One was the drop-handled, racing variety and the other was thesit-up-and-beg variety.
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For the purposes of promotion, a soldier's score on an alternate event equals the average of their push-up andsit-upscores.
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If a repetition does not count, the scorer will repeat the number of your last correctly performedsit-up.
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A pennysit-upwas the cheapest homeless shelter at that time.
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Thesit-upexercise can be replaced with the more modern crunch.
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Many exercise physiologists consider thesit-upin the higher levels to be capable of causing spinal injury, and, therefore, unsuitable for an unsupervised program.
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Movements such as the push-up, the pull-up, and thesit-upare some of the most common bodyweight exercises.
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It was like a pennysit-upexcept that a rope was placed in front of the bench.
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The test consists of five items or stations:sit-up, standing broad jump, chin-up, 4 x 10 metres shuttle run, and 2.4 kilometres run.
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For example, the exercise are pull up,sit-up, barbell curl, standing calf raise.
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At the low end was a pennysit-up, where a homeless client could get food and shelter from the cold in exchange for a penny.
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The arm hang and the sit-ups, both tasks requiring a certain degree of muscular endurance, load on a third factor for boys and girls.
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Soldiers are scored based on their performance in three events consisting of the push-up,sit-up, and a two-mile run, ranging from 0 to 100 points in each event.
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This exercise is performed sitting on the floor with knees bent like in asit-upposition with the back typically kept off the floor at an angle of 45.
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Most have simple instructions attached to them, and the stations include balance beams,sit-upbars, chin-up bars, parallel bars, and more challenging stations such as pole climbs and ladder walks.
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