Butterfly Sit-up

Butterfly Sit-up

Contract your abdominals and curl your torso up toward your knees. Lower back down with control.

Instructions

1

Preparation: Lie on your back and bring the soles of your feet together, letting your knees fall out to the sides in a butterfly position. Place hands behind head.

2

Execution: Contract your abdominals and curl your torso up toward your knees. Lower back down with control.

Exercise Details

Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Core
Mechanics
Isolation
Force
Pull
Utility
Auxiliary

Target Muscles

rectus abdoministendinous inscriptions uppertendinous inscriptions middleobliques upperobliques lowererector spinaeadductor longusgracilis

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