Arms Overhead Full Sit-Up (Male)

Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head, keeping your elbows out to the sides. Take a deep breath in. Exhale and engage your core muscles as you lift your upper body off the floor. Sit all the way up until your chest touches your knees. Inhale and slowly lower your upper body back down to the starting position. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Arms Overhead Full Sit-Up (Male)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Arms Overhead Full Sit-Up (Male) using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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