SIT UP

General Ideas

strength-building exercises
target your abdominal
muscles
facilitate weight loss by
burning calories
upper body toward your
knees
 JOINT INVOLVED
curling phase to sitting-up position rotating to left phase

joint a agonist acti agonist

ct s on s
io
n

cerv fl cervical mai cervical

ical e spine nte spine
spin xi flexors na flexors
e o sternoc nce (isometr
n leidom of ic
astoid cer contract
vic ion)
al sternocl
flex eidoma
ion stoid

trun fl trunk rig right

k e flexors ht lumbar
xi rectus lum rotators
o abdomi bar R)
 MUSCLE INVOLVED

deepest layer of
large abdominal
muscle
Superficial layer
of abdominal
Assist flexion muscle
and support
internal organs.

superficial, lateral
abdominal muscle
layers.
 Rect Trans Exte Inter
us verse rnal nal
Abdo Abdo Obli Obli
minu minu ques ques
s s

Lo Wall Deep On Lyin

cat of est top g
ion Abdo layer of unde
minal of rectu r
muscl Muscl s Exter
e e Abdo nal
minu Obliq
s ues

Ma conne Has Fiber Fiber

de ctive fiber
of tissue =
flexibi
lity

Fu Flex Prepa Supprt

BONE INVOLVED
- Spinal cord

- Sacrum

- Coccyx

- Pelvis

- Humerus

- Ulna

- Radius

- Tibia