Biggest Loser Week 2

Hello everyone hope everyone is ready for another week. It's week two I hope some people realize I am just trying to think of things as we go. I am always looking forward to yalls comments and suggestions. I feel like we should keep building every week. I am so happy with the turn out. This week I feel as though we should continue with the pushups and do 25 pushups a day. I feel like we should add to that by doing 25 crunches a day. If you can already do 25 crunches you can double it. With the food challenge this week continue with last weeks of making sure to drink all 8 glasses of water. This week also try to only eat out once. Hope everyone has a great week and can't wait to hear yalls feedback and hear about yalls weigh ins.



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I wanted to start the second week challenge right away. But.. I've seen that many of us (including myself) arent sure if we should do sit ups or crunches. So I did some searching on the net quickly and I came across this!



SIT-UPS VS CRUCHES WHICH IS BETTER?

Traditional sit-ups emphasize sitting up rather than merely
pulling your sternum down to meet your pelvis. The psoas
muscles run from the lower back to the front of the thighs.
This muscle action is to pull the thighs closer to the torso.
This action is the major component of sitting up. Because
of this, when you are doing sit ups your psoas muscles are
the primary muscles being engaged and not your abdominal
exercises. So sit-ups are a pretty useless exercise if you want
to get your abs in shape. Instead, use crunches, because they
directly work your abs.

HOW TO DO CRUNCHES THE RIGHT WAY

Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and your feet
together flat on the floor and about 10-15 inches from your
buttocks. Your hands should either be crossed on your chest,
by your side, or cupped behind your ears. Without moving your
lower body, curl your upper torso up and in toward your knees,
until your shoulder blades are as high off the ground as you can
get them. Only your shoulder blades should lift--not your back.
As you come to the highest point tighten and flex your abdominals
for a brief second. Slowly lower yourself back to the starting
position. Repeat for reps.







So I know what I'm doing! Crunches.. and the greatest thing is that it teaches you how to do a proper crunch. I was pleased when I came across this and had to try them out. I managed 20 of them. more to come...