Decline Sit-Ups Tip - Keep Tension on Abs!

When performing a shoulder press, always try to point your knuckles upward!

[liquidcancer]

I think it matters as much as pausing at the top of a bench press

[crsher]

I think if you lay all the way down and start dowing sit-up correcty you can engage upper part of abs, while later part engages lower abs. If you don't lay down completly, you won't be engaging upper abs muscles.

[AllDayErrDay.]

Keeping tension in the muscle just means you'll reach failure sooner. It's better to get a full stretch(hence more muscle recruitment) and go to failure.

[matusjurcik]

nope, you wont achieve a full stretch of the muscle. Baaaad advice. By laying down u are still under tension (maximal tension)

[Jamiegallagher]

you can go all the way down so long as you maintain a tight core and flex it the whole way down rather than resting your back and shoulders into it the way you displayed