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Sit-ups should not be done with straight legs because if the knees are not flexed too much pressure is put on the base of the spine. In addition, the hip flexors start doing all the muscular work ...

Week 1: 30 seconds of 20 reps of sit-ups, rest 4-5 minutes before doing it again. Perfect in between half-mile repeats or doing 5-6 sets while in your room studying in the evening.

Question: I am a healthy woman in my early 60s. My doctor told me that I should not do sit-ups. Can you recommend abdominal exercises that do not involve any version of the sit-up? Answer: Due to ...

While sit-ups and crunches can help you build a strong core, they won't reduce your belly fat. A combination of diet, strength training, and cardiovascular exercise is needed to lose belly fat.

The Institute of Medicine has spent more than a year rigorously examining the various physical fitness tests - the sit-ups, mile-long runs and other such tasks - that schools use to test students ...