The 30-Day Torture Challenge

Friends don’t let friends do sit-ups.

They don’t let them do crunches, either, or leg raises or this thing called a plank which is like a push-up that you just hold for, like, well, a plank. And they certainly don't have them do all these things together in a month.

Friends do NOT let friends do the 30-day Ab Challenge to gain that six-pack of defined abdominal muscles.

It’s ridiculous. No one in their right mind sets out to do15 sit ups, 5 crunches, 5 leg raises and 10 seconds of plank impersonation in one workout session and work their way up to 125 sit-ups, 200 crunches, 65 leg...