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Or curl ups. Whatever name you call them they increase stamina and upper body strength. These are no joke so get 'em done. Do as many as you can in two minutes.

This Month's High Score:
Alicestar:112


All Time High score:
Alicestar:112

For those of you who want something to track your progress with, here is the Army's APFT grading scale.

SIT-UP STANDARDS
Age Group
17-21
22-26
27-31
32-36
37-41
Repetitions
M/F
M/F
M/F
M/F
M/F
82

100

81

99

80
100 98

79
99 97

78 100 97 96

77 98 96 95

76 97 95 94 100 100
75 95 93 92 99 99
74 94 92 91 98 98
73 92 91 90 96 97
72 90 89 89 95 96
71 89 88 88 94 95
70 87 87 87 93 94
69 86 85 86 92 93
68 84 84 85 91 92
67 82 83 84 89 91
66 81 81 83 88 89
65 79 80 82 87 88
64 78 79 81 86 87
63 76 77 79 85 86
62 74 76 78 84 85
61 73 75 77 82 84
60 71 73 76 81 83
59 70 72 75 80 82
58 68 71 74 79 81
57 66 69 73 78 80
56 65 68 72 76 79
55 63 67 71 75 78
54 62 65 70 74 77
53 60 64 69 73 76
52 58 63 68 72 75
51 57 61 66 71 74
50 55 60 65 69 73
49 54 59 64 68 72
48 52 57 63 67 71
47 50 56 62 66 69
46 49 55 61 65 68
45 47 53 60 64 67
44 46 52 59 62 66
43 44 50 58 61 65
42 42 49 57 60 64
41 41 48 56 59 63
40 39 47 55 58 62
39 38 45 54 56 61
38 36 44 52 55 60
37 34 43 51 54 59
36 33 41 50 53 58
35 31 40 49 52 57
34 30 39 48 50 56
33 28 37 47 49 55
32 26 36 46 48 54
31 25 35 45 47 53
30 23 33 44 46 52
29 22 32 43 45 50
28 20 31 42 44 49
27 18 29 41 42 48
26 17 28 39 41 47
25 15 27 38 40 46
24 14 25 37 39 45
23 12 24 36 38 44
22 10 23 35 36 43
21 9 21 34 35 42
Age Group 17-21 22-26 27-31 32-36 37-41

I will add the scale for the Marine Corps later if anyone wants it.


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tebben Proper Sit-up Form 6 Jun 7 2008, 11:51 AM EDT by Sandbagger
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Yep, just like push-ups, there is a correct form for sit-ups.

Lie back with your knees bent at a 90 degree angle, with your feet together or up to 12 inches apart. Ideally, you would have another person hold your feet, but some other brace can work. Your ankles must stay in contact with the ground. Your hands should be behind your head, with your fingers interlocked. When you are in the down position, only your shoulder blades must touch the ground, your head/hands/elbows don't need to.

When you raise yourself to the up position, you must bring yourself to the vertical position. This means the base of your neck should be directly over the base of your spine. Then lower yourself back down so your shoulder blades touch the ground, that's 1.
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