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post #1 of 12
3/31/08 at 7:31pm
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How many sit-ups a day is too many?

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post #2 of 12
3/31/08 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by PCabrelli View Post
How many sit-ups a day is too many?

Paolo
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I may be wrong but if you're doing them strictly for abs, intercostals, one is one too many. Crunches done correctly is a purer movement. Situps engage too many extraneous muscle groups to be as efficient for abs.

Let the naysaying begin!
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post #3 of 12
3/31/08 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by The Deacon View Post
I may be wrong but if you're doing them strictly for abs, intercostals, one is one too many. Crunches done correctly is a purer movement. Situps engage too many extraneous muscle groups to be as efficient for abs. Let the naysaying begin!
Efficient? That's like saying squats are bad for the quadriceps because they're inefficient...
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post #4 of 12
3/31/08 at 10:39pm
They still aren't anywhere near the best thing to work your abs, which was his point. To answer the OP's question, I don't think it's really possible to do too many, don't worry about it.
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post #5 of 12
3/31/08 at 10:47pm
Too much is when you break your neck doing situps.
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post #6 of 12
4/1/08 at 12:56pm
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They still aren't anywhere near the best thing to work your abs, which was his point.

Then what kind of workout focuses on your abs ?
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post #7 of 12
4/1/08 at 3:12pm
Try an abwheel (or sheet of paper if you don't want to buy more crap), or weighted crunches.
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post #8 of 12
4/1/08 at 3:23pm
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=53876
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post #9 of 12
4/1/08 at 4:11pm
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Originally Posted by playdohh22 View Post
Then what kind of workout focuses on your abs ?

There's millions. Bicycles, active planks (doing a plank and lifting one arm barely off the floor, keeping your hips and spine completely stable), dead bug-legs (for the transverse abdominals), swim kicks, reverse crunches, crunches, basically there's a million things you can do to active your abs, look some of them up. Coreperformance.com has a lot of good ones, you can get a free trial account with them.
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post #10 of 12
4/1/08 at 6:14pm
Eason, are planks the same thing as bridges?
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post #11 of 12
4/1/08 at 10:58pm
Probably
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post #12 of 12
4/6/08 at 4:39am
The plank/bridge is when you put your forearm on the ground and your toes on the ground and keep your body as straight as possible. The side plank works your obliques. Another good one is the Superman. Get on your knees and hands. Then extend one leg behind you and straighten it. To balance, extend the opposite arm out. It is similar to deadbug except you're not on your back. Put a small bag of sand on your lumbar to make sure that your back is straight and parallel to the ground and that you're not hurting your back. Most abdominal exercises, when done poorly, can hurt the back. I was a candidate for grad school in exercise physiology until I realized grad school is a huge pain in the ass. The science is fun, the process is stupid.
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