Sit-up

How it is used

Fitness tests may count sit-ups; the required technique should be specified.

Example sentences

1. The assessor counted each sit-up when my trunk reached the agreed seated position.

   The seated position marks a completed trunk lift, rather than just lifting the shoulders slightly.

2. We removed the sit-up station from the crowded circuit.

   The exercise is one station in a larger session.

Common collocations

• sit-up test
• perform a sit-up

Related terms

• absShort for abdominals: the muscles at the front of the stomach, especially the rectus abdominis, which gives the "six-pack" shape.
• bodyweight exerciseAn exercise that uses your own body as resistance instead of machines, weights, or other external load.

More terms: Exercises & Technique

• squat
• push-up
• stretch
• deadlift
• bench press
• plank
• lunge
• pull-up
• form
• compound exercise
• isolation exercise
• eccentric phase