SIT-UP DIRECTIONS:
Before you start you sit-ups, be sure they count. FYI: It is much easier to do the push up and sit up tests with a partner, so you can coach each other:
To do this properly, a metronome (a little tick-tock device that helps music students maintain a steady beat) is set for 40 beats per minute. You do a sit-up with each beat. Or if you don’t have a metronome (or a friend to count for you), just count a quick one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two, to perform a little more than one sit-up a second.
Lie on your back with your knees at 90° and your arms at your sides. At rest, flat on your back with hands extended down your sides, your fingertips will (should) be touching a tape line. Place a second tape line 3 ¼ inches (8 cm) down toward your feet if you’re 45 or older and 4 ¾ inches (12 cm) away if you’re less than 45. Your fingers must touch the second tape with each and every crunch. You’ll be measuring the maximum sit-ups you’ve performed without missing a beat. Once you break your rhythm, stop, you are done.
Please see the link below to a table to enable you to calculate your sit-up score. Note your score is age and gender dependent. First clarify your sit-up age percentile: what percentile sit up score did you achieve for your gender and age group? Next calculate how many more sit ups you would need to do to drop your sit-up age by 10 years.
Follow-up Coaching