Does the army recommend sit-ups or crunches

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you should use the search button.
But they still use Sit-Ups.
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Tay Depp wrote:you should use the search button.
But they still use Sit-Ups.
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Re: Does the army recommend sit-ups or crunches

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Apprentice wrote:Lately from what I have seen sit-ups have become a thing of the past. Schools, media, and health experts all recommend doing crunches instead of sit-ups. Crunches are basically doing a sit-up but only going half way (Hurts the back less)

I was just wondering what the Army prefers?

They prefer you stop being a dumbass. Situps is one of the events of the Army Physical Fitness Test.


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The army expects you to stretch and exercise your abdominal muscles.

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