sit up

The test: Technically a curl-up, this exercise is a partial sit-up, done with your back in a C-shape and your arms crossed over your chest.

"A few things over the past few days have made people sit-up, realise the difficulties facing Rusal," an aluminium industry source said.

“We take a breath, and then when we do the sit-up, we exhale, and that relieves some of the pressure.”

“What’s going on with you and Tyler?” she blurts out at sit-up twenty-two.

She is a full-time wheelchair-user, is unable to sit-up unaided and her breathing muscles are paralysed.