Love My Abs Challenge - Week 2

If you’re just hearing about February’s Love My Abs Challenge for the first time, it’s not too late to join in the fun. Basically, we started with a 100 dally ab exercises and tweeted about our achievements. (This week we move up to 120 exercises.) Then, each Wednesday, I’ll host a linky party for you to link up and share your recap post or add your Twitter handle.

That’s it. Now sit-up and take action! Show your abs some love this February!

A week into the challenge and I’m already seeing a difference in my waist. Although I didn’t measure myself with a tape measure at the start of the challenge, I would estimate that I have lost about an inch around my waist. The real measure is the reduction of spillage over the top of my pants. My muffin top is deflating.

No real ab muscles popping up yet, but I know there in there somewhere. I’ll just keep at it.

Here’s a photo of my abs after one week and a rundown of the ab exercise I did this week. I also learned about the #plankaday challenge via @runningmom2boys and @Amanda_Mowry, so I’m plugging along with planks in that challenge too.

Day 2

(Unplanned resistance training thanks to Little Lion Man pulling my hair with every crunch.)

40 crunches

40 bicycles

40 cross-over crunches

1 minute planks

50 pushups

Day 3

40 crunches

40 bicycles

40 cross-over crunches

20 reps of pilates

50 pushups

Day 4

2 x :30 planks

60 crunches

60 cross-over crunches

50 pushups

Day 5

60 crunches

60 cross-over crunches

2 x 30 second planks

Day 6

60 crunches

60 cross-over crunches

2 x 30 second planks

25 push-ups

Day 7

60 crunches

60 cross-over crunches

50 push-ups

Day 8

40 crunches

40 bicycles

60 cros-over crunches

Like I said, I’m already seeing results. How about you?

About the author

Denise

From start to finish, Denise is Run DMT, a Tampa Bay homeschooling mom on the run trying to maintain an easy pace through it all between races and raising three beautiful, brilliant adultish kids (ages 23, 19, 14). In 2007, I discovered a passion for running and in February 2015, I completed my tenth marathon. I continue to train for a variety of races and even host annual 5K. In 2023, I became a certified group fitness instructor and teach P.E. in my homeschool co-op.