sit-ups

I Did The Two Hundred (Sit-Ups That Is)

Last Friday I finished up Week 6 of the Two Hundred Sit-Ups challenge and planned to attempt the magic two hundred some time over the weekend. Saturday was a little soon after Friday’s workout, and to be honest I forget all about the sit-ups on Sunday. By the time I remembered on Sunday evening I [...]


Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 6 Day 3

Week 6 Day 3 – the final workout of the Two Hundred Sit-Ups challenge. I made it through to the end with no real problems and probably could have done more at the end if my life depended on it.
Required: 39, 39, 50, 50, 39, 39, 33, 33, at least 105
Actual: 39, 39, 50, 50, [...]


Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 5 Day 2

Required: 30, 30, 36, 36, 27, 27, 33, at least 70
Actual: 30, 30, 36, 36, 27, 27, 33, 100
A few extra sets thrown in for good measure today which made the workout slightly more challenging. To hurry things through, I also lowered the recovery time to 30 seconds between sets. Good workout and nice to [...]


Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 5 Day 1

Over the course of the weekend I performed the end-of-week-four exhaustion test to determine which column I’d be following in Week 5. After knocking out a straight 100 in several of the previous workouts, I was sure column 3 would be the one for me. I managed 110 sit-ups during the test before calling it [...]


Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 4 Day 3

Good to get the sit-ups out of the way early on in the day. No real problems, but I wasn’t totally focused and it was a bit of a chore to work my way through the reps.
Required: 45 50 45 45 at least 60
Actual: 45 50 45 45 100
Not bad though – 285 sit-ups in [...]


Two Hundred Sit-Ups Week 4 Day 2

Another round of the sit-ups, a little tougher than Monday, but still quite manageable.
Required: 38, 45, 38, 38, at least 54
Actual: 38, 45, 38, 38, 100
By the way, word from the developer responsible for the Hundred Push Ups iPhone App – the Two Hundred Sit-Ups iPhone App has been submitted to Apple and should be [...]