30 Day Abs Challenge!
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I've seen several people on Insta raving about these 30 day fitness challenges - some of their before and after shots are incredible! This is my before/present image, above (on a good day!). And they've given me motivation to have a go a one myself, since I have a few holidays coming up and that trip to America!
So I thought I'd give the 30 day abs challenge a crack*. My holiday is in less than 20 days though, so for me it's going to be a big challenge to try and achieve the goal in 10 days less! Anyway, I Google searched "30 day abs challenge" and I found this one from 30dayfitnesschallenges.com:
You simply start from DAY 1 and as you go through the days, the exercises stay the same but increase in number, making them increasingly more difficult by DAY 30. The site says you can double up the exercises each day if you want, which might seem easy but after the burn sets in the next morning, you'll probably think twice about doing today's exercises twice (like I did)!!
Since I have limited time, I was thinking of cutting out REST DAY, like.. how important can it be? Err, I'm two days in and I can't wait for a rest day! I guess it gives your muscles a chance to relax so you don't strain them and stuff?
Also, as I was reading through I was thinking... "wait, what's a leg raise? What's the difference between a sit up and a crunch..........." for any of you wondering the same thing, here's a little definition of each of the four exercises which I learnt from the website - worth checking theirs out as they have a better description and helpful 'how to' videos.
How do you do a sit up?
Lie on your back, knees up, place finger tips behind your ears, elevate your body towards your knees, shoulders should leave the floor, chin shouldn't touch your chest, into sort-of sitting position (I can't sit all the way up, how the??), slowly down.
How do you do a crunch?
Lie on your back, knees up, place hands being your ears/head (don't lock fingers or pull), elevate your body towards your knees, shoulders should leave the floor, slowly down.
How do you do a leg raise?
Lie on your back, bum and head touching the floor, hands by sides, using your core muscles raise your legs up together, keep them straight, slowly raise them down. (killer)
How do you do a plank?
Lie on your front, leaning on your elbows and forearm, lean up onto your tip toes so legs and stomach are off the floor, hold for allotted time, slowly down.
I'm not keen on the colours and layout of the 30dayfitnesschallenges' chart so I remade it to make it more motivational for me. Which includes lots of pastels and pretty fonts. I started the challenge yesterday, the 1st April.
You can download my version from Dropbox here.
Remember to give credit to 30dayfitnesschallenges.com!
Image source: Triangl
*I'm only giving the challenge ago to improve my core strength and to gain some definition, I'm not trying this for weight-loss purposes.
Can I challenge you to give it ago?
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