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Sit-ups
Core · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
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
- Norsk Sit-ups
- Svenska Situps
- Dansk Sit-ups
- Deutsch Sit-ups
- Español Abdominales completos
- Italiano Sit-up
- Português Abdominal completo
- Русский Подъёмы туловища
- Français Redressements assis
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