Situps
Starting Posture
Lie on your back on a mat with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head or cross them on your chest.
How to Exercise
Engage your core muscles and lift your upper body off the ground towards your knees. Exhale as you come up and inhale as you lower back down. Make sure to keep your lower back pressed into the mat to avoid strain. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Breath Control
Exhale as you come up, inhale as you lower back down.
Common errors
Using momentum to swing the body up, straining the neck, lifting the lower back off the ground.
Weights
You can add weights to increase resistance and challenge your core muscles further.
Grips
Variations
You can perform situps on an incline bench to increase the difficulty, or add a twist at the top to target obliques.
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Sample workouts with this movement
Fit! Programs featuring this exercise
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FlagFit
Kyrie Fontana
Project Calisthenics
Simon Ata
Mobility for athletes
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Comments and tips
To prevent strain on your neck, focus on lifting with your core muscles rather than pulling with your head. Keep your movements controlled and avoid using momentum to swing your body up. If you find situps difficult, you can place your feet under a stable object for added support.
Cautions
Avoid straining your neck by pulling on it during the exercise. Keep your movements controlled and avoid using momentum.