Dynamic Core · Beginner
Sit-Up
Isolation dynamic core exercise using bodyweight.
- Movement pattern
- Dynamic Core
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Mechanics
- Isolation
- Sides
- Bilateral
- Main plane
- Sagittal
How to do the Sit-Up
Setup
Lie on your back with knees bent, feet flat (anchored if needed), hands lightly at your chest or temples.
Curl up through a controlled range -- the less you rise, the less your hip flexors take over and the less force goes into your lower back.
Lower back down under control rather than dropping.
Common mistakes
Rising too far upright, which shifts the work from your abs to your hip flexors and loads your lumbar spine more than intended.
Yanking on your neck with your hands instead of curling from your trunk.
Muscles worked
How the knowledge graph models this movement
Spine flexion
Hip flexion