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Questions tagged [sit-ups]

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Why cant I do any situps without someone holding my feet

At the Gym I use an abdominal machine to do stomach crunches and over time I've increased the weight and made steady progress. However I have just started a Taekwondo class and as part of the warm-up we have to do sit-ups, I cannot even do a single…
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Are sit-ups harmful to female anatomy?

I talked with a female friend about how to lose her small fat tummy. I suggested to her that she do sit-ups every day. She read in a book that doing sit-ups is harmful to women, because they may have some bad effect on the uterus and possibly cause…
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How much weight am I lifting doing sit-ups?

I'm trying to keep a tally of total weight lifted during a workout—to motivate me. I googled "how much weight do I lift in a push up?" and most sites said "64% of your body weight". I couldn't get an answer for sit ups though. I know it's not a…
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sit-ups form: difference between straight back/shoulders back, vs. hunched

there are two ways to do a sit-up: the easy way, which is the way you probably do it and the hard way, which involves maintaining posture of straight back, with shoulders in their proper position as if you were standing confidently, unafraid, in…
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No matter how hard I try, I just can't lift my back up in sit-ups

No matter how hard I try, I just can't lift my back up in sit-ups, yet I have many friends way less fit than me who can do it just fine.? How do I do it?
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Are there any benefits to using a sit-up bench for sit-ups?

I would like to know if doing sit-ups from the floor (lying on my back) produces different results from doing sit-ups using a sit-up bench? Are there any other instruments that are better than using the regular sit-ups?
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Best way to perform sit-ups in order to avoid bruising

I am about 47. I have done regular sit ups for about half a year. The results are good and I almost have a 6-pack. However, I now feel a slight pain in my back. I have realized that the contact between the backbone (spinal column) and the floor has…
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Spinal compression in abmat situps compared to standard situps and other ab exercises

I just read a paper by Axler and McGill (get it here) which compared 12 differend ab exercises their spinal compression force and the EMG intensity. Abmat situps where not analyzed. Is there any paper, which analyses the abmat situp regarding spinal…
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