guys i need ur help

[nystangkid]

i've been practing doing sit ups, which i've never been good at. i need to be able to do 38 in one minute by sept 23. 2 days ago i did 10 and was like oh crap this is hard. last night i did 18, i'm improving a bit. i'm doing sit up in the afternoon and at night and adding 2 each time. any suggestions, advice...i value everyones opinion, thanks

[Joeyd6]

Don't tell ANYONE I told you this!

Head to Vitamin World...when you go in...waive hi with your left hand to the clerk. Say out loud so they can hear you "I hope Mr. Su (like the word sue) is here today." Then go to the garlic section. Just hang out there. When the sales person looks at you funny, tell him, "Tell Mr. SU I am here. I have $100 for him." If he looks at you funny, waive the $100 bill around so he can see it! he shoudl bring Mr. SU out. When he does, get on your back and start doing sit-ups. Mr. SU is really Mr. Sit Up. He will watch you do one sit-up and walk away without saying anything. That is OK! He will go in the back, and make you a special pill. When he brings it out, give him the $100 and take the pill and leave! Then, about 10 minutes before your test...pop the pill. You should do fine!

If he isn't working when you go today.......I would suggest you just keep doing what you are: More sit-ups!

[nystangkid]

lmao, that was funny...i get the point though lol

[Upandatem]

Don't tell ANYONE I told you this!

Head to Vitamin World...when you go in...waive hi with your left hand to the clerk. Say out loud so they can hear you "I hope Mr. Su (like the word sue) is here today." Then go to the garlic section. Just hang out there. When the sales person looks at you funny, tell him, "Tell Mr. SU I am here. I have $100 for him." If he looks at you funny, waive the $100 bill around so he can see it! he shoudl bring Mr. SU out. When he does, get on your back and start doing sit-ups. Mr. SU is really Mr. Sit Up. He will watch you do one sit-up and walk away without saying anything. That is OK! He will go in the back, and make you a special pill. When he brings it out, give him the $100 and take the pill and leave! Then, about 10 minutes before your test...pop the pill. You should do fine!

If he isn't working when you go today.......I would suggest you just keep doing what you are: More sit-ups!

FYI, Mr. SU works at Vitamin Mart now. He left Vitamin World months ago.

[Joeyd6]

FYI, Mr. SU works at Vitamin Mart now. He left Vitamin World months ago.

LMAO!!!!!!!! Man I hate my fat fingers type faster than my brain can say slow down! And do I hate wireless keyboards!

[NY BLUE 86]

Don't do sit-ups everyday, do them every other day. This allows a sufficient amount of time for muscle recovery, and should allow you to do more as you progress.

[NYPDpete]

Don't do sit-ups everyday, do them every other day. This allows a sufficient amount of time for muscle recovery, and should allow you to do more as you progress.

As far as muscle recovery is concerned, why do we run and do pushups every single day in the academy, and not take a day in between and focus on other areas of the body. Is there a different result if you do the same exercises daily verses doing them every other day? Are we still building muscle by doing it daily?

[Joeyd6]

As far as muscle recovery is concerned, why do we run and do pushups every single day in the academy, and not take a day in between and focus on other areas of the body. Is there a different result if you do the same exercises daily verses doing them every other day? Are we still building muscle by doing it daily?

Because there are so many people there who are out of shape.....and when they sandbag when they are in gym.......and there is little time.

Everyone pays for a hanfful of those who did not prepare!

[K-9MALY]

On the days you don't do sit ups, it doesn't mean you don't do something to strenghten your core. You need to do more than just old fashion military sit ups. Lay on your stomach and extend your arms and legs off of the ground and arch your back up as far as it will go. This begins to build your lower back as well as the upper abdominal region. You won't be doing it long, but its not the point when you first start. Do it to a count of 10, and don't put your feet or arms down until you count it out slowly.

Before you do sit ups are you stretching out your hamstrings and quads until they are nearly pre-exhausted? People who do not have a regular cardio regime and suddenly do compound movements like the sit up fall prey to getting cramps or straining the large leg muscles. The reason why is because your body will draw compensatory muscle groups to help you out with the action your making the body do. When you don't have strong core strength, you pull with the heels of your feet much harder, placing great tension on your easily damaged rear hamstrings. What generally follows your situps? The timed run!

When you do the sit ups, its basic movements that will suit you best. Don't waste any energy on getting up. It really is just getting past the 45 degree angle of your body which most people have the problem with. Exhale the air in your lungs to the point that you will not be fighting gravity, fatigue and a large lung full of air on your trip upward. It is very hard to bend your torso repeatedly with a full payload of air, it also can make you black out.

Get cracking young one!

[nystangkid]

On the days you don't do sit ups, it doesn't mean you don't do something to strenghten your core. You need to do more than just old fashion military sit ups. Lay on your stomach and extend your arms and legs off of the ground and arch your back up as far as it will go. This begins to build your lower back as well as the upper abdominal region. You won't be doing it long, but its not the point when you first start. Do it to a count of 10, and don't put your feet or arms down until you count it out slowly.

Before you do sit ups are you stretching out your hamstrings and quads until they are nearly pre-exhausted? People who do not have a regular cardio regime and suddenly do compound movements like the sit up fall prey to getting cramps or straining the large leg muscles. The reason why is because your body will draw compensatory muscle groups to help you out with the action your making the body do. When you don't have strong core strength, you pull with the heels of your feet much harder, placing great tension on your easily damaged rear hamstrings. What generally follows your situps? The timed run!

When you do the sit ups, its basic movements that will suit you best. Don't waste any energy on getting up. It really is just getting past the 45 degree angle of your body which most people have the problem with. Exhale the air in your lungs to the point that you will not be fighting gravity, fatigue and a large lung full of air on your trip upward. It is very hard to bend your torso repeatedly with a full payload of air, it also can make you black out.

Get cracking young one!

thanks for all the info. i dont stretch before doing situps. ur saying i should? i did notice my legs were getting pretty damn sore when i was doing them today.

[mpd145]

FYI, Mr. SU works at Vitamin Mart now. He left Vitamin World months ago.

Are you sure its not Vitamin Shoppe???

[P01IC3M4N]

here's what worked for me. get down in the sit up position. put a donut on each knee. handcuff your hands behind your head. you'll do situps all day long if that's what it takes to finish off those f'ing donuts.

[nystangkid]

hahaha funny