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A physical exercise in which one uses the abdominal muscles to raise the torso from a supine to a sitting position and then lies back down again without moving the legs.

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Noun

sit-up - a stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage

stomach exercise, tummy crunch - an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles

Translations

sit-up [ˈsɪtʌp] N → abdominal m

sit-up

n (Sport) → Sit-up m; to do sit-ups → Sit-ups machen

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