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Decline sit-up
Difficulty Core stability
How to perform it
Secure your feet under the pads of a decline bench and raise your torso to sitting without momentum or pulling on your neck. Compared with a crunch, the sit-up has a longer range and also engages the hip flexors.
Video demo
Equipment
- Sit-up benchMachine
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- External obliques
- Internal obliques (not on the surface map)
- Rectus abdominis
- Rectus femoris
- Transverse abdominis (not on the surface map)
Related exercises
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Crunch variations
Exercise family Β· pattern: Core stability
1 family Β· 4 variationsDifficulty
- Decline crunch
- Reverse crunch
- Swiss ball crunch
- Decline sit-upCurrently viewing
Difficulty describes how demanding the execution is. It is not a recommended training order.