voila! exercise ball…and the girl looks like u too 
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There are so many proud and unfit girls in this thread kay rona aa rha hai…Desi girls should make exercise a part of their lifestyle
crunches definately works.. but it hurts like hell first few weeks.
Re: Stomach crunches
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Do they really work?
Let's say I did 100 crunches every day, would there be a difference in like 1 month?
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YEA IT would.. 30 makes diff for me...lol
100 a day? Shinzy are you crazy?? i did 3 and i couldnt move out of my bed (or walk around straight) for a whole week 
Hahahahahahaha 
Fayz ur crazy, how can u tell she looks like me?
Thanks though. I’ll see if I can get the exersize ball from here.
While we’re at it, how about some exersizes to tone the arms? :o I know you have those weights but what to do with them? (yes I’m a bozo)
Xara, OK 100 was a bit too enthusiastic, I’ll start off with uuhhmm 50 
Sadddz, I walk for 30+ minutes every day but I want to some additional exesrsizes (feel guitly that I quit the gym) Or maybe I’'ll just start gym again?!
PS: Sadddz, nope haven't tried Pilates. Heard a lot about it though, it looks too complicated :p
What I do are situps with weights..meaning I take a weight place on my chest and hold it with my arms in a criss cross fasion and lift with my abs.. Situps with resistance are the best..With that, cardio and a proper diet..it definitley works :)
50?! jeez********* i tried doing 3 and it landed me in bed
I didnt read all the replies so sorry if i repeat anything.
Shinoo, I think it doesnt matter how many you do: wat matters is the form. You will be better off doing 50 good-form crunches then 100 wrong ones. Exhale on your way up (when you crunch ur tummy) and inhale on ur way down. I have a Denise Austin book (forgot what its called), and it has a lot of other exercises as well. Only the crunches wont get you a flatter tummy though. YOu have clean your diet and do cardio. I will post the name of the book later on. I really like it, although I am a weights kinda girl :P. I cannot sit at home and workout to videos, books etc. I gotta go to the gym :D
PM me if you have any more questions. I wish I would follow my own advice though. sigh
They definately do work IF you combine them with cardio and a good diet. After all defined muscles aren't going to do any good if they're hidden beneath a thick layer of fat. (Shinoo..that's just a general comment, I'm not trying to call you fat :p)
http://exercise.about.com/cs/abs/f/lowerabfaq.htm
kashish you are so nice 
Ok lemme esplain…you want to have the whole body in the right proportion. If you wanna have toned arms then you want the rest of your body to complement them as well. So ideally its better to do all body parts and not pick and choose.
I normally workout three to four days a week…These days I am doing day 1-chest/triceps..day 2- back/biceps..day 3- legs/shoulders…and a little bit of abs every day. When I was your age I used to go seven days a week…if that means anything :-p
Below is an alternative exercise for crunches …its is using the weights. It is really good as it focuses on your abs and neck is not strained as well.
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For arms…this is a good machine..it gives length to your biceps..For size you wanna try concentration curls with dumbbells
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Or come over to my town and I will be your personal trainer…no charge.
But it's just so much more fun to sit around and have icecream instead, no?
NO 
Bibi, exercise is not for you…you just sit there and look pretty… 
My point exactly. Why can’t we all just sit around, have icecream and look pretty?
I got these dumbbells a while ago, cuz my brother’s were too heavy, everytime I managed to pick them up half way, I went down with them. So now mine are sitting around and looking pretty in my room. My question, why are they called 'dumb’bells. I would rather be lifting smartbells, you know? 
smart bells would lift themselves up na.
defeats the point.