FITNESS

TESTING
ASSIGNMENT
Submitted to: Mr. Solarski
















Fitness Testing Assignment
By:RalphFelipe

1. Define Fitness and how it relates to a healthy lifestyle.
Meaning:
Capability of the body of distributing inhaled oxygen to muscle tissue
during increased physical effort.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fitness?s=t)

You need a good healthy body to do things. For example: if you sit on a
couch all day doing nothing, you will become unhealthy.
2. Define & show how they can be measured.
Word Meaning Measurement
cardiorespiratory Relating to the action of both heart
and lungs
VO2max
Muscular
Strength
Ability of a person to exert force on
physical objects using muscles.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_Strength)
1RM+(0.033 x
RTF x load)
load
Muscular Ones ability to perform many Exercises.
Endurance repetitions with a sub-maximum
resistance over a given period of time
Example: # of
pushups
Flexibility The quality of bending easily without
breaking
Sit and reach
test is one
way. (when
you sit with
your legs
forward and
you reach for
your toes.)
Body
Composition
Described as a percentage for fat,
bone water and muscle
EXA (Dual-
Energy X-Ray
Absorptiometry)