How do you do(exerscise ques)

Sunny Posted: May 08, 2003 12:43 PM

How do you do(exerscise ques)

A proper crunch? And how many a day should i do to see results soon! Is it possible to do too many?

MarcellaBella Posted: May 08, 2003 01:04 PM

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you can do 248203948234 crunches, but unless you eat properly and shed that layer of fat that's on top of your abs, you will never see results.. now I don't know what type of shape you're in, so I'm just assuming..

there's dif types of crunches for dif parts of your abs..

what kind are you doing now?

Sunny Posted: May 08, 2003 01:07 PM

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I knew you would know!

I am currently not doing any
I am embarrased to say so. I recently lost almost 25 pds, I plan on losing may 10 more.

I need to tone up. I want to get into some kind of routine for my arms and stomach. I will probably try videos or something. In the meantime, I want to start with crunches and hand weights.

wacky Posted: May 08, 2003 01:08 PM

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lay on your back and keep lifting for those OREOS

Sunny Posted: May 08, 2003 01:09 PM

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Maybe if I hang some oreos or chocolate from the ceiling...That will keep me motivated!

wacky Posted: May 08, 2003 01:09 PM

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works for me

MarcellaBella Posted: May 08, 2003 01:18 PM

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Congrats!! that's a great accomplishment girl!! Don't sound so down.. do you realize that you had the actual B ALLS to do what so many women haven't done, or have pushed aside for soo long to do? give yourself a pat on the back!!

Quality is what you want when it comes to abs, not quantiity.. You can do 3 sets of nice easy slow of 25 and get a burn and you can do 500 quick crunches and not see or feel anything.. the easiest way of doing a crunch would be to lay down on the ground, swing your legs over the bed.. while you're larying down, you have to get your breathing down, you must know that in order to get any muscle group to react to any of the exercises you do, you have to get oxygen to them.. okay?

so **** in your stomach as though you want your belly button to press against your spine and keep your back straight and firmly palnted on the ground.. (some of you ladies may know that in pilates, they instruct you to do the same)

put your hands behind your head.. but DO NOT have your hands bring your head up and do not put them behind your neck..

breathe in and as you come up, not all the way, tighten the mid section.. nice and slow. hold that for a (count to 3) and then slowly come down, beeathing in and don't let your head hit the floor.. and keep your mid section tightened..

that works out your upper abs..

your lower abs, you want to do legs lifts.

lay down on the ground.. hands on your side.. raise your legs abotu 6 inches off the ground, inhaling as they come up.. ONLY 6 inches off the ground.. and then lower them but don't lay them down on the ground.. that is how you build resistance..

I will edit and add more info for the obliques (very important for women, I think, because it cinches the waist) and I will edit with simple moves you can do for your arms..

be back in a bit!

Sunny Posted: May 08, 2003 01:22 PM

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Marcella- thank you so much! You are the best!

alina Posted: May 08, 2003 02:18 PM

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Marcella, you're better at describing than me, but there also a dumbell based exercise for obliques. Standing up, place a small dumpbell in your right hand, and place the left on your head/ear for balance. Slowly, bend sideways to the right, letting the hand with the dumpbell slide down the side of your body... This will shape up the side waist muscles.

MarcellaBella Posted: May 08, 2003 02:22 PM

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be VERY careful with those type of exercises.. you will build up your obliques alright but instead of shrinking your mid section, it'll thicken your waist!

Anniegrl Posted: May 08, 2003 02:29 PM

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Marcella - I was JUST about to say that!

shamma Posted: May 08, 2003 02:30 PM

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Don't forget your form, you can do 293376487485489 ab exercise and get nothing out of it, if you do not have the proper form and you may end up hurting yourself. Its not a matter of how many you do, but the quality of the # that you do.

kelly6273 Posted: May 08, 2003 02:32 PM

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Marcella...you sound exactly like Mari Winsor in the pilates video...I love pilates!!!

alina Posted: May 08, 2003 02:41 PM

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Marcella, why would they thicken the waist?

MarcellaBella Posted: May 08, 2003 02:46 PM

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Annie, so often I'm at the gym and I see women working out.. and they bust their a55 and yet they are doing moves that they shouldn't be doing AT ALL.. or they have totally bad form.. I want to help them soo bad.. but from all the dirty looks I get, screw them! lol

Anniegrl Posted: May 08, 2003 02:50 PM

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I know! And it's not just women either! The guys are just as bad; sometimes worse. Don't you hate it when you see guys doing lat pull-downs, and they bend back so far that their bodies are almost parallel to the ground? Grrrrr! I hate that!

Alina, the obliques, when worked with weights, naturally get bigger just like any muscle. So, big obliques = thick waist. Think of a gymnast's body. Those girls have NO waist! (but abs of steel)

shamma Posted: May 08, 2003 03:03 PM

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Marcella, what I don't get is when I walk across the floor and I get the nasty looks like what are you doing here?? I am like, why are you hating, tho'??? I work hard to get here and I am working hard to maintain it. I usually point out a person doing an exercise wrong to the teacher when I am in a class. Some people might take it wrong as if you are a know it all or something.

MarcellaBella Posted: May 08, 2003 03:33 PM

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shamma, you tattle tail! lol they are like SHHH!!! here she comes!

whoops.. i hit send to early lol

I hate that.. They look at me like what is this little thin girl doing here.. or better yet instead of asking me about anything, which I would be so happy to help, they stare and then everywhere I look they copy my entire work out ! lol it's hilarious..

Annie, you are so right!! or better yet when they are doing supinating curls with TOO much weight and their are wobbling front and back and their elbows are all over the place! lol

You know what else I can't stand!! seeing people jump from machine to machine.. from leg extensions to doing rows, with 10 pounds lol, to doing abs, then doing inner and outter on the abductor machines !! lol then they go to a class! lol