Client Screening and Consultation Flashcards
Tests for Cardiorespiratory Condition
Predicted VO2 Max Test, 3 minute step test
Tests for muscular endurance: upper body
Push-up test, chin-up test
Tests for muscular endurance: lower body
Squat test,
Tests for muscular endurance: core
DONT USE FLOOR EXERCISES; plank test, dead bug test, bent knee crunch test
Tests for flexibility
Modified sit and reach test, reach over (back scratch) test
Tests for power
Vertical jump test (more applicable to an athletic client)
Tests for speed
40 Yard Dash
Tests for agility
Zig Zag Test
Hydrostatic Weighing
Fat has a lower density and muscle has a higher densit underwater; Weight underwater is equal to water displaced by the body volume
Body Pleythmethography (bod pod)
Uses body density; uses air displacment
Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis
Use a low-level electric current that passes through the body and the impedance to current flow is measured
Skin-fold caliper
Most commonly used and most popular; Varying sites for varying clients
Skin-fold caliper: for women
Tricep, supra-iliac (muffin top), thigh
Skin-fold caliper: for men
Chest, abs, thigh
Parrillo 9-site formula
Body fat % = (27 x (sum of a all sites) divided by body weight
