Sit-Up

Target Area: Core

Equipment: Not required 

  1. Lie down on the floor placing your feet flat on the ground. Your legs should be bent at the knees.
  2. Place your hands behind your head. This is the starting position.
  3. Elevate your upper body towards your thighs, this should come from your torso, not your neck. Breathe out when performing this part of the exercise.
  4. Once you feel the contraction for a second, lower your upper body back down to the starting position while inhaling. This is one repetition.

INTENSITY

Increase

Hold a weight with both arms extended out in front of you.

Decrease

Do not raise your body as high off the ground

ALTERNATIVE

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