"SEC-S29W1:My Progressive Action (seat up with dumbbell)"
Steemian Friends,
Today I will participate in a challenge by @ngoenyi mam in week 01 of Steemit challenge 29. The name of the challenge is "SEC-S29W1: Progressive Action Fitness Challenge. Exercise is very important for every person to stay healthy. I am always nervous while exercising. From today, I have taken the challenge to participate in the entire exercise challenge. I hope everyone will like my exercise.
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Today I am very happy to participate in such an important challenge as exercise. I will be doing the "dumbbell sit-ups" exercise for the whole season. I don't have dumbbells, so I used a two-liter water bottle as a dumbbell. I did five dumbbell sit-ups on the first day. Since I have to exercise for three days this week for the challenge, I did five dumbbell sit-ups on the first day on Tuesday (13-01-2026). I did my exercise challenge in the electrical room in my office. I'm an electrical engineer, so I had to complete the exercise during my work break.
Since I didn't have dumbbells, I made dumbbells from two-liter mineral water bottles.
My experience of exercising on the first day:
I felt shy about exercising. But I should exercise every day. I felt very comfortable exercising on the first day. On the first day, I did a small number of dumbbell sit-ups. I did five dumbbell sit-ups on the first day. On the second day, I will increase the number. In this way, I will increase the number of dumbbell sit-ups until the eighteenth day of the challenge. My first five dumbbell sit-ups did not cause much pain. However, the exercise was very effective for my waist and stomach.
Picture of exercises with dumbbells on the first day
On the first day, I was nervous, so my heart rate increased. Then, after the exercise, my breathing rate increased slightly more than normal. However, after exercising on the first day, my nervousness went away. I have given my heart rate and breathing rate on the first day in a chart below.
Before starting exercise:
| Heart Rate | About(68 per minute) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Rate | 14 per minute) |
After starting exercise:
| Heart Rate | About(69 per minute) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Rate | 15 per minute) |
I started my second day of exercise with dumbbells on Wednesday (14-01-2026). I was not nervous at all today. I easily completed my second day's exercise by doing eight dumbbell sit-ups. On the first day, I did five dumbbell sit-ups, so today I increased it to three times and completed a total of 15 dumbbell sit-ups.
Picture of exercises with dumbbells on the second day
Exercise experience on the second day:
When I exercised, my waist and stomach became normal compared to the first day. The speed of getting up and down increased compared to the first day. Since I felt less nervous today, my heart rate became normal compared to the first day. However, after the exercise, my breathing rate increased slightly because I increased the number of exercises three times compared to the first day.
Before starting exercise:
| Heart Rate | About(64 per minute) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Rate | 13 per minute) |
After starting exercise:
| Heart Rate | About(66 per minute) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Rate | 13 per minute) |
I exercised on the third day, Thursday (15-01-2026). Today I increased the number of exercises compared to the second day. On the second day, I did eight dumbbell sit-ups, so today I completed the first week's exercise by doing twelve dumbbell sit-ups on the third day. Since the number of exercises will increase in the following weeks, I gradually increased the number of exercises.
Picture of exercises with dumbbells on the third day
Third day exercise experience:
Today, I had no nervousness about exercising. I started exercising with dumbbells easily. Today I did twelve sit-ups with dumbbells in a very short time. The pressure on my waist and abdomen is more normal. Bending my waist is easier for me than on the second day. My breathing and heart rate were much more normal. However, after the exercise, my breathing rate increased slightly because the number of exercises was higher on the third day.
Before starting exercise:
| Heart Rate | About(63 per minute) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Rate | 13 per minute) |
After starting exercise:
| Heart Rate | About(64 per minute) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Rate | 14 per minute) |
Thank you for joining this fitness challenge. From your entry and videos, you have chosen to stick with dumbbell seat up.
For one thing, you understood what the challenge is all about and you did it incrementally for the 3 days.
But I will like you to stick to the chosen number of increment. If you are to increase by 3, stick to it. But if it's 4, stick to it. Apart from that, you did great! Your score is below.
See you next week for continuation on your chosen program!
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