How many sit ups are good if you are starting off and how many sets should you do?

Answer:
You should try to see how many you can do in a minut and as your watching tv just occasionally do a few

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Start out with a comfortable number and gradually increase as you become used to doing them. I am 50 and I do 25 every morning, and 25 every evening. I started with 10 and 10 and am almost ready to go up to 30 and 30.

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just so you know regular situps are not effective for getting abs. you should do more exercises like the bicycle situps, squats and lunges. also i have heard of "hip hop abs" look it up. it seems fun.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's book and frequent articles recomend ten minutes straight of constant, no rest ab work everyday for someone who works out. My recomendation for a beginer is to do a total of five or so minutes per day, everyday of
crunches
leglifts (laying on the floor)
sidecrunches
roman chair if available
I would start out doing crunches and do as many as i could without counting. after i need to stop i would pause only for a few seconds and do another set. After this one i would move on to the next excersise. Gradually bulid your way up to ten minutes of connstant ab excersises and you will be in great shape.
I personally have a nice six pack from just doing roman chair and side roman chair, 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Cardio is important too though. Many people forget about this but no matter how big your abdominal muscles, if you have a layer of fat over them they will be hidden.

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i used to do 1000 a night in about 15 minutes. if your just starting out i'd say...8 sets of 25. but incoperate other stuff too. leg lifts, bicycles, etc.

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