Is this a good workout?

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

I usally am not in a position to do a daily workout. Not cause of how busy I am but because of people over at my place... at work... or because Im doing something else.

Now is 100 Crunches

40 with your back flat on the ground and you knees up and bent but ur feet touching the ground.

20 with your back flat on the ground and your legs all the way to the right.

20 with your back flat on the ground and your legs all the way to the left.

20 with your back flat on the ground and your legs all the way to the

20 with your back flat on the ground and your knees bent and pushed to your stomach.

Then doing a good deal of reps of curels on each arm. Totalling about 200 on each arm. (Only weight I got was my 20 pounder)

Then when you put the weight behind your head and use both arms to raise and lower it with you back in a chair. Do a couple reps of those.

Now doing those about 5 times a week... will I see/notice a difference?

Ive been doing this for about 2 weeks and my stomach feels like it has tighened up a bit.

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[TeenWolf 10+ year member]

Any activity is good and you'll notice a difference over time. If you want to optimize results, then go to fitness web site for a better workout regime.

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

looks pretty weak to me, but better than nothing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

if you are only working out your abs and your arms... NO that ROUTINE SUX....

you should work out your entire body...

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

The crunches with your legs to the left and right are not good for your back. Try the ones where you bring the elbow to your knee. 100 crunches should be done within 5-10mins. As for the curling, you will not build much muscle with that weight. But you will cut up the muscle you already have. Throw some pushups, squat jumps in to the mix and you will get better results. Pushups are the most effective wieghtless thing you can do.

 

[DemonaL 10+ year member]

try gettin some weight, like a weight ball, theres mutliple things you can do with it... its harder also..

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

I usally am not in a position to do a daily workout. Not cause of how busy I am but because of people over at my place... at work... or because Im doing something else.
Now is 100 Crunches

40 with your back flat on the ground and you knees up and bent but ur feet touching the ground.

20 with your back flat on the ground and your legs all the way to the right.

20 with your back flat on the ground and your legs all the way to the left.

20 with your back flat on the ground and your legs all the way to the

20 with your back flat on the ground and your knees bent and pushed to your stomach.

Then doing a good deal of reps of curels on each arm. Totalling about 200 on each arm. (Only weight I got was my 20 pounder)

Then when you put the weight behind your head and use both arms to raise and lower it with you back in a chair. Do a couple reps of those.

Now doing those about 5 times a week... will I see/notice a difference?

Ive been doing this for about 2 weeks and my stomach feels like it has tighened up a bit.

You can workout all you want but if your diet is not in check then you are working out for nothing. I take it you don't have a gym membership or workout equipment at your house? If not, do some push ups, jump rope, run around the block etc...If you are doing that exercise routine everyday....STOP! Do ab's and cardio one day, lift weights the other day and maybe cardio if you are trying to cut. If you are trying to bulk...well cardio will slow the bulking process down.

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

looks pretty weak to me, but better than nothing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

do you even lift weights?

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

200 curls per arm? are you crazy?

although that will help your muscle endurance, you will see practically no difference in strength... and you'll have some wickedly sore muscles //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

about 10 reps @ 2-3 sets works well

100 curls isnt really necessary, either. Grab a 15-30 lb weight, park your feet under a couch, and adjust the weight accordingly so you cant do more than about 20 per set. 2 sets should suffice.

that tricept excersise is pretty effective. I prefer it laying down though.

might want to add some other body parts too

 

[vasilios 10+ year member]

my arms, pecks, back and shoulders are pretty huge from doing 4 reps of 30 push-ups, with feet elevated on a chair or bathtub everyday......it works. i recomend doing this for basically getting your whole upper torso, front and back, pretty toned. of course do like 80-100 jumping-jacks or run up and down stairs for like 10 min. first to get your cardio going.

heart pumping oxygen throughout body = muscle build when you lift weights, work-out, etc.

oh, and ive been doing about 100 sit-ups everyday for years and im pretty toned.

dont forget to do the cardio work out first. your body will love you for it.

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

your triceps might be big but I dont know how doing pushups makes your biseps big...

 

[vasilios 10+ year member]

thats why there are weights....push-ups work your whole upper torso. not just the triceps. most guys with huge arms only do push-ups..thats what i was told before i started and now im one of them.

 

[JLCivic 10+ year member]

Ecko,

First of all I commend you for exercising. Now, to your workout.

If you can't get to a gym, etc, I strongly recommend buying an exercise ball($20-$30) at most sporting goods stores. That will give you another tool to use(can use it for crunches, different angles for pushups, help with bodyweight squats, etc)....they help the body use the stabilizer muscles.

Now, no way in hell is there EVER any reason to do 200 curls. Set up a chin up bar and use that for more resistance. That will help build some muscle. Pushups as stated are good too. Lunges with weights(or no weight for starters), the bodyweight squats with the exercise ball(but the ball against a wall behind your back and roll down until your thighs are parallel to the floor, then back up.

Turn your wrists so they are toward the body and do curls(this will help build the forearms

Side/front/rear raises with dumb bells for your shoulders

If you can't get to a gym, I strongly suggest doing a google search for workouts, etc and get some ideas.

Good luck.

 

[mattmcss 10+ year member]

can we hear some more about what a good diet should contain ?