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The Abdominal curl Conditioning Test involves the continuous performance of abdominal curls in time with an audio signal, consisiting of a bleep emitted from the CD player. 

The Abdominal Curl Conditioning Test does not exclusively measure either aerobic or the anaerobic capacityof the abdominal muscles. The best physiological muscles. The best description is that in the early stages, the muscles are mainly working aerobically at slow rates of contraction but then begin to work anaerobically as the rate of contraction increaases. Research carried out using this test on male and female members of international squads has shown that it can effectively differentiate between individuals who have good or poor conditioning of their abdominal muscles.

The user booklet has been written as part of a apckage designed to describe the function and importance of the abdominal muscles within sport. A simple field test to assess the general conditioning of the abdominal muscles is also described, which can easily be conducted in conjunction with the enclosed audio CD