Fitness testing Flashcards
What are the pre-test procedures?
Informed consent, calibration of equipment
What are the tables called that we compare our data to
Normative data
What equipment is required for the bleep test?
Cones, measuring tape, audio cd, audio euipment
What equipment would you need to complete the skinfold
Skinfold callipers
What side of the body do you place the BIA electrodes?
Right
Three sites for female Jackson Pollock test
Tricep, Suprailiac, Thigh
Three sites for male Jackson Pollock test
Chest, Abdominal, thigh
What do you do with the raw measurements from the Jackson Pollock test?
add them together then draw a line from age to the sum of all skinfold readings on the nomogram. Finally make sure you are looking at the right gender line.
Calculation for BMI
Weight / Height x height
Reliability of BMI
not accurate measurement, less reliable.
Equipment needed for 1 minute press up test.
Stop watch and a mat (a partner - not necessary)
Reliability issues of 1 minute tests
Technique can affect the score, makes it less reliable.
Validity of the sit up test
only measures muscular endurance of the abdominals so does not measure muscular endurance of the whole body.
Heights of the steps for the forestry step test?
Females - 33cm
Males - 40cm
Stepping rate of the forestry step test?
22.5 steps per minute
