Lower back.
Won’t be allowed a towel there, has to be strict, hand on forehead, helbow to knee sit ups.
Pliability and supporting muscle work will likely be your best approach then. I suspect you’re right that grinding it out might be the only option.
I do all my practice sit-ups without anyone holding my ankles, which puts emphasis on form. Put the stopwatch away for a while and try to do 35 to 40 sit-ups with good form and then time your minute again.
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3 weeks of putting some effort into losing weight. Started at 98.6kg, now at 92.2kg as of this morning.
Just a few hundred grams off having lost a stone so far.
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I’ve had the opposite. Weights gone up ever so slightly, but waist line has gone down.
Put my suit on a few days ago to check fit etc before I need it for this grad in a few weeks… the jacket does not fit at all…
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The dangers of exercise and dieting!
My newest suit was bought in 2019, before my weight gain. I’m now back comfortably into the jacket and waistcoat, but the trousers don’t come close to going over my quads!
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I’ve just had to do an eBay job for a “new” suit.
I’m hoping this will fit the arms. I’ve gone two chest sizes up, so I hope so.
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Pretty sure I’ve just managed the sit up standard in the required time.
A week to go until I attempt the test. Just need to keep grinding it.
Rockport walk and press ups I’m not worried about. But these sit ups are keeping me up at night…
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Keep training above the required standard and you should be fine. More sweat in training, less blood in war and all that.
You must not be TG1. Minimum effort. Always.
But in all seriousness, yes. This was after my usual training session. So I’m hoping it’ll be slightly easier after a brisk walk. Only managed 20 odd after a rest period, so attempting more.
190 average over half an hour. That’s pretty insane. I’d be in A&E!
It’s definitely the highest average I’ve had over that period of time, but it didn’t feel that high. Even towards the end I was surprised I couldn’t sprint, but it didn’t feel too bad.
Part of it is still adjusting to a low carb diet and trying to get the balance of electrolytes correct. I keep struggling to get enough potassium.
Post slipped disc bench press PR - 105kg.
And another round of fitness test pass sit ups.
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Most tangible difference so far. Starting position of the slider on my stable belt to the position I’ve just had to adjust it to, to prevent my trousers falling down.
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Maybe i need to give this a go you know
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That sounds familiar
sounds like poor fitting trousers to me!
(well done on needing to adjust the belt though 
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It’s now exactly 4 weeks since the first daily weigh-in and this is what the chart looks like.
A big loss right at the beginning, then steadying off. As you can see the loss hasn’t been linear, and some days have involved big gains too, but overall still heading in the right direction.
Starting weight: 98.6kg
Current weight: 92.4kg
Net loss: 6.2kg
Percentage loss: 6.29%
Starting BMI: 32.2
Current BMI: 30.2
Anyone who’s watched shows like The Biggest Loser knows that it’s possible to lose that percentage in a week, but I’m looking for sustainable weight loss so I’m happy with that.