Preparation

In preparation before completing the curl-up assessment, the class will complete another assessment that is a component of the Fitness Gram Testing. This is the Trunk lift. It's relationship with low back health, proper vertebral alignment, abdominal muscles, hamstrings, and back estensors works great with the curl-up. It is a great warm-up excercise to begin with, before taking part in curl-ups. The cobra stretch is another great warm-up before the curl-up. It also improves back health, too.



There are other options that you may explore and use to stretch your core. The next option that you may use to warm-up is lying on a pyhsioball, curling up your torso around the ball to release tightness in your abdominal muscles.