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Max Payne206
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Posted - 2008.07.25 04:22:00 -
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Edited by: Max Payne206 on 25/07/2008 04:22:33
I've been starting to work out lately by doing some jogging, pushups, situps, shoulder press(with a long cat scratching post and a backpack in the middle to act like a 30pound weight). I'd like to find an ab exercise that can give good resistance(by adding some form of weight) and that I can do at home and that it can only have household items used with it (no barbells, dumbells etc...). It needs to make me use 50% of my strength and I should be able to do 20 repetitions of it. Anyone got any suggestions? I'm too cheap to get a gym membership.
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Galligher
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Posted - 2008.07.25 04:42:00 -
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Edited by: Galligher on 25/07/2008 04:42:52
The backpack?
or instead of situps, do leglifts
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Verlyn
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Posted - 2008.07.25 04:43:00 -
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Ab working guide.
Make sure to have the same kind of footage going on in the background.
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
Terradyne Networks
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Posted - 2008.07.25 04:55:00 -
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Edited by: Micheal Dietrich on 25/07/2008 04:56:27
Apparently your too cheap to get equipment too or I would suggest putting a single weight onto the middle of the dumbell, putting your hands on the edges, and rolling across the floor. The weight/resistance comes from you each time you stretch out and pull back in.
Do it wrong though and you just end up with back pains.
EDIT: on a side note tomorrow I'm picking up a punching bag and hopefully this weekend I'll have a freestand for it that also has a speed bag already attached.
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goodby4u
Logistic Technologies Incorporated
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Posted - 2008.07.25 05:02:00 -
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I do situps with a weight on my chest, it works fine.
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Eternal Error
Exitus Acta Probant
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Posted - 2008.07.25 05:44:00 -
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Situps can be bad for your back and fail to isolate your abs completely. I would suggest doing crunches instead.
However, since they're basically the same thing and you don't want that... you could try hanging leg raises (you'd need something akin to where you would do a pullup to accomplish these).
I'd suggest investing in, at a bare minimum, a set of dumbbells TBH. You can build a complete home gym with a power rack, barbell, FID bench, and some dumbbells. If you shop around properly, that'll set you back less than a grand tops new. Cheaper on craigslist.
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Victor Valka
Caldari
Kissaki Corporation
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Posted - 2008.07.25 06:04:00 -
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Another vote for crunches.
Listen to this guy. He's doing it right.
 Originally by: Roxanna Kell
You are insane.
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Eternal Error
Exitus Acta Probant
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Posted - 2008.07.25 06:06:00 -
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I'd also like to add that I hope you are not one of the morons who pays attention to infomercials or the average American and believes that you can get abs just by working them. For males, you generally have to have <10% body fat to have visible abs. This means that the main issue isn't working the abs, it's getting lean. Despite what people will tell you, there is no such thing as spot reduction of fat (i.e. doing crunches does not make you lose more fat around the abdominal area as opposed to other areas).
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goodby4u
Logistic Technologies Incorporated
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Posted - 2008.07.25 06:12:00 -
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Originally by: Eternal Error
I'd also like to add that I hope you are not one of the morons who pays attention to infomercials or the average American and believes that you can get abs just by working them. For males, you generally have to have <10% body fat to have visible abs. This means that the main issue isn't working the abs, it's getting lean. Despite what people will tell you, there is no such thing as spot reduction of fat (i.e. doing crunches does not make you lose more fat around the abdominal area as opposed to other areas).
This is indeed correct, infact most heavy lifters don look like the body builders in those infomercials, they look slightly overweight.
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Bistot Kid
The First Thing You'll Ever See
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Posted - 2008.07.25 06:24:00 -
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I play Eve online to get fit. I'm currently looking to buy a mumu.
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Daelorn
Perkone
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Posted - 2008.07.25 08:22:00 -
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Originally by: Eternal Error
I'd also like to add that I hope you are not one of the morons who pays attention to infomercials or the average American and believes that you can get abs just by working them. For males, you generally have to have <10% body fat to have visible abs. This means that the main issue isn't working the abs, it's getting lean. Despite what people will tell you, there is no such thing as spot reduction of fat (i.e. doing crunches does not make you lose more fat around the abdominal area as opposed to other areas).
QFT
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