The 3000 Crunch Experiment!

Starting tomorrow, I will embark on an ab journey of epic and miserable proportions. I, Allison Crerie, The Meat, Hater of Crunches, will do 3,000 crunches over the course of three weeks. That means I'm going to do 200 crunches a day, 5 days per week, for three weeks and I will be ceasing all my other usual core training (i.e. functional and stability training). Why would I subject myself to such misery? Well, for a couple of reasons. First, to make a point (I hope) about how ineffective crunches are. I will be providing photographic proof of any transformation that might take place over the course of this three weeks; my prediction is that there will be no physical change in my abs at all and that my abdominal strength and functionality will decrease. The second reason I'm doing this is to see "how the other half lives," so to speak. I want to fully experience how terrible doing hundreds of repetitions of crunches truly is, and how frustrating to do all this work and see very little result. Granted, I am not going to be dishonest in this experiment. If my abs improve, if I see positive change, I will not lie about it-- again, there will be photographic evidence. Who knows, maybe I will change my mind about crunches (highly unlikely).

Anyway, here is my before picture, which was taken Friday, June 11. And yes, I am flexing. You would be too if you were standing shirtless with a camera pointed at you.

It all begins tomorrow-- Monday, June 14th. Make sure to check back for updates and a super awesome video starring yours truly.