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Originally Posted by Deserve
Are you going the full range of motion on the ball crunches? I always found that I wanted to cheat and shorten the motion. If I remember correctly you're supposed to go negative around the curve of the ball.
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That's a good tip! I defintely wasn't curling back as far as I could be.
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Originally Posted by MuscleMom
Hi Instant blue! Cute, adorable baby!
On the crunches you can place a dumbbell behind your head like me, or hold one with your arms extended, those strain my neck. I also go negative over the ball each time.
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Thanks! I'm biased, but I think she's pretty darn cute! hehe!
I've been doing the crunches with 5lb plates and long lever arms, but then I thought I should try heavier, so I eventually went up to a 25lb plate, which I definitely can't hold out at arm's length :O So...I'm going to work on form as well using weight.
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Originally Posted by MissJane
Check out the crunches video and info in this thread....
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Thanks! That ridgeline guy helped me see what Deserve means by "going negative."
I'm going to try using proper form and a cable instead of a weight plate for extra resistance, like shown here:
Cable Stability Ball Crunches.
Yesterday was
stage 1, workout 7A:
squats: 8x115/115/115
decline pushups @4": 20/20/15xBW
seated row: 8x70/70/70
step ups: 8x21s/21s/21s (concentrated hard on not cheating! woo, that's hard!)
jackknives (pike position): 15xBW
This was the first time I did the 8 rep sets, I like it so much! The set goes by so quickly! I think for all of these exercises, I could be going heavier. I've never done such heave weight/low rep workouts before.