“Sit-ups also engage the hip flexors, leg and abdominal muscles, chest, neck, and low back,” she says. This is why, after a few sets of sit-ups, you may feel like you’ve just finished a full ...

Answer: Full sit-ups are not the type of abdominal exercise I’d recommend. They can injure your back and aren’t truly effective, because you use muscles other than the abdominals to do most of ...

BeWOW: The Fast Full-Body Workout You Need to Try By Audrey McKenna Hasse · 4/21/2014, 1:30 p.m. Get wellness tips, workout trends, healthy eating, and more delivered right to your inbox with our ...

We've moved on to bent-knee sit-ups, to crunches and now to the plank pose or hanging knee-ups (depending on your military branch). From the first full twisting sit-ups, you tested more than just ...

Burpees Sit-ups Plank row (15 on each side) Lunge jumps Mountain climbers (30 on each side) Explanation of exercises *Click the links below for video tutorials.

Take your sit-ups to another level with this powerful variation that feels more like a full-body move than a simple ab exercise. Adding the twist works the obliques and lifting a leg fires up ...

For beginners who wish to build endurance, sit-ups are just the right form of exercise. You lie on your back with full range of motion and bent knees and lift yourself off the ground with hands ...