Topic: Does this exersice have a name?

[Nicholas Schiebel]

I've been doing these to improve my core strength and rolls/flips.

Does anyone know what they're called?

You start out lying flat on your back, arms fully extended above your head.
Then you bring you legs up, bringing your knees to your chest. In the same movement, you bring your arms down to clutch your shins.
As you do this, curve your entire body in, to make as small a ball as you can.

So do they have a name?

[Jake Vigil]

These are going to do nothing to improve your core strength, though I've found practicing that tucking motion hard helped my flips, though because I was practicing tucking harder and faster, not because I was strengthening anything.


If you want a stronger core, start working L-sits or planks, and if you want a more explosive core, start back flipping more...

[Andy Keller]

and if you want a more explosive core, start back flipping more...

Heck yea! Backflips are sure to give you a good core workout.

[Ryan Nicolai]

Heck yea! Backflips are sure to give you a good core workout.

Good to know.

[Andy Keller]

Just don't do them to failure.

[Jeremy Osborn]

Just don't do them to failure.

That would royally suck.

[Ryan Nicolai]

I remember constantly crushing my spine when I would attempt them on trampolines. I still don't know how I'm walking.

Now to do them on the ground.

[Brett Robert]

If you're not ready for backflips yet, try the knees to elbows (k2e) exercise.

[Nicholas Schiebel]

so nobody knows if this exercise has a name?

[Steven Low]

N-ups... more or less. Like V-ups but the legs/hips/back form an N

[Ryan Nicolai]

If you're not ready for backflips yet, try the knees to elbows (k2e) exercise.

I do that, except my arms are down and holding me up off my cabinet.

I've seen that exercise in a lot of back flip videos. Other than that, never seen it used.

[Jake Vigil]

so nobody knows if this exercise has a name?

"Pointless"

[Chris Salvato]

Why do they need a name when you have a picture?

I would call them N-ups or tuck sit-ups but they don't have an "official" name as far as I know.  I don't see why they need one.

[Matthew Wang]

"Pointless"

I wouldn't say pointless...

They're great for warm-up exercises. We did them at the WAPK National Jam after some running, QM, and downwards dogs. They got the sweat going.

[Nicholas Schiebel]

I was just asking for a possible name so I could look for any references and such.

Thanks.