Silly newbie question - best way to start doing sit -ups

stephenmakin1
stephenmakin1 Posts: 17 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there,

I'm never doing any exercise other than cardiovascular but thinking of starting to do sit-ups at home. How often is it worth doing them, and how many should I do in one go?

Also any good videos on proper technique?

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  • Sha1911
    Sha1911 Posts: 221 Member
    why do you wanna do sit ups?

    To be honest, there's no point just doing sit ups, you should look to do a full core workout
  • JonathanLepoff
    JonathanLepoff Posts: 46 Member
    you can find many technique videos on youtube. Planks are a better core exercise than sit ups but what you want is a workout that exercises all your core muscles so they stay in balance
  • hearthwood
    hearthwood Posts: 794 Member
    If you do sit ups incorrectly you end up with a bigger stomach. I have to agree focus on core strength exercise instead of just sit ups. Videos all over the place on how to do that.
  • fushigi1988
    fushigi1988 Posts: 519 Member
    Just doing situps is kinda pointless, you're better off investing your time in some good full body movements, you work your core with that too.
  • Froggymcconnell
    Froggymcconnell Posts: 92 Member
    Doing sit ups alone is pointless I agree however - if you are keen to strengthen core you could do a mix of ab workouts such as x amount of sit ups, x amount of leg raises and x amount of seconds plank.

    I still have fat to lose but had no strength in core I do 3 classes a week but also started 30 day abs challenge and can feel the difference as I could only do sit up with someone holding my feet now I can do 80 on my own using core strength.
  • stephenmakin1
    stephenmakin1 Posts: 17 Member
    I guess I wanted to do strength/core without going to a gym, because there isn't one I can easily go to. I thought sit-ups would be a good start to do at home without any equipment. Maybe 30 day abs challenge is the way to go. That looks do-able.

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