sit-up
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- noun
- /ˈsɪtˌʌp/
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abdominal
- When the partner catches the ball, they lie back and perform a sit-up, repeating the process.
- perform a sit-up
- one sit-up
I haven't done a sit up in a long time.
- I haven't done a sit up in a long time.
- There's a a fellow who has the world record in consecutive sit ups, thousands of them.
- The weight training seat comes complete with leg lifts and sit up handles.
- But like, yeah, I got really good at sit ups.
- I mean, as a kid I would do at night, I would do sit ups and handstand push ups against my door.
- You know, that fat that you've done thousands of of sit ups and crunches and that fat just won't go away.
- So, you know, I just got to do my my exercises at home, which is, you know, just push ups and sit ups and planks.
- So I jump on the bars, the pull ups, sit ups, basically I did the whole whole PT the, the, the, the, the PT test that we do every year.
- OK, do me a favor, turn to your buddy and say sit ups, push ups and video.
Examples
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Over the past several years, sit-ups have received a bad reputation.
Blog text (9) -
The student with the ball lies down and performs a sit-up.
Academic text (2009) -
--doing your sit ups before the big game.
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As they reach the top of the sit-up, they throw the ball to their partner.
Academic text (2009) -
I'm doing push ups and sit ups on the regular just for myself.
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So the first and foremost, before you even come off the mat for a sit up, what I want you to do is press your low back into the ground.
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Many people think that sit-ups aren't a good exercise.
Blog text (23) -
If you're going to do a sit-up, you do that one sit-up the very best that you can.
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Hi, Prior to CrossFit, I would do tons of sit ups and crunches and AB work.
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To strengthen your core, try performing a few sit-ups every morning.
Synonyms
An exercise that lifts the shoulders toward the hips to work the stomach muscles
An exercise that makes the muscles around your belly stronger
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sit-up is made from the simple words sit and up, which mean 'sit' and 'up'. It names the exercise where you lie down and move up into a sitting position, so the word literally describes the action you do, much like push-up does for pushing movements.