Lie on your back with bent knees and sit all the way up.
Sit-up
How to do it
- Feet flat, knees bent.
- Reach your hands towards your knees.
- Roll up one bit of your back at a time.
- Lower slowly: don't flop back down.
- Nothing at all
- Enough floor to lie down on, arms out.
- A rug or a mat, and nothing sharp where you put your hands.
Watch out for this
Make it fit you
The right version is the hardest one you can still do properly. That is not a kindness, it is how this works.
Easier
- Tuck-up
- Only come halfway up.
Harder
- Go slower: three seconds up, three seconds down.
What it trains
Which muscles do the work
Belly musclesSide musclesThigh muscles
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