100 Reps Challenge: Day Two
We’re looking at abs and a little cardio today, seeing as yesterday was mainly arms and legs. I’ll try to make sure that the workouts will balance out so that we won’t be doing 100 push ups one day and 100 shoulder presses the next- arms might turn to jelly if we do that! At least, if we do that this early on in the challenge…
Also would like to mention that most of these exercises are going to be either using your own body weight or else just needing dumbbells (use soup cans or similar if you don’t have free weights), because
a) fancy equipment isn’t something everyone has access to,
b) I am one of those people who doesn’t have said fancy equipment, and
c) part of the point of this challenge is to show that we can become stronger and stay in shape no matter how little equipment, time, and space we’ve got!
Today’s sequence:
25 regular crunches
25 jumping jacks
25 reverse crunches
25 jumping jacks
25 bicycle crunches
25 jumping jacks
25 full vertical crunches
25 jumping jacks
For a total of 100 crunches and 100 jumping jacks! Again, if you want to do them all at once or if you want to space them out across the day (I’d suggest breaking them into sets of 2 or 4), both are great. It’s just to achieve 100 reps within that 24 hour period that we’re aiming for.
Fitness Tip: Keep your abs tight throughout this entire sequence, while doing both the crunches as well as the jumping jacks. You will have better control and improve your form and posture if you contract your abs.
Well-l-l, I might be able to do 25 jumping jacks…. once.
🙂
That one should definitely fit into today’s workout plan. Looks like fun! But maybe I have a weird idea of fun…
Also, Day 1 was completed. 🙂
Im not going to be able to do the jumping jacks. my congestions combined with the jumping will probably make me pass out. and then it will be your fault. do you really want that weighing on you?
Kelly Turner
http://www.groundedfitness.com
Bag Lady- hehe. It’s really funny to do jumping jacks if you’ve got a dog nearby. They try to join in and, well, it’s not a pretty sight what with all the tripping…
JavaChick- ooh am glad you completed day 1! I found day 2 to be much easier. Will have to make the core exercises a little more challenging in the future, I think.
Kelly- what can I say, I’m a slave driver. Do an extra 25 for your cheek. 🙂
woooooo what a workout!
Good luck with your new 100 rep Challenge!
Tim Rosanelli
timrosanelli.blogspot.com
60situpschallenge.blogspot.com
Love this challenge!! Hah thanks for including the link to what a “vertical crunch” is… I do those, but never realized there was a name for them!
This looks great! But I’ll watch from afar…too lazy to join in. Excited to hear the progress though.
I was all about cardio today too! Running and stairmaster did me 🙂
Glad to see you doing such a great job with it all, Sagan!
I love this idea, Sagan! And with the weather getting colder, I’m looking for ways to kick up my indoor cardio — 100 jumping jacks would do it!
This looks like a good way to get warmed up on a cold, dark Wednesday morning!
so fun sagan.
feel free to give yourself/this a shout out in my comments if you come by later this week and Ill bold it!!
This looks fun!! I have fear of working out at home due to lodger though, darn it. Can’t wait til he moves out and I can get my workout DVDs out again!!
TA x
Am glad you all like!
Catherine- I had to look up what that exercise was called… I think that conveying what exercise I’m talking about will be the biggest challenge of all! There’s too many fancy names:)
MizFit- thanks- done!
TA- it’s kind of awkward to do dvds and that sort of thing with someone else around, isn’t it? Especially if it’s a really silly dvd hehe.