Otis-Up

Otis-Up is a compound strength exercise using other that trains the abdominals.

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Primary muscles: Abdominals

Secondary muscles: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

How to do it

1. Secure your feet and lay back on the floor. Your knees should be bent. Hold a weight with both hands to your chest. This will be your starting position.
2. Initiate the movement by flexing the hips and spine to raise your torso up from the ground.
3. As you move up, press the weight up so that it is above your head at the top of the movement.
4. Return the weight to your chest as you reverse the sit-up motion, ensuring not to go all the way down to the floor.

Track it with MyoAmigo

MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Otis-Up from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Abdominals volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.

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