What is "sit-ups"

Usage examples of "sit-ups".

There was a two minute rest after the pushups, then fifty sit-ups in two minutes.

Before, he'd been able to do a hundred push-ups and sit-ups without even breathing hard— He went still, waiting for the half memory to become full-blown, waiting for the mental door to open, but nothing hap­pened.

At first she’d been able to do only stretching exercises, but she’d pushed herself hard, jogging in place even when she had to hold on to the mar­ble vanity to keep her balance, doing push-ups and sit-ups and ab crunches.

Coach Bob tried to train him out of this maiming habit by teach­ing him other sports: retrieving balls, perfecting the for­ward roll — even sit-ups — but Earl was already old, and not blessed with the belief in vigorous exercise that pos­sessed Iowa Bob.

Or the sit-ups (‘one hundred and twenty-one, one hundred and twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three’).

And put maybe a flat twenty-five-pounder on your chest when you do your sit-ups — you’re doing them too easily.

Carrying tennis rackets and a hopper of balls, he walked first to the track, where he ran six miles and did push-ups, sit-ups, and crunches, to get his fix of endorphin.

He worked out with weights in the gym, sprinted several laps, and did pushups and sit-ups until his body's natural opiates kicked in.

The whole point was that all seven men working together and at the same time could do the sit-ups lifting the telephone pole at the same time.