Fitness - Sit-ups

The full Sit-up was the second event of the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) under Field Manual (FM) 21-20. This exercise has been replaced as of June 2011, but remains in use until all commands have implemented the new Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT) under Training Circular (TC) 3-22.20. Until replaced with the new event, use this fitness video to better understand the rules, breathing techniques, and overall strategies to achieve best results. HOOAH! Learn more about National Guard fitness: http://bit.ly/gz3FrN.

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[silverskills1]

@Nationalguard Can you give me the names of all the abdominal sit up exercises you know?

I only know like three and cant find any others online.

[nationalguard]

@silverskills1 Please feel free to visit our website and check out our Fitness page.

[Zeiler91]

I hear some sort of crackle when doing sit ups, even when maintaining all your instructions: what should I do? I can do 100 pushups easily but when doing sit ups I just suck! thnx allready

[nationalguard]

@Zeiler91,

We recommend that you find an alternate abdominal exercise until you get your back checked. You do not want to injure yourself.

[MissionRiddim]

Sir, I am in the Airforce and ship to basic in 85 days. In the Airforce, you must cross your shoulders. I have heard that on the PFT, your elbows must touch your knees doing the sit up portion.

Is this true? or is my back simply suppose to come straight up and break the plane?

I want to practice as accurate as the real thing as possible. Currently - I can do 35 pushups and 39 sit ups ( both with 20 lb vest/weights on)

Thank you so much for the quality vids - They are appreciated by many.

[nationalguard]

@MissionRiddim,

PFT standards in the Airforce may be different from what our APFT is in the Army National Guard. We want you to get the exact information you're looking for, we highly recommend that you check with a representative of the Airforce. Thank you for stopping by and thank you for your service. Best wishes to you!

[Wolfhaysom]

never put your arms behind your head, your pressing tension onto your traps muscles, your using your arms as momentum to get up, you need to be using your core strength.

[raygunbeastboy]

he lifted his feet up every single time

[bsumaverick]

So, I leave for Basic in a week and I'm not very good at Sit ups at all. Will I gain some strength in this exercise over time? Also, what is the 1, 1, 1 requirement for the situp?

[TheTenners]

2:14... he got me pausing the video, getting down on the floor and actually doing it... @_@

[Elmgren76]

I've read a lot of articles about situps and why it's not a good exercise for ab's. You compress your spine in your lower back. It's much better to do other kinds of exercises where you don't put stress on your lower back.

[LastXdeth]

My upper thighs fatigue like crazy when I do sit ups. I never feel the soreness in the abdominals.