"Am I doing them right do you go all the way up to the knees "
op just come up until you feel the burn,
Try flex your abs as you come up for extra purchase,
After a while your muscle will allow you to come up further,
Its abs, nothings easy, |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Am I doing them right do you go all the way up to the knees op just come up until you feel the burn,
Try flex your abs as you come up for extra purchase,
After a while your muscle will allow you to come up further,
Its abs, nothings easy, "
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"Am I doing them right do you go all the way up to the knees op just come up until you feel the burn,
Try flex your abs as you come up for extra purchase,
After a while your muscle will allow you to come up further,
Its abs, nothings easy, "
Ok thank you I will try that next time |
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"Am I doing them right do you go all the way up to the knees op just come up until you feel the burn,
Try flex your abs as you come up for extra purchase,
After a while your muscle will allow you to come up further,
Its abs, nothings easy,
Ok thank you I will try that next time "
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Sit on a chair close to the edge but not on the edge. Hold the side frame with your hands either side of the chair. Now extend your legs out slight lift of the ground and now draw them in towards your chest and at the same time move forward slightly. Hold count to 3 now extend your legs back out again and as you do lean back in the chair so your whole body is at an angle. Once you build the strength hold for a little longer. Once core muscles are used to the exercise try riding a bike, or knees up first to the left and then to the right. Once you get past the pain barrier get on the floor and do sit ups and crunches. Same as on the chair but you are on your back on the floor. |
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To the chaps who mentioned the exercise, are crunches better or the full sit-up? I'm thinking I ought to, perhaps, try and see if I actually have muscles. Plenty of skin and bones, just not sure if the muscles are actually there. |
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"Crunches on a swiss ball are the safest and instead of increasing sets/reps take through a range of progressions with weights and complexities "
To tone the muscles, if there are no weights, what are the "complexities"? Do you mean simply slowing down and holding each 'crunch'? |
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if you are just starting out then make the exercise as easy as possible then progress..
tuck your feet under something , bent your knees up moving your ass nearer your feet.. put your arms clenched behind your neck..
each week straighten your legs a little until fully extended, then progress to moving your arms out in front of you as you raise ..
get those abs burning ! |
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"Crunches on a swiss ball are the safest and instead of increasing sets/reps take through a range of progressions with weights and complexities
To tone the muscles, if there are no weights, what are the "complexities"? Do you mean simply slowing down and holding each 'crunch'?"
No, there are so many crunch progressions? Slowing down any exercise is a good starting point? |
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"Crunches on a swiss ball are the safest and instead of increasing sets/reps take through a range of progressions with weights and complexities
To tone the muscles, if there are no weights, what are the "complexities"? Do you mean simply slowing down and holding each 'crunch'?
No, there are so many crunch progressions? Slowing down any exercise is a good starting point? "
Thanks. I've just tried some of the slow ones and lasted about 2 minutes. That's it, done for the day!! Urgh...that hurt!! |
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By *ruebameMan
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Just keep at it op eventually they will become easier don't put your back all the way to the floor hold half way as your going up feel the tension in your stomach as they say no pain no gain good luck |
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Another tip for you op, when finished your sit up exercise, roll over and try a plank, build up your time on it,aim for 30 sec and work it till you can manage 2 minutes. this will strengthen your core and make the sit ups easier, |
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Sit ups are very difficult to perform without putting your lower back at risk. For a stronger "core" deadlifts, squats cable crunches, if you dont have access to a gym, try variations of the plank. |
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Sit ups can be really bad for your lower back as already mentioned - a friend of mine is a professional body builder and he recommends never doing sit ups. At all.
Google core strength exercises for alternatives. You don't need to do sit ups to firm up your stomach area. |
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"Sit ups are very difficult to perform without putting your lower back at risk. For a stronger "core" deadlifts, squats cable crunches, if you dont have access to a gym, try variations of the plank."
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"Sit ups can be really bad for your lower back as already mentioned - a friend of mine is a professional body builder and he recommends never doing sit ups. At all.
Google core strength exercises for alternatives. You don't need to do sit ups to firm up your stomach area."
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Those ab cruncher things are good to get started. I can't lose that annoying back fat! I've found only thing to really drop weight is to quit the booze, otherwise it just goes straight back on. No booze in covid is pretty tough! |
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"Those ab cruncher things are good to get started. I can't lose that annoying back fat! I've found only thing to really drop weight is to quit the booze, otherwise it just goes straight back on. No booze in covid is pretty tough! "
Give up dairy, and ideally meat. Giving up dairy can seriously reduce your fat levels (I'm a boring weird vegan) |
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"Any easy way of doing sit ups finding them hard to do
What are you finding hard about them fella?
Pulling my self up,I'm just starting to do them"
Start with half sits and leg raises mate and slowly transition into sit ups. |
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"Those ab cruncher things are good to get started. I can't lose that annoying back fat! I've found only thing to really drop weight is to quit the booze, otherwise it just goes straight back on. No booze in covid is pretty tough! "
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"Any easy way of doing sit ups finding them hard to do
What are you finding hard about them fella?
Pulling my self up,I'm just starting to do them
Start with half sits and leg raises mate and slowly transition into sit ups. "
Ok thanks |
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