{"id":878,"date":"2011-06-17T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=878"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:17:27","slug":"how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>How Many Sit Ups Should I Be Doing?<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Is it wrong to use a blog to ask a dumb question?<\/h2>\n<p>No. No, it isn&#8217;t. \u00a0It wont&#8217; be the last time I do it, either.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago I had this picture taken on a particularly good ride to Todmorden and back with my longsuffering OH.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_879\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0087_1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-879\" data-attachment-id=\"879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/img_0087_-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0087_1-e1308311804665.jpg?fit=1000%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,746\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0018248175182482&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fatty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My Hydration Pack Has Slipped To The Front!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0087_1-e1308311804665.jpg?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0087_1-e1308311804665.jpg?fit=268%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-879\" title=\"Fatty\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0087_1.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"Who Put That Cushion Up My Shirt?\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Hydration Pack Has Slipped To The Front!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t impressed.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve started doing a bit more work on my core. \u00a0I know it helps balance and general agility and it will help me be a better rider, and less likely to fall off so much&#8230; <a title=\"I fell in a canal and wrote about it for your amusement.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/2011\/yay-splosh-thud-hello-may10\/\" target=\"_blank\">into canals<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n<h2>Anyway&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m not looking to enter Mr Universe (<em>what do you mean, you know?!<\/em>) but I&#8217;m not happy about the size of my gut. I&#8217;m not really overweight, it&#8217;s a localised issue.<\/p>\n<p>How many sit ups should a slightly wobbly-paunched man in his early 40s be doing, a couple of weeks after first starting to do them again?<\/p>\n<p>And how often?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell me, please. \u00a0Thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share with your friends:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-878\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-878\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-878\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-878\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-878\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/?share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20%3Cb%3EHow%20Many%20Sit%20Ups%20Should%20I%20Be%20Doing%3F%3C%2Fb%3E&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillconnell.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-many-sit-ups-should-i-be-doing%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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A few weeks ago I had this picture taken on a particularly good ride to Todmorden and back with my longsuffering OH. I wasn&#8217;t impressed. 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