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The L-sit is an acrobatic body position in which all body weight rests on the hands, with the
The L-sit is an acrobatic body position in which all body weight rests on the hands, with the torso
The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend. The tetrapod torso — including that of a huma ...
held in a slightly forward-leaning orientation, with legs held horizontally so that each leg forms a nominal right-angle with the torso. The right-angle causes the body to have a notable "L" shape, hence the name "L-sit". It requires significant abdominal strength.
When executing an L-sit, a variety of supports may be used by the performer, including gymnastics apparatus such as the floor, rings
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, parallel bars
Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over long and positioned at roughly head height. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally we ...
or parallettes
Parallettes are small gymnastics devices, employed in pairs, used primarily to simulate the parallel bars
Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over long and positioned at roughly head height. Parallel bars ...
, or the hands of an adagio
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partner.
The performer's legs may be held together in front of the body or, in a variant called the ''straddled L-sit'', the legs may be separated so that they straddle the arms.
Similar positions
The ''V-sit'' is similar to the L-sit except that the legs are raised further, so that the feet are held above the hips. In the even more difficult ''manna'', the legs continue to rotate up and back until the torso is raised and the hips are held above the shoulders. Human positions Static elements (gymnastics)