200 Sit up Challenge 2010

LittleSpy

I did my initial test tonight -- 37. I feel like I could've/should've been able to do more.

I have a problem. For some reason, doing a sit-up was really painful for me & that's something I've never experienced before -- I've always been pretty good at sit-ups. I have hardwood floors so I put down my yoga mat. Each sit-up was torture for my tail bone. It hurt so much (and I think I generally have a decent threshold for pain) that I stopped after about 7, put a pillow under my butt (which makes the sit-ups harder, but it felt worth it to save my tail bone) and then started over at 1. I don't know what to do as this has never been an issue for me in the past -- any suggestions?

Does it hurt like an ache or is it tender and sore? If it's tender/sore does it hurt if you poke around on it with your fingers? If so you might have a cyst or a condition which I can't remember the name but I'd check with your doctor. If it's achy it could just be from all your butt time on the bike and a diminishing pad You might check out a more padded seat for your exercise bike?

It just feels like it's grinding into the hard floor every time I sit up. It's sore this morning from doing the situps, but normally it doesn't bother me at all. It's just so weird. I guess it's because my butt is so used to being 8 inches bigger. :laugh: I have been having a lot of "Holy crap, what is THAT? Oh it's a bone I've never seen/felt before" experiences lately and I guess this is just another to add to the list. Just yesterday I was lying in bed & was startled by how my sternum felt (slightly concave & whatnot). :laugh: My bf said it felt normal -- but how could I know? I've never felt my stupid sternum before.

I'll just continue using the pillow or maybe double/triple the yoga pad under my butt.

HonestOmnivore

It just feels like it's grinding into the hard floor every time I sit up. It's sore this morning from doing the situps, but normally it doesn't bother me at all. It's just so weird. I guess it's because my butt is so used to being 8 inches bigger. :laugh: I have been having a lot of "Holy crap, what is THAT? Oh it's a bone I've never seen/felt before" experiences lately and I guess this is just another to add to the list. Just yesterday I was lying in bed & was startled by how my sternum felt (slightly concave & whatnot). :laugh: My bf said it felt normal -- but how could I know? I've never felt my stupid sternum before.

I'll just continue using the pillow or maybe double/triple the yoga pad under my butt.

I'm sure you're doing it right... but maybe make extra sure you are only crunching up your upper abdomen and not rolling up onto your hips? The first page on "what is a sit-up" talks about the old style where you sit all the way up - but the challenge is for crunches because the old style causes back injuries...

LittleSpy

I'm sure you're doing it right... but maybe make extra sure you are only crunching up your upper abdomen and not rolling up onto your hips? The first page on "what is a sit-up" talks about the old style where you sit all the way up - but the challenge is for crunches because the old style causes back injuries...

It hurts both ways. The 35 degree angle crunches didn't hurt as much with the pillow (but were harder!) and probably wouldn't have hurt at all if I hadn't just ground my tailbone into the floor several times in a row. :laugh: And that added angle back is only going to help me be stronger in the long run so... I'll be okay.

kellz510

I'm in 2

Positively_Me

positively_me- I am doing Tues-Thur-Sat too!!! I wil lremember this and check in with you everyonce in a while!!

GOOD LUCK!

Sounds great! Good luck to you too And to everyone else

Positively_Me

I also started on week 3 and this was my first day:

set 1: 18
set 2: 25
set 3: 19
set 4: 19
set 5 max ( at least 25)...i was shaky and bearly made it...

Can't wait for Saturday ..lol..:)

cris20056

Well done everyone with your initial tests, especially Mstahl, how many was that ?!?! are you secretly fit and skinny??!!??
:drinker: :bigsmile:

LOL!!!

I am so glad other people are joining me on this journey!

jlb- sorry about your back. I have no idea on any tips to make it better except the extra padding like you are already doing!

cris20056

I also started on week 3 and this was my first day:

set 1: 18
set 2: 25
set 3: 19
set 4: 19
set 5 max ( at least 25)...i was shaky and bearly made it...

Can't wait for Saturday ..lol..:)

You must be in a different column of week 3 (im column 1) because our sets are totally different. I could barely do the max of set 5 (14) if that makes u feel better?! :blushing: :bigsmile:

Jerzeebabie04

I think I'm going to join this thread! At first I thought oh yeah right I can't do sit-ups I can only do crunches! But then looking at the website it was all about doing crunches or curlups... I definitely need to get more of those in my workouts!

