30 days of 500-1000 crunches. Pictures too!

[dice]

Sideways forwards backwards upside down and on a ball.

Starting tomorrow (usually I laugh at myself when I think that, not today folks)

I will do between 500-1000 situps, one-set-to-failure deal. I'll begin nearer 500, and get up to 1000 as I get stronger.

Thats about 5-6 minutes nonstop crunches. Very do able.

Tomorrow I'll post a picture of my buddha belly. then every sunday after that, one more picture.

Everyday I'm also going to practice visualizing myself with Miranda Kerrs abs. (but not her ribs, mind you)

Encouragement/Tips welcome. Thanks.

[Asmoday]

WOOT WOOT! Go dice!

Now that's the kind of single-minded drive I find inspiring!

[SmellyOrc]

You'll miss your back when it's gone.

Also, it will do nothing for the definition of your abs.
And, you don't get stronger, you just get better endurance.

So, why are you doing this?

[striving4peace]

There's no such thing as spot reduction. What cardio are you doing?

[pyrogen]

Hate to burst your bubble, but crunches won't do anything for your buddha belly. You can't "spot reduce". If the issue is fat, that's an all-over affair.

Now if you throw in running or some other cardio exercise along with those crunches, you might get somewhere. It's also important to mix up varieties of resistance exercise, not just do one, less chance of injury that way.

[SmellyOrc]

Originally Posted by pyrogen

Hate to burst your bubble,

I love doing that. But then again, I'm pretty sadistic >: )

[dice]

As promised.

Cardio: I do 4-5 miles every other morning, or 15-20 mins of HITT. I also dance 1-3 times a week and do bikram.

Food: mostly edamame, salads, bananas, grapefruit, spinach, hemp protein, flax, almonds, and olive, all raw when I can. Sometimes eggs, fish, and soymilk. I eat all through the day, 4-7 times.

Plus 2-3 L of icy water with a bit of lemon too.

goal:


now (both relaxed and tensed):


Still a bit to go. Might need either a tanning booth (or some orange paint) too
But it's winter, a time for pale folks.

to clarify: 'crunches' meaning combination of situps on balance ball, twists with medicine ball, leg raises etc. etc.

[dice]

the pictures didnt work in the post, you can see them here, first post

Hey Zabava!

So 2 more days until an update.

I've been doing a lot of oblique work on a bench holding a 10lb weight with one hand. very strenuous and you see entire chunks of your body disappear in about 48 hours.

Also doing intervals on elliptical, heart rate to 180 in ten minutes, then ten minutes of crunches/lunges. I read that is Jessica Alba's routine.

[ArtVandelay]

The problem I have with situps/crunches is that after I do enough of them, my form starts to break down and I just end up hurting my neck. I've found that leglifts are an excellent ab workout that completely nullifies this problem.

[VacMan]

I must be at a "low" mental point.

And I probably shouldn't post this because there's no real reason to...

But sometimes...

I just don't...understand...how...people...think... (and it's probably not their fault, because the diet/fitness industry just spews a bunch of junk on average... but still... it gets me frustrated.)

I really don't feel like explaining what's been said a bunch before.

But thanks SmellyOrc and pyrogen for speaking some truth.