Hi Anne,

That was very nice of you to drop by to say happy Birthday. I had a great birthday. Thanks.

Arnie

Hi Red,

Thank you so much for the complement. I just can't believe anyone would think my abbs look good. But I've got to admit, I was sucking in the belly a bit for the picture. Although I'd be happy to tell you what I've been doing.

I've been ending my lower body workouts with abb exercises. I've been doing crunches and holding a dumbbell on my chest while doing them. I started with no weight at all and then worked up over the twelve weeks to this routine.

12 reps x 20 lb
10 x 25
8 x 30
6 x 35
12 x 30
Then with no pause I would do 12 decline situps. No weights on this one, I'd just increase the decline as I got stronger.

I've got to tell you that people in my gym look at me funny when I'm doing crunches with weights, but then I go to kind of a foo-foo gym. I know that the "big guy, power lifters" use weights for abb exercises all the time. I guess that when your squating with 800 lbs on your back you want a very strong core. Something I'll never have to worry about.

For Challenge 2 I think I'll still do abb exercises the on lower body work out days. I'm going to change my routine to one that I found on Muscle Media's web site. You can see it here:
http://www.musclemedia.com/training/BootCamp.asp

It'll take a little more time, and I'm not sure I can do it, but I'm going to give it a try.

Arnie

Hey ya Arnie,

What's up? What have you been up to? Getting over your free day okay? Feeling better? I hope so! You are doing such a great job. Thanks for always adding a positive spirit to the BFL forum!