"Initially, for that first few weeks or month or however long you can sustain it for, you're going to make progress. "It's not sustainable, it's not consistent, it's not realistic," he says.
But something else he realized is that situps can only take you so far when training your abs. For one, he is able to return to doing hanging leg raises and ab crunches with zero difficulty and no drop in performance, having done none for the month. What stands out more, though, is what Matt has learned at the end of the experience. While Matt is already in great shape at the start of the month, admitting that "it was never gonna be a crazy transformation," there is a visible difference at the end of the 30 days: His abs are noticeably shredded, and his six-pack looks more defined when relaxed. By the end of the month, he is able to complete 68 situps without stopping, getting to 100 in just two sets with a rest in between. On the first day of the month-long challenge, he does situps until exhaustion and manages 44 before needing to rest, completing the 100 in three sets. In order to maximize his recovery time, he does the situps at the same time each day, giving himself 24 hours between workouts, and uses furniture (or family members!) to hold his feet down. Knowing he'll never be able to do 100 consecutive reps without a rest period (he managed about 30 during the Army fitness test), Matt starts the challenge by simply doing as many reps as he can to a set, resting, then starting again until he hits 100.
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