V-Ups
Lie flat on your back with your arms extended overhead and legs straight. Simultaneously raise your legs and torso off the floor, reaching your hands toward your toes to form a V shape at the top. Lower your arms and legs back down under control without letting them touch the floor between reps. Keep your core tight and avoid jerking your neck forward.
ABS · CORE
How it is executed
- Lie flat on your back with your arms extended overhead and legs straight.
- Simultaneously raise your legs and torso off the floor, reaching your hands toward your toes to form a V shape at the top.
- Lower your arms and legs back down under control without letting them touch the floor between reps.
- Keep your core tight and avoid jerking your neck forward.
- Muscles worked
- Abs
- Primary muscle
- Upper abs
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Movement pattern
- Core
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophyCore strengthStability
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Movement patternA movement pattern is the mechanical family an exercise belongs to: horizontal push, vertical push, horizontal pull, vertical pull, knee-dominant, hip-domina...1RM (one-rep max)The 1RM is the heaviest load a person can lift once in a given exercise with correct technique.RIR ↔ %1RM conversionWhat percentage of 1RM does your RIR correspond to?
