Decline sit-up

Sets, reps and RIR

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Abs.

Secondary: Hip flexors.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norwegian Sit-ups på skråbenk
• Swedish Situps på lutande bänk
• Danish Sit-ups på skråbænk
• German Sit-ups auf der Schrägbank
• Spanish Abdominales en banco declinado
• Italian Sit-up su panca declinata
• Portuguese Abdominal no banco declinado
• Russian Подъёмы туловища на наклонной скамье
• French Redressements assis (banc décliné)

Related core exercises

• Cable crunch
• Pallof press
• Cable woodchopper
• Crunch (machine)
• Rotary torso (machine)
• Dumbbell side bend

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