How to Use sit-up in a Sentence
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Get some squats, push-ups, or sit-ups soon after the meal.
— Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
— Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023 -
For sit-ups, male officers must do 37 in one minute and female officers 31.
— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Oprea and Kelsea do Bosu ball throws (or crunches on a Bosu ball while tossing a weighted ball to a partner), sit-up claps, side planks, and elbow planks.
— Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 3 June 2023 -
Here are 4 things to know and how to treat them If your abdominal muscles are not strong enough to do good sit-ups, begin with crunches (partial sit-ups).
— Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2023 -
Sweating from push-ups, sit-ups and using a rowing machine is one thing, but a session at Hotworx is something else again.
— Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2023 -
The singer lifted weights on a sit-up bench with his spotter, also cooly rocking sunglasses indoors.
— Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024 -
With the Olympics in mind, van Gorp is breaking for up to two and a half hours each day, plus gym sessions and calisthenics – body-weight strength training like push-ups and sit-ups – in pursuit of winning gold.
— George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 -
Exercises like push-ups, squats, sit-ups, lunges, and planks can improve muscle endurance.
— Jenny McCoy, Health, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Every night a family member had to remain awake to monitor David, who would jerk into 30-minute frenzies of rapid sit-ups.
— Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023 -
In the clip, the actress completes her full-body workout, which featured weight lifting, mountain climbers, push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, and more before finishing with some stretches.
— Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023 -
The moves included throwing punches while doing sit-ups, sparring at a fierce pace, dodging punches, and kicking her sparring partner in the abs.
— Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023 -
In the video, Olympia (wearing a ruffled red dress) carefully lifts her baby sister (in holiday jammies) from the ground and lowers her back down, holding her hands the whole time — for a sweet version of baby sit-ups.
— Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023 -
Keeping up with a consistent weight lifting routine can be tough, but 15 minutes of crunches, planks, sit-ups, and push-ups can be transformational.
— Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2023 -
Kate usually kicks things off with a compound exercises that work two muscle groups at once (think: bicep curls with a squat and sit-ups with combination punches).
— Korin Miller, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023 -
This sit-up variation of a Russian twist strengthens rotational core movement and improves your ability to generate power from the core.
— Health Editorial Team, Health, 2 June 2024 -
These include planks, crunches, reverse crunches, sit-ups, hanging knee raises, mountain climbers, scissor kicks, leg raises and bicycle kicks.
— Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024 -
Kids can do traditional abdominal crunches, bicycle crunches, legs-up sit-ups, and more.
— Catherine Holecko, Parents, 3 July 2024
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There are many ergonomic desk chairs, such as backless chairs, that require you to sit up straight.
— Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Once inside, there’s plenty of room for even taller hikers to sit up right at 43-inches tall.
— Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024 -
This was followed by some cute clips of True sitting up by herself and sticking her tongue out, along with being smothered with kisses by her mom.
— Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024 -
Not easy for me, Lucy Gantt Sheppard says, sitting up ramrod straight, eyes fixed on mine across the dark expanse of dining-room table.
— Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 -
The passing lane down the line was open, and the ball sat up for a clean strike.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 -
As Locke shifts his body to sit up, a gun is seen in his hand.
— Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022 -
New are options to prompt you to rest your eyes and to sit up straight.
— Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2022 -
Think of your chimney as a tiny house that sits up on your roof.
— Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024 -
The two sat up front for the show, even sharing a kiss that was caught on camera!
— Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024 -
Clooney is shackled in the back of a prison van, with Lopez sitting up front.
— Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 -
Turn to sit up in the hammock or lie facedown, then turn over to face up.
— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2022 -
Turn to sit up in the hammock or lie facedown, then turn over to face up.
— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024 -
Holland stayed on the ground briefly, then sat up, went to the sideline briefly and returned for the next play.
— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024 -
It’s described as suitable for all ages as long as the child is able to sit up.
— Jessica Rach, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2024 -
And some ideas have to sit up here (pointing to the head) for a while to gestate and become ready and right.
— Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 -
To go back on his word -- and I'm supposed to sit up here and stand for a man who went back on his word?
— ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023 -
Lewis appears to sit up in bed and raise a hand in the moments before he is shot.
— Antonio Planas, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 -
For a sit-in at a lunch counter, they were told, sit up straight, be courteous and don’t strike back.
— Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024 -
The city sits up against the fence, next to Mexico, with homes and businesses.
— Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2023 -
Cure can be seen sitting up at times and flailing his arms.
— Steve Almasy, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Sarah sat up and back in a posture of intense alertness.
— Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 -
My only choice at that point was to sit up and wait for others to start working with.
— Rob Reed, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022 -
Robertson said Aniya, now over 6 months old and sitting up, is deeply loved.
— Sarah Kwon | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023 -
After a week in the hospital, Harriet was too weak to sit up on the side of her bed.
— Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2022 -
One morning my mentor and I sit up in the thickening grass.
— Patrick Cottrell, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Two were sleeping, sprawled like giant house cats, but a third sat up and watched us through narrowed eyes.
— Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023 -
The village of concrete and thatched roof dwellings sits up on a dune, so people there can catch cooling breezes in the summer.
— Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023 -
So if the Heat like a player enough to warrant longer looks, that causes observers to sit up and notice.
— Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2022 -
By his second day, therapists there helped Smith start to sit up.
— Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024 -
My girlfriend is sitting up in our bed looking at her phone.
— Bela Shayevich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
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