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Announcing this simply because if i don't i'll feel less sense of obligation to keep going. Putting peer pressure to work for me~

Anyway, i think i'm going to start the two hundred situps plan. Back in the day i used to honestly have fairly good core strength, and i think my recent back problems might be partially due to that going away. There's also the vain hope that some extra stomach muscles will hold my fat in better, but hey, a girl can dream. If that works, there's always the affiliated pushup and squat plans to go through.

But yeah, the test at the beginning? A bit disheartening. 43 crunches at a run seems pretty pathetic, and i think i need a cushion of some sort, because holy balls my tailbone is really sticking out like a prototail anymore, and it is not comfortable to lay on my back on the floor aaaat all. Sexy, amirite? Why can't all the extraneous fat actually cushion things that need it?

All the same, 200 crunches seems like a very achievable goal, and the plan is well-paced. We'll see how my stomach feels about it in a few days.

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Good luck! Core strength definitely affects your back, mine got a lot better after I started doing cardio class and was forced to do tons of crunches.

Thanks! I have a lot of hope! I've got scoliosis and have always had some back problems, but they're getting worse and i am really not old enough to be complaining about my body degenerating as i age yet.

YOU TELL THAT BODY WHO'S BOSS.

I WILL BEAT IT UNTIL IT...HURTS DIFFERENTLY. FUCK YEAH.

this is approximately a million years late, but thank you for linking this! I too used to have awesome core strength, but it's worsened and now that I want to start dancing for real, I need a way to get it back quickly. all the challenges on these sites seem really fun and helpful, so thank you!! :x

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I'm glad it was helpful! Thus far the pacing seems very fair to me--it makes you work without making the rest of life uncomfortable.