AB FAB- Absolutly Fabulously Flat Fall Abs (Page 6)

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This ab work is interesting -- good work all for keeping on top of your challenge. I have never -NEVER-devoted ANY effort in this area. In just a short time I can say I can tell that there is a change ah-comin. Just riding my bike felt different today. I want to really make a change in this area...I will!

Oops. I'm coming clean. It was my birthday on Wednesday and I totally forgot about the Ab challenge. I'll have to do a double tonight.

Van

I don't wanna read through the rest of the posts but:

If possible, do some weighted ab work. During my powerlifting days, I got made fun of for still having a sixpack from the guys I lifted with. Was actually called "six" by most of em
Heres the workout that will KILL your abs:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do;jsessionid=DF9EB27D3373929A313...

If you can possibly do this workout, DO IT!

Otherwise, good look to everyone! Don't forget about your obliques!

Yes vanezo...make sure you heinously punish yourself today in the abdominal region. Oh, and Happy Birthday.

So glad for this challenge. Because of the hurricane I am living with friends and working out of a satellite office in Pensacola, FL. I am working 15 hour days and on conference calls for hours at a time. I decided to start doing crunches while on conference calls and it passes the time and its the only exercise I am getting. We have located 500 of our 700 employees. I am still missing 10 in my department but am hopeful they have located to a safe location and just haven't gotten through. We have moved to Gulf Shores for the weekend and I think I may get to ride a bike today. Challenge week 2 complete

Wheee, since the start I have done 474 crunches!! Haven't even missed a day. Don't have a birthday through this, so I decided I'd double up on my half-birthday (9/1), and then forgot as it blew right by - so I did 66 crunches today.

This challenge has been awesome for me.

Wow! That around the world workout is crazy! I'll have to try it...

Did my birthday penance today. Killer.

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Wow - I am so late to the party, but I'm jumping in anyway. Picking up the around the world workout -- which is a killer, by the way! Thanks Jen for posting the link to the article!!

Sep-5 225
Sep-12 225
Sep-19 375
Sep-26 375
Oct-3 525
Oct-10 525
Oct-17 675
Oct-24 675
Oct-31 825

Edited by ChipmunkHeart 2005-09-06 1:45 PM

What a great challenge!!
I'm late to this challenge, but I'll start too.   I need it!  
My Birthday is Sept 12.   oh joy

Sept 6	120
Sept 12	240	gasp!  older and ...wiser?
Sept 13	132
Sept 20	148
Sept 27	164
Oct 4	180
Oct 11	200
Oct 18	220
Oct 25	244	ouch!

All these crunches and core workouts are starting to show and my abs are getting stronger and stronger and stronger. Anyway, I have been reading about fat burning, heart rates etc. I typically train at a pretty intense to moderately intense level which apparently burns carbs and not a lot of fat. In order for me to get rid of those nasty HANDLES O' LOVE I think I need to train longer with less intensity. So I am going to add a long, long light intensity run to my workouts once per week and see what that does for me. I will let you all know how it goes.

Funny you should mention this, I just had this discussion w/one of the trainers at the gym last week. They said that most folks really overestimate where their heart rate needs to be to be in a 'fat burning' zone and often end up overdoing and in the sugar/carb burning range, which just ends up shortening the workout cause you've used up your energy reserves.

Good luck and do report back!

Congrats! It does seem to get better - my abs are no longer screaming at me, and just feel nicely worked over.

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Week two, rinse, repeat.

So far so good,

Week Crunches % Inc
1 350
2 470 34%
3 520 11%
4 600 15%

I get to take tomorrow off.

I am really late joining in but I am gonna anyway.  Hope to see some good results!