Purpose: The curl up test measures abdominal strength and endurance, important in back support and core stability.
Equipment: Floor matt, stopwatch, curt up test mp3 for cadence.
Procedure: The partner sits behind the subject and cups the subject's head in their hands. The starting position is also different, with the arms fully extended with fingers resting on the legs and pointing toward the knees. The subject curls up slowly, sliding the fingers along the legs until the fingertips touch the knees, then back down again, until the head touches the partner's hands. One complete curl-up is completed every three seconds, and are continued until exhaustion (e.g. the subject cannot maintain the rhythm or has reached the target number for the test).
Scoring:
Equipment: Floor matt, stopwatch, curt up test mp3 for cadence.
Procedure: The partner sits behind the subject and cups the subject's head in their hands. The starting position is also different, with the arms fully extended with fingers resting on the legs and pointing toward the knees. The subject curls up slowly, sliding the fingers along the legs until the fingertips touch the knees, then back down again, until the head touches the partner's hands. One complete curl-up is completed every three seconds, and are continued until exhaustion (e.g. the subject cannot maintain the rhythm or has reached the target number for the test).
Scoring:
Below is a YouTube clip of the curl up test cadence.
Below is a YouTube clip for both the instructor and the participant for proper curl up test procedure.