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zenith

ZiggyStar wrote:

zenith wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

Ab exercises......what should I do?

And I'd just like to thank everyone here for helping me and giving me advice!

cant beat the good ol crunch, front and side - done properly ....

Front and side....please explain?

front (front abs) and side (obliques)

if you want to make them harder, instead of knees bent, rest them up on a coffee table, or a swiss ball - or harder still, hold your legs up in that position with nothing to rest them on.

The Champ

zenith wrote:

if you want to make them harder, instead of knees bent, rest them up on a coffee table, or a swiss ball - or harder still, hold your legs up in that position with nothing to rest them on.

Ziggy, at first just focus on holding your abs tight throughout all exercises..or else you'll drive yourself crazy trying to get a six-pack...it's all about shedding the fat around the belly....anyway, chick abs are not sexy ..

ZiggyStar

zenith wrote:

front (front abs) and side (obliques)

if you want to make them harder, instead of knees bent, rest them up on a coffee table, or a swiss ball - or harder still, hold your legs up in that position with nothing to rest them on.

What's the proper position to work obliques?

ZiggyStar

The Champ wrote:

zenith wrote:

if you want to make them harder, instead of knees bent, rest them up on a coffee table, or a swiss ball - or harder still, hold your legs up in that position with nothing to rest them on.

Ziggy, at first just focus on holding your abs tight throughout all exercises..or else you'll drive yourself crazy trying to get a six-pack...it's all about shedding the fat around the belly....anyway, chick abs are not sexy ..

Yeahhh....I want to shed that belly fat for sure! Damn beer! :x

But I don't want to get hard....I like being soft. The hard 6 pack terminator woman look just isn't me at all!

Thanks for the advice, Champ!

Random_Wookie

sit ups should be done slow and steady! doing twenty slow is better than 20 fast!

zenith

ZiggyStar wrote:

zenith wrote:

front (front abs) and side (obliques)

if you want to make them harder, instead of knees bent, rest them up on a coffee table, or a swiss ball - or harder still, hold your legs up in that position with nothing to rest them on.

What's the proper position to work obliques?

front abs
http://www.flashmavi.com/weight_trainin ... cise.shtml

obliques - just cross your elbow over to meet the diagonal knee (eg right elbow to left knee) this will work the muscles on the side of your abdomanals, your obliques - tones your waist

ZiggyStar

I've been doing this 20 minute stretching, sit ups, push ups, other basic stuff routine every now and then for about a year now --- it's amazing how hard it is to do such simple movements....for me.

http://www.realage.com/videos/workouts/ ... r-workout/

This is a screenshot from the video -- I couldn't believe how hard that was at first! lol Easy now though. One exercise makes you sit with one knee bent and one leg right out in front of you, hands around bend knee and you lift the straight leg up and down as high off the ground as you can! That exercise still kills me! :?

DonJon

Tongue on the roof of the mouth when doing sit ups....supports neck muscles

Good stomach exercise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m844j8L5jIE but keep the back straight

zenith

ZiggyStar wrote:

I've been doing this 20 minute stretching, sit ups, push ups, other basic stuff routine every now and then for about a year now --- it's amazing how hard it is to do such simple movements....for me.

http://www.realage.com/videos/workouts/ ... r-workout/

This is a screenshot from the video -- I couldn't believe how hard that was at first! lol Easy now though. One exercise makes you sit with one knee bent and one leg right out in front of you, hands around bend knee and you lift the straight leg up and down as high off the ground as you can! That exercise still kills me! :?

thats a bit like a yoga stance - the sphinx - works all your core muscles. in class all the girls carry on like 1 minute of it is torture, but i just zone out ... make patterns out of the marks on the floor matts - that sort of thing. so long as you keep your core tight its easy to pass the time.

Random_Wookie

DonJon wrote:

Tongue on the roof of the mouth when doing sit ups....supports neck muscles

if you dont you are in for one sore neck! happen a couple of weeks ago to me!

ZiggyStar

Thanks for the links guys!

You know what? I can't even touch my toes! How bad is that!!! I wonder how long it will take me until I can?

I don't look really unfit but I obviously am. :roll:

DonJon

I dont think I can touch my toes either.

Yeah wookie Ive got a slight sore neck from 150 chins the other day...still

Random_Wookie

does sitting down count? if not then no i cant either

zenith

DonJon wrote:

I dont think I can touch my toes either.

Yeah wookie Ive got a slight sore neck from 150 chins the other day...still

i had to get up and try ...

just ....

makes those hammies hurt tho ....

decides2dream

touching your toes has nada to do with being fit, and everything to do with being flexible. i am terribly unfit, but i can easily touch my toes, lay my palms on the floor flat while standing straight. i am merely flexible, always have been. my husband has never been able to touch his toes and tho he is not as fit as he once was....he's still heaps more fit than i am! he was a runner in his younger years, and runners are notorious for being less flexible.

point being - don't beat yourself up over not being able to touch your toes. flexibility is a seperate issue from being fit, tho the two can go hand in hand, if you want them to.


outside of a lot of walking/stair-climbing M-F....i don't have a daily workout, tho i will....eventually.

