Do push-ups and sit-ups really work?

Question

for getting a nice abs and nice arms?

Answer 1

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

Answer 2

Only if they are done with other exercises. If you are toning your body by weightlifting you only need to do 3 exercises. Bench press, squats and barbell row. Light to medium heavy with high repetitions. Use sit-ups only for warming up and cooling down. When doing sit-ups do not hook your legs under any support. Instead just bend your knees a little and contract your abs throughout the repetitions.

Answer 3

Yes as well as doing crunches. I've been doing things like that on a regular basis for the last couple of years since I left my old lifestyle of being a drunkard and became a Christian and people who see me now often comment about the difference in my physique even though I just turned 47 last month.

Answer 4

Absolutely. Just make sure you don't strain your back or your neck, you don't want to work the wrong muscles. And speed is not important, if anything you want to avoid momentum. You should aim for 50 to 100 of each, but build up gradually to those numbers.

Answer 5

Yes. And the I can prove it by showing the picture of Usher. Do you know that he does 1000 sit ups every day?

Answer 6

yes for push ups

Answer 7

Yes, they work well if you do them correctly.

Answer 8

yeh they work

Answer 9

if they are properly executed!