To do the correct movement lay flat on your back with an abmat or rolled up towel under your lower back.
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With the abmat a proper sit up can be done with a neutral spine and without momentum enabling a more complete range of motion and more effective conditioning.
The back is arched in an unsafe position and momentum is what finishes the movement.
An improper device will not give the proper support bend the knees about 45 with heals on the floor.
In the traditional off the floor sit up the feet are anchored and the hip flexors do much of the work.
Set up sit on the floor with the soles of the shoes touching legs butterflied out to the side take a towel pillow sweater or abmat and place it on the.
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Let us now examine the sit up redefined.
One of the first exercises i did when i started crossfit was this move called an abmat sit up named after the mat you place under your lower back for support.