Fitness Assessment Testing

A physical fitness assessment is a fitness test you should have before jumping into any type of conditioning training, it's the foundation that sets the requirement towards realistic goals representing any potentials you require from sports, general well-being and weight management.

How to Assess Fitness

Before starting a fitness assessment test it is important to fill in the necessary paperwork, i.e.:
 
·  A Physical Activity Requirement questionnaire
·  A Lifestyle questionnaire
·  A Stress questionnaire
 

Blood pressure readings are taken so that the right exercise intensity can be set.

A posture analysis is carried out to check that posture is aligned and working efficiently, to set the correction exercises if they are not, plus body circumferences and your B.M.I ratings…
A sub maximal VO²max assessment test shows how strong your heart is at using oxygen per kilo gram of body-weight, to feed your muscles to give you energy. This test requires a step test, and/or to run and walk a (1 mile) distance. This testing forms the benchmark for setting your Training Heart rate zone for your requirements for weight loss, general well-being or elite competition training.

Muscular Endurance Testing

A variety of muscular endurance testing is administered to test the strength of the Torso & Core stability and finishing off with a series of flexibility testing, so you are ready to…

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