# Weighted Sit-Up

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/weighted-sit-up

Also known as: Plate Sit-Up, Weighted Sit-Ups, Loaded Sit-Up, Sit-Up with Weight, Weighted Abdominal Sit-Up

Body region: Core

## Muscles

- Main: Rectus Abdominis
- Helps: Iliopsoas, Rectus Femoris
- Holds: External Oblique, Internal Oblique, Transversus Abdominis

## Equipment

- Weight Plate

## Technique

1. Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat or anchored, holding a weight plate against your chest.
2. Curl up to a seated position with the plate close.
3. Pause at the top, torso tall.
4. Lower back down slowly.

### Cues

- Keep the plate hugged to your chest.
- Roll up through the spine.

### Common mistakes

- Using a plate that is too heavy and pulling on the neck.
- Throwing the torso up with momentum.
- Dropping back quickly.

## Alternatives

- [Sit-Up](https://heatsy.app/ex/sit-up)
- [Weighted Decline Sit-Up](https://heatsy.app/ex/weighted-decline-sit-up)