Starting crunches and situps today 5/9...anyone else in?

ssaintamand
ssaintamand Posts: 8
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Day 1.... 20 crunches/situps- Done
Day 2.... 25 crunches/situps-
Day 3.... 30 crunches/situps-
Day 4... Rest-
Day 5... 40 crunches/situps-
Day 6... 45 crunches/situps-
Day 7... 50 crunches/situps-
Day 8... Rest-
Day 9... 60 crunches/situps-
Day 10... 65 crunches/situps-
Day 11... 70 crunches/situps-
Day 12... Rest-
Day 13... 80 crunches/situps-
Day 14... 90 crunches/situps-
Day 15... 95 crunches/situps-
Day 16... Rest-
Day 17... 100 crunches/situps-
Day 18... 105 crunches/situps-
Day 19... 110 crunches/situps-
Day 20... Rest-
Day 21... 115 crunches/situps-
Day 22... 120 crunches/situps-
Day 23... 125 crunches/situps-
Day 24... Rest-
Day 25... 130 crunches/situps-
Day 26... 135 crunches/situps-
Day 27... 140 crunches/situps-
Day 28... Rest-
Day 29... 145 crunches/situps-
Day 30... 150 crunches/situps-
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  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    I am definitely in but I started them long ago ;P

    I got up to 400 crunches last night :) I can follow suit with a similar level of increase based off where I am now so that I can match your efforts.

    Good luck and have fun with it!
  • bizzybee72
    bizzybee72 Posts: 14 Member
    Absolutely!! Need to get the abs in gear.
  • norrisski
    norrisski Posts: 1,217 Member
    I read an article that air bikes, reverse crunches, and jackknife crunches were much more effective than plain situps and crunches. I can't remember where the article is. If I can find it, I will post it here. Good job for doing something however.
  • jenndugas7
    jenndugas7 Posts: 15 Member
    I have been needing to do these also.

    I'm in.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    compound lifts are the way to go ..

    if I do sit-ups, twists etc, it is always weighted...
  • longtimeterp
    longtimeterp Posts: 614 Member
    i spent 30min in my slendertone, got it up to level 150...gonna try that every day, does that count?
  • SaraBrown12
    SaraBrown12 Posts: 277 Member
    Count me in too. i am also starting the 30 day squat challenge tho unofficially i have been doing 100 squats a day for the last 10 days or so but i thought... oh why not do them both!!

    Feel free to send fr all who are doing this xx
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    Yes, I need to get back to doing them again. I do mine weighted.
  • Danieboo757
    Danieboo757 Posts: 43
    I started yesterday but yes Im in
  • kikiboniki
    kikiboniki Posts: 398 Member
    Count me in!
  • vivian1616
    vivian1616 Posts: 27 Member
    Okay, I have been putting off doing this and could use some motivation. I'm in. Feel free to friend me. If I'm being honest, I know I need the accountability of other people asking me how it's going.
  • soontobemrsrees
    soontobemrsrees Posts: 14
    I'm in. Will start tomorrow! Also will be doing the squats!
  • baneboy
    baneboy Posts: 65
    iam in, this site's awesome!:happy:
  • JulesAlloggio
    JulesAlloggio Posts: 480 Member
    Why not just join my 30 day Ab challenge in the groups! If you're interested, PM me and I'll invite ya!

    or just join yourself.

    Its an open group.
  • vivian1616
    vivian1616 Posts: 27 Member
    today's done. :happy:
  • Mosley35
    Mosley35 Posts: 31 Member
    Will start today.
  • Hike_higher
    Hike_higher Posts: 86
    I will try this as well.
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    Day 1 is DONE
  • LAMAnRLA91909
    LAMAnRLA91909 Posts: 40
    I'm in! :smile:
  • ssaintamand
    ssaintamand Posts: 8
    Day 1 done...yay!
  • ssaintamand
    ssaintamand Posts: 8
    It was so great seeing all of you in tonight...it seems like a good start to get back into excercising without burning myself out like I did when I went to the gym. I need to lose 30 pounds and this is the start of it. It helps so much to have a support system although alot of you sound like you are in great shape...I can only hope I have the will power to keep it going. I quit the gym over a year and a half ago and now I am ready to try to exercise at home after putting my little one to sleep and although exhausted after a hard day at the office and being a mom when I get home, I found it in me to do this tonight. Then to look online and see all of you here...very nice to have a support team with this.

    Thanks everyone...I hope you all stick with it...and tighten that tummy up alot:)

    For me, I just want to stop not wanting to be in my daughters pictures...i want her to have the memories of us, but I need to lose the weight so I don't look so badly in the photos. My metabolism has slowed down alot over the years so everything I eat goes straight to my butt, chin and thighs:( At least now I can keep an eye on what I am eating and be so aware of how many calories I am taking in. I really do love this program although I miss here and there...I still really like it and hope I can really get to the point of controlling my eating and exercising to get to that 30 pounds lost point.
  • niightwindz
    niightwindz Posts: 64 Member
    I am in! :) I'll do my first day...right now.
  • skjsd
    skjsd Posts: 64
    I'm so in!
  • 1tiamat
    1tiamat Posts: 138 Member
    I lack abs of steel and this could help with that. haha. I'm in.

    I'm also doing the 30 day crunches. so I'll just do both. I could use a good leg and ab challenge.

    Kick some butt guys and gals!
  • albertine58
    albertine58 Posts: 267 Member
    Not to burst your bubbles- I love challenges!- but crunches and sit-ups are kind of a waste of time. Better off having a squat/lunge challenge to target bigger muscle groups. Or a burpee challenge for cardio!
    If you MUST do abs, try a plank challenge for to target your whole core and arms, which helps with posture and combating *desk slump"!

    Crunches and sit-ups do NOTHING to flatten your stomach. If you already have a flat stomach and want definition, a clean diet and full-body strength workouts (including core stability like planks) are still the way to go. A friend of mine is a personal trainer and a bikini competitor with like an 8 pack. She stopped doing crunches 2 years ago and her stomach got flatter and her waist got SO much narrower- turns out working her obliques made her much wider!
  • ssaintamand
    ssaintamand Posts: 8
    I will add lunges and squats too. I am determined...thank you for that.
  • lorigirls2
    lorigirls2 Posts: 1
    Sure sounds good and will also do the squates and lunges too :smile:
  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
    I read an article that air bikes, reverse crunches, and jackknife crunches were much more effective than plain situps and crunches. I can't remember where the article is. If I can find it, I will post it here. Good job for doing something however.

    This

    I agree completely.
    Pushups, planks (3 minutes non stop), captain chair, bridges, etc have been more helpful to me.

    Good luck in your journey
  • kzslucas
    kzslucas Posts: 6
    YEP! As soon as I get the kids to sleep tonight I'll start!
  • ssaintamand
    ssaintamand Posts: 8
    This 2nd nite was very hard but I did it...My 6yo took along time to get to sleep so I did it but it was late...I hope that makes it count just as much. Anyways, friends from work said it gets easier after the 2nd week...I sure felt it today at work so I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow too but that is ok...if it is going to help me get to losing 30, I am doin it and doing my best to stick with it.

    Hope you all stuck with it too even though it was Friday...I even did the lunges and squats along with the situps and crunches. I'm determined...come on people, I need my support group still...hope you are all still with me on this.

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