/fit/ - Fitness, Health, and Feels

It isn't a sit-up if someone/thing is holding your feet down. No one on Earth can do 40 actual sit-ups.

Those "sit-ups" are like calling the eccentric portion of a push-up as a pull-up.

>>150290

>No one on Earth can do 40 actual sit-ups.

Unsure if low-quality bait or gigantic sissy.

>>150332

Is there any resistance/weight on the leg or foot of the person doing to reps? If so, it isn't a sit-up.

>>150363

Oh come on, don't be a cunt. Help a bro out and give an advice, not just spam a thread with Old Man Jenkins tier rant. Most of the people here are just getting started with getting /fit/, meaning that they can barely do couple of regular sit ups, not even talking about sit-ups that you refer to, don't be a dick towards someone, who's asking for help.

You are talking about Olympic sit-ups, not regular sit-ups, bro. And 40 isn't that hard, tbqh. Try to do 5 consecutive standing ab roll-outs, and then we'll talk about core strength.

>>150365

Roll-outs are pretty brutal. Fun times.

>>150365

Agree that core strength is important to support other types of strength, it's just not going to have immediate/noticeable effects for a beginner, because it doesn't make you sprout abs.

Newbies would be better served by starting a basic lifting plan built around the Big 3 or Big 4, with cardio after to get endurance up and shed fat. No weird accessory work or tai bo crossfit zumba crap that tries to mix cardio and strength.

Bench press day with chest flies, incline press, tricep extensions/pushdowns, etc. Squat day with leg extensions, calf raises, leg presses, etc. Overhead press day with shoulder raises, arnold DB presses, etc. Deadlift day with DB rows, lat pulldowns, shrugs, etc.

3-5 sets of 6-10 reps, big lift first, increase the weight once you're at the upper numbers to force your reps back down. Then hit the treadmill, rowing machine, or bike for a half hour.

>>150363

>>150381

Alternatively you do sprints, standing long jumps, ab roll outs, and gymnastic move progressions.

Overcoming Gravity on libgen.io or gen.lib.rus.ec

>>150391

These may make you more nimble, an increase explosive power of existing muscle, but they aren't going to build new muscle or burn fat. They're better as supplements to a strength/resistance based program, or a long cardio program if you need to lose a good amount of fat.

>>150394

>Not going to burn fat

?

Out of the two, this makes the least sense. I can see there being an argument for an upper limit to how much muscle growth you can get out of it (upper limit keyword), but not burn fat? lol

No one mentioned building muscle to become a mass monster though.