This work out is built around trying to generally lose fat and to strengthen abdominal muscels.
Three main ingredients:
-Treadmill
-Situps
-Healthier Eating
Submitted by team g20 on November 9, 2006 - 7:50pm.
nicole,
I would recommend the Full Body Day 1 and Full Body Day 2 alternating every two days during the workweek. Then, on weekends do 30-40 minutes of cardio.
If you truly want to lose weight (and tone muscle) that is the way I lost quite a bit of extra baggage since last June when I started.
Treadmill for cardio, then the ab workouts to.. build your abs :D
Eventually the fat on your belly (and in general) will decrease enough to be able to see your abs. Seeing your abs fully defined is at about 8% body fat I think. But you can see slight outlines at around 10-15.
Submitted by nateritter on March 29, 2007 - 2:52am.
I'm not an expert, but I've seen plenty of studies and reports on situps not being good for your neck and back. Better to use some other method that works the same area, like the bicycle exercise on your back or something.
How often do you do this routine? This is almost exactly what I'm looking for, but I'm wondering if doing it 2-3 times a week is going to do any good ( obviously its better than nothing). I'm not terribly overweight, just starting to get the dreaded gut. Any thoughts?( I'm new at this whole self motivated exercise thing, so thanks in advance)
They are. I think the old style of sit-up where you had your knees bent, feet flat on the floor and you are trying to go up and touch your elbow to your knee is giving them a bad name. That is fine for somebody who is already in shape. If you are packing 10, 15 or 20 extra pounds and in that mid-section area, then your lower lumbar muscles aren't toned and it is really easy using sit ups to actually injure the quadratus lumborum muscle on the back that counter the abdominal muscles in the front. That is when you get a sore back and your low back starts hurting. The answer to that is to use modified sit-ups depending on the person. If you have a low back problem, I would isolate that area so that you are not engaging the hip muscles because usually what happens is that they start to engage the hip flexor muscles and that puts a lot of pressure on the lumbar area of the low back.
I'm not an expert, but I've seen plenty of studies and reports on situps not being good for your neck and back. Better to use some other method that works the same area, like the bicycle exercise on your back or something.
I am no expert either, but I heard it was holding your hands behind your head and pulling on your head that hurts your neck/upper back. I belive it because I can feel the pulling if I keep my hands behind my head, even if I try not to. I just don't put my hands behind my head for any of those kinds of exersize.
Losing belly fat is based on the 50% exercise and 50% on the planned nutrition. Regardless of how much you workout, if the number of calories you take in is greater than the amount you burn, you’ll still put on abdominal fat. I believed that sit ups and leg raises would help, but after I read more about the excercises which actually make you lose belly fat are crunches, crunch machines, hip lifts, and reverse crunches.
Submitted by sabinuta on October 24, 2007 - 8:31am.
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So simple!
Such a simple aproach.... does it actually work?
How Viable
Does this really work because i have lots of fat to get rid of and i really need help finding a good plan to stick to!
I would recommend
nicole,
I would recommend the Full Body Day 1 and Full Body Day 2 alternating every two days during the workweek. Then, on weekends do 30-40 minutes of cardio.
If you truly want to lose weight (and tone muscle) that is the way I lost quite a bit of extra baggage since last June when I started.
Give it a try! I've been successful with it.
Of course
Treadmill for cardio, then the ab workouts to.. build your abs :D
Eventually the fat on your belly (and in general) will decrease enough to be able to see your abs. Seeing your abs fully defined is at about 8% body fat I think. But you can see slight outlines at around 10-15.
Situps aren't really that great for you
I'm not an expert, but I've seen plenty of studies and reports on situps not being good for your neck and back. Better to use some other method that works the same area, like the bicycle exercise on your back or something.
Frequency?
How often do you do this routine? This is almost exactly what I'm looking for, but I'm wondering if doing it 2-3 times a week is going to do any good ( obviously its better than nothing). I'm not terribly overweight, just starting to get the dreaded gut. Any thoughts?( I'm new at this whole self motivated exercise thing, so thanks in advance)
Exorcise That Belly!
Of course any exercise you start doing regularly will get rid of the "fat" on your stomach, especially if you do such lengthy CV every now and again.
Situps ARE really that great for you
They are. I think the old style of sit-up where you had your knees bent, feet flat on the floor and you are trying to go up and touch your elbow to your knee is giving them a bad name. That is fine for somebody who is already in shape. If you are packing 10, 15 or 20 extra pounds and in that mid-section area, then your lower lumbar muscles aren't toned and it is really easy using sit ups to actually injure the quadratus lumborum muscle on the back that counter the abdominal muscles in the front. That is when you get a sore back and your low back starts hurting. The answer to that is to use modified sit-ups depending on the person. If you have a low back problem, I would isolate that area so that you are not engaging the hip muscles because usually what happens is that they start to engage the hip flexor muscles and that puts a lot of pressure on the lumbar area of the low back.
re: Situps aren't really that great for you
I am no expert either, but I heard it was holding your hands behind your head and pulling on your head that hurts your neck/upper back. I belive it because I can feel the pulling if I keep my hands behind my head, even if I try not to. I just don't put my hands behind my head for any of those kinds of exersize.
Losing Belly Fat
Losing belly fat is based on the 50% exercise and 50% on the planned nutrition. Regardless of how much you workout, if the number of calories you take in is greater than the amount you burn, you’ll still put on abdominal fat. I believed that sit ups and leg raises would help, but after I read more about the excercises which actually make you lose belly fat are crunches, crunch machines, hip lifts, and reverse crunches.
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Loosing weight can be a real pain but it's not impossible and you know that. Good luck to all of you out there who are struggling with this problem.
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