Sit Up (Weighted)
Trains the abdominals. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Sit Up (Weighted)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Sit Up (Weighted) trains
Technique
How to do the Sit Up (Weighted)
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, holding a weight plate or dumbbell against your chest with both hands.
- Engage your core and curl your torso upward, lifting your shoulders and back off the floor until you are sitting upright, keeping the weight held firmly against your chest.
- Pause briefly at the top of the movement.
- Slowly lower your torso back to the floor with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Hold the weight firmly against your chest throughout to keep the resistance consistent.
- Exhale as you sit up and inhale as you lower back down.
- Lower yourself slowly; the controlled descent is where much of the benefit comes from.
- Start with a light weight and increase gradually as your core strength improves.
Substitutes
Swap Sit Up (Weighted) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Sit Up (Weighted) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.