Jerzeebabie04

I did my initial test tonight -- 37. I feel like I could've/should've been able to do more.

I have a problem. For some reason, doing a sit-up was really painful for me & that's something I've never experienced before -- I've always been pretty good at sit-ups. I have hardwood floors so I put down my yoga mat. Each sit-up was torture for my tail bone. It hurt so much (and I think I generally have a decent threshold for pain) that I stopped after about 7, put a pillow under my butt (which makes the sit-ups harder, but it felt worth it to save my tail bone) and then started over at 1. I don't know what to do as this has never been an issue for me in the past -- any suggestions?

I only have this issue with the reverse type crunches. Whenever I do the 30 day shred situps section, and you have to lift your butt up I feel all that pressure on my tailbone & I know what you mean it is painful! I do it on carpet & it still hurts, so I keep my hands under it for that or use a pillow.

Jerzeebabie04

I'm doing the initial test tonight. I'm not expecting much. :laugh: I'll do the initial test for the pushups challenge tonight too (I'm expecting even less there ).

Where can I find the pushups challenge? I am TERRIBLE at them and need to challenge myself to get better

cris20056

I'm doing the initial test tonight. I'm not expecting much. :laugh: I'll do the initial test for the pushups challenge tonight too (I'm expecting even less there ).

Where can I find the pushups challenge? I am TERRIBLE at them and need to challenge myself to get better

jerzeebabie, here is the link for the push up challenge...im not ready for that yet!! http://www.hundredpushups.com/

LittleSpy

Where can I find the pushups challenge? I am TERRIBLE at them and need to challenge myself to get better

jerzeebabie, here is the link for the push up challenge...im not ready for that yet!! http://www.hundredpushups.com/

I started it many months ago and never followed through. I was doing 30 day shred at the time, too and it was just too much for me. But it stuck with me a little because I was able to do 29 pushups (girl kind) last night. I think my first initial test 5-6 months ago was like 8. :laugh: It helps that I'm lighter now, too.

I'm a glutton for punishment (did I mention my abs and arms are sore today?) so I'm going to throw in the squats challenge, too. http://www.twohundredsquats.com/ I need to kick my exercise up a notch and 100 pushups, 200 situps, and 200 squats several times a week sounds like a good way to do it.

KimbersNewLife

PLEASE HELP !!! :happy:


:laugh: I will not even say what my initial test results were :laugh: However I am still up for the challenge!! My first day will be tomorrow I will do sat, mon, wends. I have a question please. Can anyone give a newbie advice in reguards to breathing. I am almost hyperventilated because I do not know how to do the breathing right I think I am taking it too literal and breathing too hard when I inhale and exhale if that make sense. I would be very appreciative of any advise.

HonestOmnivore

I love the idea of going low-tech with the equipment I have have PLENTY of weight to on hand, might as well use it to provide some resistance work!

I was pretty sure I couldn't even do one push-up so I just tried a girl style one and I did! (just one). I'm guessing that some of the arm work on the elliptical machine must be paying off! I'm going to start the push-up challange at the easiest spot and see how I do!

kimbersnewlife- you might be breathing too hard and crunching too fast! Make sure you focus your eyes on a spot above you and slowly crunch up while you breath in, hold it a sec and just naturally exhale as you go back. Having a little pause between them is fine. If you like going a little faster then just keep inhaling slowing through two crunches - the biggest issue is you don't want to be holding your breath and bracing against it!

LittleSpy

Make sure you focus your eyes on a spot above you and slowly crunch up while you breath in, hold it a sec and just naturally exhale as you go back.

Exhale as you crunch forward and inhale on the way back down. That way you're not fighting against your diaphragm and air in your lungs. Just like when you're weight training, you exhale when you're exerting yourself lifting the weights and inhale on the way back down. It helps more than you might think.
If you got in 80+ breathing this way, you'd probably get in 80 more exhaling as you crunch up and inhaling as you drop back! You're a machine.

cris20056

jlb- You are def a glutton for punishment! But thats why I love ya! You make me want to keep up with you and your ever expanding array of challenges!

If I were doing squats, push ups, sit ups and the c25k plan I think I would have quit by now!

besides if i do it all at once what am I supposed to do when I finish it? hehe :laugh:

Positively_Me

I also started on week 3 and this was my first day:

set 1: 18
set 2: 25
set 3: 19
set 4: 19
set 5 max ( at least 25)...i was shaky and bearly made it...

