I called that 'the crab' when I did gymnastics in school many many years ago.
In yoga, "bridge posture" or "bridge pose".
At a gym class, you could simply call it "bridging".
At a gym class, you could simply call it "bridging".
To get there from a standing position, you can do a backbend (tilt your head back, arch your back, put your hands on the floor.)That's what I would say too.
Having done some research on this recently, the position seems to officially be called "bridge" in gymnastics. However, I think "crab" is what most people (non-gymnasts) would recognise. That's definitely what it was always called when I was at school. Lots of girls used to do them in the playground (I could never manage it...). In fact, this meaning of "pont" is in the WR dictionary: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/pont However, the question was how to translate "faire le pont", which I think would be "do a bridge (pose)/do a crab"?
one more for "crab" position.
It may be helpful to do a Google images search on "yoga poses bridge" and "yoga poses crab".
It seems that all who suggested 'crab' are from the UK or Ireland.
In the US, I've only heard it called a bridge.
In the US, I've only heard it called a bridge.