-- Posted by Anonymous at 10:43 am on July 20, 2007 ok, im not bragging here; i do have questions and im concerned... hey, im 19 yr old guy, and I have a confession:  I have NEVER worked out in my entire life, NEVER did sports.  I'm NOT obese....and my stomach is soft, with a tiny bit of fat covering it.  I am really soft, not much muscle at all. I decided to start working out this morning.  I started doing sit-ups and I was able to do 150 in one sitting.  I wasn't sore or tired at all!  Is this natural??  Does this mean I can get abs sooner than most people?  I have never done any physical activity ever.   Let me know your experiences! -- Posted by straypussy at 10:44 am on July 20, 2007 ur doing it wrong. -- Posted by lovegirl1 at 10:44 am on July 20, 2007 You probably werent doing them correctly. -- Posted by Trust me at 10:45 am on July 20, 2007 a routine works better for building muscles, maybe 3 sets of 50 crunches with a 30 second gap in between and you'll need to do more than that to get muscles. -- Posted by Anonymous at 10:45 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from lovegirl1 at 10:44 am on July 20, 2007 You probably werent doing them correctly. well, i had my feet flat on the floor, and I had my hands behind my head the whole time.  I continuously went up, half way, paused for a second, and then went back down. -- Posted by christinaxLEANNE at 10:47 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from Anonymous at 10:45 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from lovegirl1 at 10:44 am on July 20, 2007 You probably werent doing them correctly.     well, i had my feet flat on the floor, and I had my hands behind my head the whole time.  I continuously went up, half way, paused for a second, and then went back down. You're supposed to almost touch your kness when you come up. -- Posted by Rosaur at 10:49 am on July 20, 2007 You don't go halfway. -- Posted by Anonymous at 10:51 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from Rosaur at 10:49 am on July 20, 2007 You don't go halfway. all the workout videos out there and my gym teacher always said to "go half way" and that touching the knees was wrong. so what exactly is the "right way"?? -- Posted by foreva yourz at 10:51 am on July 20, 2007 i think your doing it wrong... if you've never did a work out in your life ... and you where doing 150 in one sitting then you shud of felt a like a burning in you abs and you stomach should have been hurting -- Posted by lovegirl1 at 10:52 am on July 20, 2007 there is a big difference from sit up to crunches cruches are not half way but a llil lower and sit ups are all the way up -- Posted by iloveshandon at 10:53 am on July 20, 2007 Well, when you do crunches in order to tighten your stomach you don't come up all the way. You only come up half way, like you said.  And, that is pretty impressive if  you've actually done them the right way. But it is unusual that you're not sore. Usually, that would make you sore if you've never worked out before. -- Posted by xoAllixs0n at 10:59 am on July 20, 2007 guys, he's not doing it wrong. if anything he's building up more resistance. anyway, you probably just have a lot of muscle sitting under the fat lol. could be genetic. it's normal. hell, in this day and age, anything is normal. -- Posted by Northstar at 11:00 am on July 20, 2007 I find it strange how you are not sore. I am also 97 percent sure you were doing it wrong. N* -- Posted by belizabeth at 11:04 am on July 20, 2007 your doing them wrong. it's hands across chest and you've got to touch your knees. -- Posted by futurehardhed jarhed at 11:06 am on July 20, 2007 Dude that's not good man. But there's a website that can help you with your schedule it's called runnersworld.com -- Posted by collegecolosseum at 11:09 am on July 20, 2007 Honestly, you're doing them wrong. If you have never worked out before there is no way you could do 150 situps continuously.   I thinky you also may confused on exactly what is a situp and what is a crunch. -- Posted by Tinabelle at 11:09 am on July 20, 2007 First off all, NEVER, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, put your hands behind your HEAD when working out. CROSS your arms and lay them across your chest. Putting them behind your head can do serious damage to your neck. Also, in laying your arms across your chest, you can make it a goal to touch your knees to your elbows each time you go up. -- Posted by ahming04 at 11:11 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from christinaxLEANNE at 10:47 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from Anonymous at 10:45 am on July 20, 2007 Quote: from lovegirl1 at 10:44 am on July 20, 2007 You probably werent doing them correctly.          well, i had my feet flat on the floor, and I had my hands behind my head the whole time.  I continuously went up, half way, paused for a second, and then went back down. You're supposed to almost touch your kness when you come up. thats like a crunch. i can do like 400 of those in 1 setting lol -- Posted by morrisonsMYmuse at 6:24 pm on July 20, 2007 i don't feel sore right away when i do it either... but i sure as hell do the next day... you should be careful... you could hurt yourself if you do too much and you're not used to it! -- Posted by DESKPOWER at 12:39 am on Aug. 11, 2007 it wrong. -- Posted by Fraser Stewart at 3:49 am on Aug. 14, 2007 You will be doing it wrong. -- Posted by drmajor at 11:19 pm on Nov. 20, 2007 you're doing it wrong homes