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Calculating VO2max: The following is undoubtedly the most difficult computation in this book, because VO2max is a function of so many variables: gender, weight, age, heart rate and time to complete the one-mile test walk. Although the formulae are relatively complex, we have tried to simplify the calculation as much as possible. The formula for women is:
VO2max = 133 – W – H – A – T, where
W = 0.077 × Weight
A = 0.39 × Age
H = 0.157 × Heart rate
T = 3.26 × Time for mile
Example: Determine VO2max and the fitness level of a 29 year-old woman who weighs 150 pounds. She finished the one-mile walking test in 14 minutes and 30 seconds (which is 14.5 minutes) with a heart rate of 145 beats per minute. The first step is to determine values for W, H, A and T.
W = 0.077 × Weight = 0.077 × 150 lbs = 11.6
H = 0.157 × Heart rate = 0.157 × 145 = 22.8
A = 0.39 × Age = 0.39 × 29 years = 11.3
T = 3.26 × Time = 3.26 × 14.5 minutes = 50.5
Then calculate VO2max = 133 – W – H – A – T
VO2max = 133 – 11.6 – 22.8 – 11.3 – 50.5 = 36.8
Finally, enter Table1 and find that a 29 year-old woman with VO2max = 36.8, her fitness level is good – actually very good bordering on excellent.
Strength Assessment
Rather than a strength-assessment that consists of one repetition with a maximum load, I prefer the much safer anaerobic muscular strength measuring technique, where you assess your strength by the number of repetitions you can perform with a sub-maximal load. Moreover, in the tests that follow you will use your own body weight to determine how strong you are. The standard tests are: the push-up test, the sit-up test, and the squat test. Because the sit-up test can aggravate existing lower back problems, I only recommend the push-up and squat tests. The objective in both tests is to see how many push-up and squat repetitions you can perform without stopping.
Push-up Test: For the test, women should employ the familiar half push-up, supporting their weight with their arms and knees. Use Table 2 to assess your performance.
Table 2: Pushup Performance
Squat Test: Stand about 12 inches in front of a chair. Place your feet about shoulder width apart and extend your arms parallel to the floor to your front. Bend your knees and slowly lower your body until your butt just touches the seat of the chair. (But don’t sit on the chair.) Then slowly return to the standing position. Repeat as often as you can without stopping. Use Table 3 to assess your performance.
Flexibility Assessment
Sit & Reach Test: This is a standard test to determine hip and trunk flexibility and is often used as a measure of overall flexibility. Remember to warm up with a few gentle stretches before you start the test. To conduct the test, tape a yardstick to the floor at the 15-inch mark. Remove your shoes and sit on the floor, with your legs forward and fully extended, so that the yardstick is between and almost parallel to your extended legs. (The yardstick’s zero mark should be closest to you). Locate your heels at the 15-inch mark and move your feet about 10 inches apart. Place one hand over the other and slowly stretch forward (without jerking or bouncing), and extend the tips of your fingers as far as possible along the yardstick. Repeat three times. Your score is the furthest or highest number you are able to reach. Use Table 4 to assess your flexibility.
Body-Weight Assessment
In recent years, many health-care practitioners rely on Body Mass Index, or BMI, to determine if a person is overweight. The BMI takes into account both a person’s weight and height and is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by the square of their height (in meters). Table 5 provides a convenient determination of BMI for U.S. readers. This table is not applicable to competitive athletes, body builders and the chronically ill.
Table 5 Body Mass Index (BMI)
The rationale behind the BMI is based on epidemiological data that show an increase in mortality when the BMI is above 25, although the increase in mortality tends to be moderate until a BMI of 30 is reached. Table 6 shows how a person’s body-weight is categorized as a function of their BMI.
BMI-Based Weight vs. Height
A better way to use BMI is the New BMI-Based Weight vs. Height Chart shown in Table 7, where the underweight category corresponds to BMI = 18.5 or less, normal weight is for BMI = 18.6 to 24.9, overweight is for BMI = 25.0 to 29.9, obese is for BMI = 30.0 to 39.9 and extremely obese is for BMI = 40 or more.
Example: Determine BMI of a 5' 6" woman who weighs 160 pounds.
First use Table 5. Scan the far left of the table and locate her weight of 160 pounds. From this number run your finger horizontally (to the right) until it intersects the vertical column headed by her 5' 6" height. The number at the intersection is her BMI = 25.8. According to Table 6 she is slightly overweight.
Example: Determine the normal (healthy) weight range for a woman who is 5' 6" tall.
From Table 7, find that at 5' 6 she must weigh between 116 and 154 pounds for her weight to be in the
normal" range, that is for her BMI to be between 18.6 and 24.9. I think you will agree that the new BMI-Based Weight vs. Height chart (Table 7) is more useful than the BMI table (Table 5).
Waist-to-Hip Ratio: Another important weight-profile parameter is your waist-to-hip ratio. Health risks for heart attack and stroke increase considerably for men with a ratio above 1.0 and for women with a ratio above 0.8. To calculate your ratio, measure your waist size (at its narrowest circumference) and divide it by your hip size (at the widest section).
Are You Eating Sensibly?
To broadly assess how appropriate your current nutritional practices are please complete the following questionnaire. (You may need pencil and paper to keep your score.)
a) Number of vegetable servings eaten per day?
None (1 point), 1 serving (2 points), 2 to 4 (3 points), 5 or more (4 points)
b) How many fruit servings do you eat in a day?
None (1 point), 1 serving (2 points), 2 to 4 (3 points), 5 or more (4 points)
c) Cereal & whole-grain bread servings in a day?
None (1 pt), 1 serving (2 pts), 2 to 4 (3 pts), 5 or more (4 pts)
d) How many times per week do you eat a fish or poultry?
Never (1 pt), 1 time (2 pts), 2 to 3 (3 pts), 4 or more (4 pts)
e) How do you prepare and eat poultry?
Fry dark meat with skin & gravy (1 pt)
Bake or broil dark meat with skin & gravy (2 pts)
Bake or broil dark meat without skin (3 pts)
Bake or broil white meat without skin (4 pts)
f) How many times per week do you eat