after having my son, lets just say my stomach isn't tight, but I was trying to just get somethiing in rather than not doing anything at all. I say doing some ab lounge crunches are better than sititng on the couch alll day, agree?

I need a good workout program that Is gonna get me back on target. I'm tired of the same routine. It's getting boring and I need something to spice it upp..;

Any suggestions?

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

It's too bad that it would be next to impossible to do a controlled study, but I would love to see, say 10-20 people of various ages go through a vigorous fat loss, cardio/strength workout program, without doing ANY focused ab work (e.g. crunches, situps, etc of any kind) and get them down to 10% body fat levels (and the appropriate level for females) and compare their appearance to a matched group following a similar program, but doing ab work as well. I am betting there would not be a huge difference. I think we do a lot more "ab" work when following proper technique in other exercises than we realize.

(now "core" work is a different story........)

The group only doing ab work would have killer ab muscles, however you would have to perform invasive surgery to actually see them because of the fat tissue that would be covering them thanks to a lack of cardio.

As for the OP, there's nothing wrong with doing crunches. A pound of lean muscle burns more calories per day than a pound of fat, so you ARE helping yourself. Just make sure you do some cardio too to lower your body fat %. From the looks of your pics, you'll see some results pretty quickly, just keep at it. You already look great!

The original reply IS correct, but more towards people who have spare tires around their guts. You're not going to see any improvement in your abs if there's 2 inches of fat covering them, follow?

As for how to add them, I think you can just put it under strength training. Any form of strength training (including calisthenics) is going to burn relatively little in the way of calories, especially if you've been doing it for more than a few weeks. Your body adjusts to them rapidly.

msarro

Now, that's what I call a nice and very goood reply!
Thank you very much :]

I know that I wont see my abs, after having my son, lets just say my stomach isn't tight, but I was trying to just get somethiing in rather than not doing anything at all. I say doing some ab lounge crunches are better than sititng on the couch alll day, agree?

I need a good workout program that Is gonna get me back on target. I'm tired of the same routine. It's getting boring and I need something to spice it upp..;

Any suggestions?

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

It's too bad that it would be next to impossible to do a controlled study, but I would love to see, say 10-20 people of various ages go through a vigorous fat loss, cardio/strength workout program, without doing ANY focused ab work (e.g. crunches, situps, etc of any kind) and get them down to 10% body fat levels (and the appropriate level for females) and compare their appearance to a matched group following a similar program, but doing ab work as well. I am betting there would not be a huge difference. I think we do a lot more "ab" work when following proper technique in other exercises than we realize.

(now "core" work is a different story........)

The group only doing ab work would have killer ab muscles, however you would have to perform invasive surgery to actually see them because of the fat tissue that would be covering them thanks to a lack of cardio.

As for the OP, there's nothing wrong with doing crunches. A pound of lean muscle burns more calories per day than a pound of fat, so you ARE helping yourself. Just make sure you do some cardio too to lower your body fat %. From the looks of your pics, you'll see some results pretty quickly, just keep at it. You already look great!

The original reply IS correct, but more towards people who have spare tires around their guts. You're not going to see any improvement in your abs if there's 2 inches of fat covering them, follow?

As for how to add them, I think you can just put it under strength training. Any form of strength training (including calisthenics) is going to burn relatively little in the way of calories, especially if you've been doing it for more than a few weeks. Your body adjusts to them rapidly.

That depends, whats your current routine?

songbyrdsweet

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

It's too bad that it would be next to impossible to do a controlled study, but I would love to see, say 10-20 people of various ages go through a vigorous fat loss, cardio/strength workout program, without doing ANY focused ab work (e.g. crunches, situps, etc of any kind) and get them down to 10% body fat levels (and the appropriate level for females) and compare their appearance to a matched group following a similar program, but doing ab work as well. I am betting there would not be a huge difference. I think we do a lot more "ab" work when following proper technique in other exercises than we realize.

(now "core" work is a different story........)

I'd say the ab-group would have impeccable hip flexors, since everyone's obsessed with working the mythical 'lower abs' all the darn time. :laugh:

Strengthening the core is great--it improves your posture and form in everything else. But crunches are unitaskers usually performed with poor form and at uselessly high repetitions (200 is too many). Yes it's better than nothing, but wouldn't you rather be devoting your energy to something that's even better than that? Like full sit-ups, planks, things that work the abdominal group in a functional, athletic way?

Azdak

Youll never get the abs you want if you are doing more than twenty reps on any ab exercise. The ab lounger is a complete waste of money they should be sued for fraud. None of the people in the ab lounger infomercials got their glorious abs from using the machine they are peddling.

Portion control your meals. Do a mixture of aerobic endurance for an extra calorie burn and strength conditioning for managing your weight. There is a lot more to it than that but thats the formula in a nutshell to tightening your tummy and getting your abs to show.

It's too bad that it would be next to impossible to do a controlled study, but I would love to see, say 10-20 people of various ages go through a vigorous fat loss, cardio/strength workout program, without doing ANY focused ab work (e.g. crunches, situps, etc of any kind) and get them down to 10% body fat levels (and the appropriate level for females) and compare their appearance to a matched group following a similar program, but doing ab work as well. I am betting there would not be a huge difference. I think we do a lot more "ab" work when following proper technique in other exercises than we realize.

(now "core" work is a different story........)

I'd say the ab-group would have impeccable hip flexors, since everyone's obsessed with working the mythical 'lower abs' all the darn time. :laugh:

Strengthening the core is great--it improves your posture and form in everything else. But crunches are unitaskers usually performed with poor form and at uselessly high repetitions (200 is too many). Yes it's better than nothing, but wouldn't you rather be devoting your energy to something that's even better than that? Like full sit-ups, planks, things that work the abdominal group in a functional, athletic way?

As usual, you understand where I am coming from. I just think we do a lot more "ab" work just by maintaining proper form (isometrics, anyone? You guys are WAY too young to remember that fad) than most people realize. I look in the mirror and I am surprised at how much of the "hints" of definition I can see, even though I am still easily in the 22% BF range and I do no focused ab work whatsoever. (Then again, I suppose that could be just "lumpy" fat that *looks* like something else) ;-)