Best workouts for abs/chest? Options

[cnelson]

Alright, well heres the story; Since the end of novemeber, I have lost about 65 pounds. I went from 225, to 161 as of this morning. Yes i do eat in case someone asks that question. I have lost weight before but never to this extant. Now i would really like to start working on toning my body. Mostly my abs/chest muscles. I know doing sit ups and push ups is probably the best.

It needs to be something that i can do at home, i don't have time to get to a gym. Although i do have a weight lifting set with a bench and stuff, its not set up right now.

But if just continue to do, sits up and push ups. How many should i do, how much should i increase it, etc?

Right now, i'm doing about a 100 sit ups and a day and 20 push ups. I'm 18, and in decent shape. Don't know if that helps or not.

But thanks for any advice guys.

[monkey]

hahaha abs are one of the hardest muscles to work...
they have their own rules...
first off it doesnt matter how many sit ups you do, its how u do them...
for one, you need to learn to isolate muscles... then isolate upper mid and lower, lower are harder to define.... after a coupple weeks of working lower thanmid than upper 15 min each, 5 min at a time with a 1 min break in between... it will become easy, thats then u move into isolating the different sides of each division....
if u realy work them you can get a 6 pack pretty well defined by a month... but also keep in mind that form is a key factor, keep your chin pointed to the ceiling at all times...
get a big excercise ball and use it for pushups, try balancing on it with ur feet on different areas on the ball then work torotating the ball from right to left while doing pushups... great core workout...
dont quit when u feel the burn, thats when u know that your working the muscle... the only time ur muscle is really getting a workout is when it burns, otherwise its just consitered daily activity... burnem and keep workin!
nows the hard part... every morning and night.... skip one time and uy minuswell not have worked out the time before... abs are something u have to keep up and keep up often or theyll dissapear very fast.....
when done working out eat a big bowl of fruitloops or cheerios with bananas or strawberries..... dont eat big meals, eat several small meals a day... fiber is also a big part of muscle deffinition... yes it makes you poop alot, but it burns easily and fills in the "rips" in your muscle fibers...

hope this helped....

ohh and remember to have fun lol

This post has been edited by monkey: Jun 8, 2008 - 10:27 PM