{{Short description|Gymnastics and Calisthenics skill}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2011}} thumb|L-sit performed on rings [[File:Annie_Thorisdottir_does_an_l-sit.jpg|thumb|L-sits on parallettes]] The '''L-sit''' is an acrobatic body position in which all body weight rests on the hands, with the torso 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, parallel bars or parallettes, or the hands of an adagio 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.
The ''L-sit Cross'' is a variant of L-sit with the arms extended laterally.<ref name=bango2017/> It is a variant of the iron cross and is common in rings routines.<ref name=bango2017>{{Cite journal |last=Bango |first=Benjamin |last2=Navandar |first2=Archit |last3=Grande Rodríguez |first3=Ignacio |last4=Sillero-Quintana |first4=Manuel |date=2017 |title=Evaluation of isometric force production in L-sit cross in still rings among elite male artistic gymnasts |url=http://rua.ua.es/dspace/handle/10045/67968 |doi=10.14198/jhse.2017.122.02 |issn=1988-5202 |journal=Journal of Human Sport and Exercise |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=257-266|hdl=10045/67968 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
{{Gallery |title=Variants and similar positions |width=120 |height=100 |align=center |File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0705-008, Sven Tippelt.jpg |Straddled L-sit on rings |alt1=Straddled L-sit on rings |File:2019-06-27 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's All-around competition Subdivision 4 Floor exercise (Martin Rulsch) 401.jpg |V-sit on floor |alt2=V-sit |File:2019-06-29 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's Apparatus finals Floor exercise (Martin Rulsch) 464.jpg |Manna on floor |alt3=Manna }}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Human positions Category:Static elements (gymnastics)