How to do a sit-up

abs, hip flexors

Muscles worked
abs, hip flexors
Where
At home
Equipment
  • No equipment

How to do it

  1. Lie on your back, knees bent, feet flat, arms crossed on your chest.
  2. Curl up one vertebra at a time until you are sitting upright.
  3. Roll back down slowly. Hook your feet under a sofa if they lift.
Common mistake

Jerking up with the neck and arms.

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