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Proper stomach crunches instead of situps is one of the easiest ways to build your core without weights.
The core doesn't need direct contraction like a bicep curl. It is a stabilizing muscle that works with the lower back. You're better off running than doing sit-ups, if weights aren't your thing.
There are so many other core moves one can do other than crunches that are more effective. Endless crunches are a waste of time considering what other moves you can do in the same amount of time.
There is not point in doing a lot of sit ups. Once they are easy enough to do over 20 of them in a set it becomes pointless. Sit ups themselves are not the best core/ab move you can do either.
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Originally Posted by Kings Gambit
Dont worry about being "average". Just keep doing as many as YOU can do. Try to increase that number week after week after week.
I had an ex-girlfriend who was in her 30s who would do 500-1000 situps as part of her regular routine.
Remember, the goal is to not care about who/what the average person can do. You want continually challenge Rapsody to keep doing more and more and more to get better and better each day.
See post above. Instead of situps, do hanging leg raises. I'll bet that even though she could do 1000 situps, she couldn't do 5 hanging leg raises.
I can hardly manage 20 situps before my abs start to burn. I know it is not enough. But how many situps can an average 20 years old girl do?
For the Air Force fitness standards a minimum of 38 situps in one minute to get a passing score - the lowest score without failing.
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