Can't wait for Saturday ..lol..:)

You must be in a different column of week 3 (im column 1) because our sets are totally different. I could barely do the max of set 5 (14) if that makes u feel better?! :blushing: :bigsmile:

I am in teh middle column because I fall into the age group 30- 40...i am I am 32 yeas od..

HonestOmnivore

I also started on week 3 and this was my first day:

set 1: 18
set 2: 25
set 3: 19
set 4: 19
set 5 max ( at least 25)...i was shaky and bearly made it...

Can't wait for Saturday ..lol..:)

You must be in a different column of week 3 (im column 1) because our sets are totally different. I could barely do the max of set 5 (14) if that makes u feel better?! :blushing: :bigsmile:

I am in the middle column because I fall into the age group 30- 40...i am I am 32 yeas od..

I think that the numbers at the top don't refer to your age, they refer to how many crunches you did in your test I started in column three...

cris20056

positively me- i tihnk the numbers on the top are supposed to guide you based on your initial test. For example: I did 30 push ups in my initial test. It told me to move to week 3 column 1 (column 1 is for 21-30 situps)...I hope that helps!!!

HonestOmnivore

jlb123 - OMG so much easier! I guess I thought it was supposed to be harder, but by breathing you forced yourself to work over it without leveraging off of it!

It seems really funny to me that I might have built up this strong core over the last six to eight weeks and have nice abs buried deep under a thick padding of fat!

editied to make it slightly more readable!

LindsaySarai

Is it too late for me to join? I did the initial test and got 30 in. So I guess I am in column 3.

Are we supposed to be able to get onto the logger page? I can't seem to be able to connect to it.

LittleSpy

It seems really funny to me that I might have built up this strong core over the last six to eight weeks and have nice abs buried deep under a thick padding of fat!

You must've! Lately I've been noticing my midsection is a lot firmer -- I think my abs have been getting stronger through my running and biking! I make a point to try to take some of the work off my legs by concentrating on my core. I'm 100% certain it's all in my head, but I swear I can see a little definition at the very top of my tummy in the right lighting. :laugh:

My abs are getting more sore as the day progresses. I should've learned my lesson about trying so hard to keep up with mstahl after what happened with the stairs last week.

Greatcandles727- Welcome! I don't know about the logging page -- I'm not interested in it. It's a nonessential thing. :flowerforyou:

Positively_Me

Cris and Mstahl: I am not sure because when i took the test for the sit ups on the top of the catigories is says the ages and where i fall based how much i did...

initial test: the road to two hundred sit ups:

Ages: 30 years 30 - 39 years 40 and over
excellent: over 76 over 71 over 62
very good: 59 - 76 52 - 71 47 - 61
good : 50 - 58 46 - 51 37 - 46
average: 40 - 49 38 - 45 25 - 36
poor: 0 - 39 0 - 37 0 - 24

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

So I fell in the "average" department and because i am between 30-39 y/o....it was in the middle section and when i read the information for week 1 and it states that on your test if you did more than 30 situps then move to week 3...so i took it as i am still in the middle section based on the test...I hope that make any sense..sorry if it doesn't..
not sure now, I moved to week 3 but i am not sure what section now??? help if you can..thanks.

I did 41 situps on my test..

meokk

Hi Positively me,
You fall in the same group as I did, I got 45 on my test.
We are supposed to start in the far right column of the week 3 page
21
27
21
21
over 30

ReneDavidson

Okay, I've just signed up for this site and I saw this challenge. I will start my official day tomorrow with the initial test. never done an online group before, but I NEED to drop these 30 lbs. I started a 5K training Dec. 27th, so I am on week 8 of that, but haven't really watched my eating...SO here I am...

My starting weight is 158...goal is 130...I'll do the measurements and test tomorrow.

KimbersNewLife

matahl .. Thank you for your help we will see how I do tomorrow I am really loving all this support and I'm pumped for this challenge!!! Thanks again!!:flowerforyou:

izbet106

I did my initial test tonight and got up to 50, which I felt pretty good about. Monday will start the challenge!

ReneDavidson

Okay, I took the initial test...ugh! I have a ways to go. But...I will get there...

did 35...so I am starting on week 3...second column 18-25-19-19-max

I'll start Next week on this...when I do my regular workout program

Positively_Me

Hi Positively me,
You fall in the same group as I did, I got 45 on my test.
We are supposed to start in the far right column of the week 3 page
21
27
21
21
over 30

OK. Thanks so much!:flowerforyou: