Exercise update

[elfs]

Man, I thought Yamaraashi-chan and I were about to die Monday night as we closed in on our target, but we both made it: 72 push-ups and 116 sit-ups. We've been plateaued around 68 for the last two weeks, but we broke through Monday. She keeps poking herself in the belly. "I can feel the muscle under there, but I still have this," she said as she pushed the upper layer of fat around.

"You're not supposed to lose that," Omaha said. "You're a girl, Y-chan."

Tonight's target: 80 push-ups and 119 sit-ups. Ouch, that's a lot of push-ups. Deep breath, lots of protein. We'll make it.

Comments

[norincraft.livejournal.com]

Is that in one shot or it is the total?

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

Those numbers are the total. There are 5 sessions with a brief waiting period between each.

For example one evening's sessions would be:
Push Ups: 19 13 13 19 16(or more if you can)
Sit Ups: 25 18 18 25 23(or more if you can)
And the rest periods are 120 min each for Monday, 90 for Wednesday and 60 for Friday.

Can't remember for sure if these were the exact numbers but Elf has a couple of sites he goes to for the program. We're doing the middle tier.

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

So what, just because I'm doing modified push-ups and sit-ups I don't count? ;p

For your readers: The modification I'm doing is while sitting I push my arms out forward and backward in the air, mimic-ing a push-up, and for sit-ups I sit and pull my stomach in (you gotta make sure you use your tummy muscles and not your back, which isn't as easy as it sounds). I also add some other arm exercises during the rest period to make sure I get the triceps too.