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GHD sit-up
With your feet fixed in a glute-ham machine and hips over the pad, lower your torso through a long backward arc until your hands pass beyond your head, then flex back up and finish sitting tall.
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With your feet fixed in a glute-ham machine and hips over the pad, lower your torso through a long backward arc until your hands pass beyond your head, then flex back up and finish sitting tall.
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Movement guide
Existing guide · editorial review pending. Clinical review is pending.
Start at 3 sets of 5 partial-range reps, add range before volume, and take several weeks to reach full range.
Case reports link high volume first exposures to rhabdomyolysis, muscle breakdown serious enough to damage the kidneys. It also travels backwards through an unsupported arc, so avoid it with osteoporosis, neck problems or any current back pain, fix the feet securely, and never do it for reps against a clock.
Sources support the educational description; they do not establish that this exercise is suitable for you.
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No variation is labeled clinically validated.