ABS Fitness Challenge Series

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Congratulations to Aarone Sunglao for winning the 2009 Abs Showdown. Voting chart below as of May 12, 11:59:59pm.

Aarone garnered 117 votes (out of 214) for a 55% win!!!
Congratulations to PJ as well for coming in at a close 2nd with 92 votes!

• one (1) 50L Sandugo backpack (courtesy of Sandugo)
• P500 (refund of registration fee)
• one (1) Sandugo Storm Scandals (courtesy of Sandugo)

Aarone Sunglao
(May 21, 2009) ...yung refund kong P500, idagdag mo na lang uli sa medical bill ni Nap.

		Von	Choy	Aarone	PJ	Vyxz
	J A N 11
	A P R 12

Job 'Dodoy' Faminialagao
Sandugo CEO and founder

"Sandugo 50L backpack will go to the winner! And 1 pair Storm sandals for every participant. Good luck to all on the Abs showdown 2009!"

Monies Collected for Nap (so far)

P500

P500

P1000

P500

P500

P500

P5000

TOTAL: P8500

To Get In, Submit the following before Jan 19:

• short bio introducing yourself - include city and country. Who you are, why you're joining, objective, fitness background, bla-bla.
• a profile picture (thumbnail) and full shot (action shot). No need yet for abs pictures until Jan. 11.
• email me your bio and profile pix: webmaster@thelonerider.com
• Outside the Philippines: CAN$50 admission fee. Within the Philippines: P500. Why? because people who pay for something take it more seriously. When I receive your bio and profile pix, I'll email you on how to remit payment.

Rules

• weekly abs pictures should be in by Sunday midnight, however, a grace period of 2 days is given. Very...very last submission is Tuesday midnight...NO EXCEPTION (Wednesday 12:01 am is late and won't be posted.)
• dates/days are Philippine time based on this site: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=145
• unlike the other showdown rules, you won't be disqualified for not submitting pictures...afterall, this is YOUR showdown. You'll just get a blank slot on that particular week.
• pictures submitted should be around 1000 pixels wide because I still have to crop it for the blow-up shot
• abs pictures should be contracted (abs muscles flexed) under (ideally) the same lighting conditions
• showdown starts Jan. 11 and ends April 12.

Poll Voting
Just to add more fun to it, poll voting will be done for the MOST IMPROVED...so it's not about the next guy, but you against your old self. Polling starts April 13 and ends May 12.

Prize

• Look in the mirror...that's your prize!
• Any participant from the Philippines who wins gets a refund of the admission fee. For those outside, it's free admission to the next ABS Showdown (that's because it's hard to remit money outside the country).
• Winner gets a 50L backpack courtesy of Sandugo
• All participants get a Storm scandal, courtesy of Sandugo

I'll be joining the weekly submission (it's my way of keeping fit), but because I'm the moderator, I won't join in the poll voting. I don't really care about "winning"...I just want good abs!.

--- TheLoneRider

Participants:

	Von	Ferch	Choy	Aarone	PJ	Dan	Vyxz	TheLoneRider
J A N 11
J A N 18
J A N 25
F E B 1
F E B 8
F E B 15
F E B 22
M A R 1
M A R 8
M A R 15
M A R 22
M A R 29
A P R 5
A P R 12

ABS Workout videos:

1. THENX
2. Calisthenic Movement
3. Saturno Movement

ABS Benchmarks:

1. Beginner: standards like crunch, leg raise, V-sit, bicycle (when you can do more reps or hold longer, it's time to level up)
   
   

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2. Intermediate: lolasana, L-sit (leveling up)
   
   

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3. Advanced: manna (very few people on the planet can do this)
   
   

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ABS Tips:

• drink lots of water (with pinch of salt and juice of 1 lime) instead of soda or fruit juice
• avoid fatty foods, deep-fried dishes, or food with visible fat (pork chops)
• decrease your food consumption but eat healthier
• you can't do it just by doing mega-crunches. you need to diet and do lots of cardio.
• to measure your progress, you can do a fixed number of abdominal reps/week and increase the number every week. by the end of the program, you should be able to do 600 reps/session - a combination of side-bends, crunches, leg-raises, sit-ups, etc.
• ideally, you should only use body weight 'coz you want your waist slim and lean...not wide and bulky
• high rep/low load is ideal until you feel the burn...and then continue until you feel fire!
• best to take the photo shot with a uni-directional yellow light pointing down...it highlights shadows

Abs Blogs:

• Yoga for a 360-degree Core Nov 6, 2020
• Abs Yoga: Core Sequence June 14, 2014
• 3-Month Online ABS Showdown 2014 Jan 10 - Apr 10, 2014
• Male-Female Abs-Showdown 2010 Apr 6 - Jul 6, 2010
• Sandugo Male-Female Abs Showdown 2009 Jan 11 - Apr 12, 2009
• Bruce Lee Lats Showdown Feb 3 - Aug 3, 2008
• All-Femail Abs Showdown 2008 Jan 13, 2008
• Abs Showdown (Male) 2007 Oct 15, 2007
• Abs Christmas Present (2007) Oct 1, 2007
• Abs Showdown 2002 with Cos May 2, 2002

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Reader Comments:

Mcar
(May 13, 2009) Yahoo Aarone! Congrats! You are the BIG winner!!! :D

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