Group: General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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feel of crunches

rjay
rjay
Posts: 2
Joined: 2003/04/11
Canada
2003/05/03, 12:41 AM
Im a newbie. I've started the 12 week abs program and though I can feel it burn while doing the crunches, the feeling goes away five minutes after. Should I up my reps? am I doing something wrong?
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2003/05/03, 08:07 AM
Feeling the effect from the execises will only happen to some, while only doing the exercise. Doesn't mean you are doing anything wrong.
Some people don't even get sore after exercising. Don't use it as a gauge to say wether your workout was good or bad.
Hope this helps.

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bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2003/05/03, 01:04 PM
Abs are a body supporting exercise, kind of indirectly get worked all the time anyway, so it really is kind of rare I think to get DOMS in them after you have been training them a while. They are very resilient. This does not mean you didn't work them.

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Ogun
Ogun
Posts: 559
Joined: 2002/08/11
United States
2003/05/03, 05:07 PM
Good luck with the abs; I would suggest mixing it up to...I use ab machine, captain's chair, exercise ball, and incline bench just to keep those abs guessing.

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