Sit ups

Please settle a debate....

Do you have to be somewhat in shape to be doing like 100 situps a day?

In other words, if you have abdomenal fat and start doing sit ups and crunches will you lose the fat or just build muscle below it?

Thanks!

Re: Sit ups

My guess is anyone could just do 100 sit ups everyday but you won't lose fat; you will just build muscle below. Unfortunately, you can't spot reduce.

To lose fat overall, you have eat a GOOD diet and do strength training and cardio.

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you will build muscle below it - which will actually make your stomach look bigger- you need to do cardio, diet and weight train

running is actually the best cardio for your abs

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Doing crunches will make your abs stronger, but will not get rid of the fat covering the muscle. Only a combination of exercise and a healthy diet can do this.

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Not exactly answering your question....but I just read somewhere that 35 crunches a day are sufficient to tone your stomach muscles - and if you can do more than that, you're probably not doing them right. Interesting....although I'm not sure if I agree with it 100%

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thank you ladies!