ZiggyStar

I think I put flexible and fit in the same category. I've been doing a bit of stretching to help with my flexibility. Maybe I should start doing yoga?

zenith

yoga is boring - except for a streach warm down .... just keep excersising, you'll get more flexible .... and if your flexible where & when it counts, who cares if you can touch your toes

Random_Wookie

today

15 mins strecting my back
3 * 15 @ 50kg lat pull down
3 * 15 @ 30kg chest press on a swiss ball
2 * 22 @ 30kg bent over row
2 * 10 push ups
20 mins strecting my back amd chest

Random_Wookie

ZiggyStar wrote:

I think I put flexible and fit in the same category. I've been doing a bit of stretching to help with my flexibility. Maybe I should start doing yoga?

i can touch my toes!!!! just tried it then!!! I can complete marathons, yet ask me to do certian flexability exercises and I fail badly. yoga is great, i love doing it for relaxation

ZiggyStar

Okay, yesterday I did:

30 sit ups
30 push ups
80 toe tap things
10 minute jog (I was fucked after that -- got asthma -- nearly died -- but it felt GOOD! )
20 min online workout - stretching, sit ups, push ups, leg raises, squats and a heap of other exercises




And this morning I did that same 20 min online workout again today -- I've gone up to intermediate class now -- and I did really well. Works the core heaps which is what I need. Going out drinking after work so that's all I'll get time for today. I'm actually annoyed by that too which is strange! :?

My thighs are still sore but doing those 2 workouts last night and this morning made them feel a bit better I think. Walking down stairs kills them though! lol

I really should take a before photo of myself now so I can compare it to when I'm HOT in 80 days!

ZiggyStar

zenith wrote:

yoga is boring - except for a streach warm down .... just keep excersising, you'll get more flexible .... and if your flexible where & when it counts, who cares if you can touch your toes

Okay....however I have seen some yoga positions where I've thought "now that could be fun and very useful!!" High levels of flexibility definitely does have its advantages!

decides2dream

ZiggyStar wrote:

I think I put flexible and fit in the same category. I've been doing a bit of stretching to help with my flexibility. Maybe I should start doing yoga?

as i said, they may go hand in hand.....but they are not mutually exclusive. i am quite unfit at the moment, and yet....amazingly flexible. it's just how i am. no matter how fit my husband was/is, he is not very physically flexible, never was...probably never will be. yoga definitely would help, so would simple stretches and all if it is a goal of yours.


good luck!

DonJon

Im as fit as fuck and cant touch my toes . Very short hammies...gimme 100kg deadlifts and I struggle to lower below the knee.

Good work Zig :!:

Random_Wookie

DonJon wrote:

Im as fit as fuck and cant touch my toes . Very short hammies...gimme 100kg deadlifts and I struggle to lower below the knee.

Good work Zig :!:

i got so tight through the aklies and calfs i could not do squats or lunges for a while with out being pulled to far foward during the exercise.

DonJon

Yeah exactly. When I get that heavy if I try to go too low the back just begins to arch.

What can I do at the gym today Wookie....Im bored and in one of those moods :roll: . Pick me a workout and Ill give it a crack

Riverrunner

Didn't get too much of a real work out in Chicago, unless you call 12 hours x 2 days of Pearl Jam pre-parties, concerts, and after parties working out! But we did swim in Lake Michigan! Brrrr....... it was so cold! We didn't take our wetsuits but we got in 1/2 mile at the Ohio Street Beach. I guess people there are used to it as there were lots of people swimming. Back home, but finding it hard to get back to the routine. We were supposed to bike this evening, but neither hubby nor I weren't motivated enough.

Random_Wookie

DonJon wrote:

Yeah exactly. When I get that heavy if I try to go too low the back just begins to arch.

What can I do at the gym today Wookie....Im bored and in one of those moods :roll: . Pick me a workout and Ill give it a crack

nfi on the workout, but what have you done the last few days? perhaps a class of some kind? or something you would not normally do?

zenith

i have white chocolate mudcake in the fridge. :?

i did just do my usual weights set tho ......

DonJon

Riverrunner wrote:

Didn't get too much of a real work out in Chicago, unless you call 12 hours x 2 days of Pearl Jam pre-parties, concerts, and after parties working out! But we did swim in Lake Michigan! Brrrr....... it was so cold! We didn't take our wetsuits but we got in 1/2 mile at the Ohio Street Beach. I guess people there are used to it as there were lots of people swimming. Back home, but finding it hard to get back to the routine. We were supposed to bike this evening, but neither hubby nor I weren't motivated enough.

I think you are excused RR...you do enough.

Good to hear you enjoyed the concerts/parties. Its MY turn next . Bring on November

DonJon

Random_Wookie wrote:

DonJon wrote:

Yeah exactly. When I get that heavy if I try to go too low the back just begins to arch.

What can I do at the gym today Wookie....Im bored and in one of those moods :roll: . Pick me a workout and Ill give it a crack

nfi on the workout, but what have you done the last few days? perhaps a class of some kind? or something you would not normally do?

Nah Im not a class man. Might do some weightish crap today. Maybe some bent over rows or some cable action....yep thats its...Im gonna have a stability/core day.

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