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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Did someone set this program up for you? The 5 sets of 50 crunches seems a little odd. I do three sets of 12 and my abs are on fire. Do you think your doing a proper crunch?
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No one set that routine up for me per say. My ex is a personal trainer now in Red Deer, when we worked out she did everything in sets of 5 with breaks in between. I have continued that and added reps as I could.
Are you contracting and holding before each situp? I am not at that level yet where I am trying to get stomach definition and pop the abs - once I get so I can see more than 2 abs, then I will upguage in difficulty and do more focussed crunches.
I use the standared US Army exercise wall charts. I modified the abs because I dont work out with partner so I put my legs up against the wall at 90 degrees, crunch so that your elbows touch your knees and hold for a 2 one thousand count - it does burn after the 4th and 5th set, but you add in the pushups and 45s rest in between plus ridiculously loud music on my Ipod and I can push through it.
For me hanging ab crunches with weights from a pullup bar are what kill me.