Sit-up
- Muscle group
- Abdomen
- Primary muscles
- Abs
- Secondary muscles
- Obliques
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor (you can anchor your feet under a heavy object for stability).
- Lift your torso off the floor, curling up until your chest is close to your thighs.
- Slowly lower your upper body back down to the floor with control.
Tips
- As you curl up, lead with your chest moving toward your thighs rather than thrusting your chin forward or straining your neck.
- Lower your torso back to the floor at a steady, controlled pace rather than dropping it all at once.
- Exhale as you curl up and inhale as you lower back down to keep your breathing consistent throughout the movement.
Common mistakes
- Pulling the head forward with the hands during the curl-up, which causes the neck to flex excessively instead of the torso rising as a unit.
- Using momentum by swinging the arms or jerking the torso off the floor at the start of each rep instead of initiating the movement with a controlled curl.
Make Every Set Count.
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