Hi Rose and Ledom~~~
I just found this thread and would love to join you. Abs have been a weakness of mine, both in their strength and in doing the exercises.
Alittle bit about me. I have been doing Body for Life for the past 6 months and love it! I just started my 3rd 12 week challenge.
I exercise 6 days a week, alternating with weight lifting and cardio, taking a "free day" once a week. My days are like this:
Fri~Upper body work-out (WO)
Sat~cardio
Sun~free day
Mon~Lower body WO
Tues~cardio
Wed~Upper body WO
Thurs~cardio
Fri~Lower body WO and so on.
This works great for me because my upper muscles have time to recoup before I work them again.
For cardio I alternate using the stationary recumbant bike and the elliptical. The elliptical is my favorite. I use that at the gym and the bike at home. My sessions consist of 12-15 minutes: 4 min at a 50% pace to warm-up. Then you alternate with 20 seconds at a sprint (as FAST as you can), then slow down for 10 seconds, 20 sec at sprint, 10 sec slow, etc. The last 4 min are at the 50% pace again to cool down. You won't believe it but you get a great workout in such a short period of time.
Abs are some thing that I was never consistant in doing and I really want to make a difference this challenge. I would like to do them every day but will be happy if it's every other day. I plan on doing the "edge of bench" crunches, the broom thing, the bicycle , and the combo-crunch using my Weider Ab Shaper (bringing my chest and legs up).
This will be a great place to be accountable and give/get support
Today is my lower body WO which I will do this morning, so I will do my abs tonight.
~~~Sil