What's So Bad About Sit Ups?

I can’t do one situp- seriously,
yet i run a 11.1 100metres…
No- I don’t understand why either…

I am 14 and have been doing my situps for a few years combine with weights and pushup etc. at the moment im Doing 100 situps 6 days a week and i have gone up to 200 on occaison . I have only done sit ups all this time and my abs are fine and better than most guys my age I suffer from no back injury i have seen many sites that reccomend crunches but the basic situp is the only i have found to tone the whole of my abdomen.

[quote]jmwintenn wrote:
do decline sit-ups(with a twist for obliques)and when you start to tire go halfway and hold.that will get the job done.

people dont like sit-ups cause they dont know how to do them,plain and simple[/quote]

The kid who got me started weightlifting was totally in love with this exercie. As a consequence, I do it quite regularly. People in my gym always give me funny glances when I crank away on the situp bench, a big 'ole plate on my chest.

I think they’re great.