Fitness Tests - Health and Fitness
To perform a series of fitness tests before, during and after an exercise programme can have numerous benefits.
Resting Heart Rate Test
Resting heart rate is most accurately measured just before you get out of bed in the morning. To further enhance accuracy you should record...
Blood Pressure Test
Blood pressure reflects the force of our heart beat and the resistance of the arteries to the pumping action of the heart. It is measured...
Body Circumferences
Circumference measures are easily used to assess body composition. To ensure accuracy, you must use anatomical landmarks for taking each...
Body Mass Index (BMI)
It is important to be aware that BMI uses total body weight and does not discriminate between fat and lean body mass. Therefore, BMI should...
Body Composition Tests
There are a number of health risks associated with excess body fat. These include heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and many more, it...
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing
Ideally cardiorespiratory fitness is assessed by way of measuring the oxygen uptake during a maximal exercise test. However, that requires...
Flexibility Tests
Flexibility affects both health and fitness. Poor flexibility increases the risk of muscles and joint injury, this is often evident in...
Muscular Strength Tests
There are three types of strength testing, they are Isometric, Isokinetic and Isotonic. Of the three types of testing, it is Isotonic...
Muscular Endurance Tests
Muscular Endurance testing also measures strength to some degree. The lower weight and higher repeitition tests would be more suitable to...
Fitness Tests
If we reviews the different fitness tests in the market we will see that there are hundres of standard fitness tests adn hundreds more variations of these.
These tests can range from simple and inexpensive field tests to the more elaborate and expensive laboratory tests. Whatever tests you choose it is important to consider the benefit and need for them, fitness testing can have a number of benefits, which incclude:
- Identifying strengths and weaknesses
- Identifying areas of improvement
- Defining current fitness levels
- Monitoring progression