"Learning challenge s23w5: "I Love My Body /Sit-up/Reverse Crunch "
Greetings and welcome to my blog. It’s another beautiful week to show love to our body and I am glad to be a part of this weeks challenge.
Last week was interesting and this week we are dealing with sit ups and reverse crunch. Another interesting set of.
Exercises we know are very good for our general well being and their importance cannot be over emphasized. As they are very beneficial to our health and general wellbeing. Well unto the week’s exercise.
Reverse crunch
This is an interesting one. It’s performed while lying down on my back. I put my legs up and fold them at angle 90 degrees. With my arms flat on the ground while I push up my body from my butt to my waist region while ensuring that my butt is lifted off the ground.
The legs are held at that same angle and are not stretched out. I also ensure that my legs do not touch the ground when they are brought back downwards before they are taken back again.
I repeated this for 10 times, rested for ten seconds and repeated again with another ten seconds rest before the last 10 repetitions as in the video.
Sit ups
This is also carried out while lying down on my back and ensuring my feet is flat on the ground while my legs are folded on the knees.
With my hand behind my neck, I push up my upper body to the knee region and back again. This is a bit tasking and requires resilience to pull through.
I repeated this process for 7 times in three sessions while resting for 10 seconds in each repetitions.
| Programs | no. Of reps | Rest | no. Of reps | rest | no. Of reps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Situp | 7 reps | 10 seconds. | 7 reps | 10 seconds. | 7 reps |
| Reverse Crunch | 10 reps | 10 seconds | 10 reps | 10 seconds | 10 reps |
Video
Which of these programs is the most difficult for you and what exactly makes it difficult. How did you overcome the difficulty.
The sit-up was more difficult than the reverse crunch from my experience. I experienced some frictions with trying to pull up the upper part of my body with my legs flat on the floor.
My canvas was heely and wasn’t helping me to establish the right grip and balance on the floor. It wasn’t helping my balance hence I had to pull it off to perform his excercise. When I pulled it off, my legs were able to be flat on the ground while I did my push ups.
The third lap wasn’t easy but I was determined to finish and I did.
What is your overall feelings at the end of these programs?
I was knackered. Hahahaha. My pulse was racing widely, I was sweating profusely and my core was painful because of the impact of the sit up and also the reverse crunch on my belly.
I noticed my arms (my bicep and tricep regions) experienced some tingling sensations and pain during the reverse crunch because of the support they were giving when trying to push my body in the reverse position.
My legs too were somewhat painful. All the pains subsided with time except for the ones in my core which lasted a t two days but It was all worth the while and I enjoyed it.