Fitness Tests

Question 1

What is the Hand grip strength tests purpose?

Answer 1

Tests muscular strength in the hand.

Question 2

What is the protocol of Hand grip strength tests?

Answer 2

Use a hand grip dynamometer. With your strongest hand squeeze as hard as you can. Take three recordings and record the best one.

Question 3

What is the purpose of the one minute sit up test?

Answer 3

Tests abdominal muscular endurance

Question 4

What is the protocol of the one minute sit up test?

Answer 4

Have a partner time as many valid elbow to knee sit-ups you can do in a minute.

Question 5

What is the purpose of the 12 minute cooper run?

Answer 5

To test cardiovascular fitness.

Question 6

What is the protocol of the 12 minute cooper run?

Answer 6

Mark out a circumference of 200M and see how many laps each person can run or swim in 12 minutes to the nearest lap.

Question 7

What is the purpose of the harvard step test?

Answer 7

To test cardiovascular fitness and strength.

Question 8

What is the protocol of the hardvad step test?

Answer 8

Do as many steps on a bench or a step over a foot above the ground for minute. Once you are finished measure your heart rate and make sure your heart rate is within a certain range.

Question 9

What is the purpose of the 30M sprint?

Answer 9

To test speed

Question 10

What is the protocol of the 30M sprint?

Answer 10

Measure out a 30M track, then have a person start the race and time how quickly they finish from a standstill start or a running start. The faster their time the higher their speed is. You can do it as a equation S= D/T.

Question 11

What is the purpose of the vertical jump test?

Answer 11

To test power in the legs

Question 12

What is the protocol of the vertical jump test?

Answer 12

Firstly the participant must use the slider and put it to their maximum reach. You can do a running start or a stand still start either way they are separate tests. Wherever the participant hits on the slider in inches or centimetres is how high their vertical jump is.

Question 13

What is the purpose of the sit and reach test?

Answer 13

To test flexability

Question 14

What is the protocol of the sit and reach test?

Answer 14

Use a sit and reach box and sit on your bum with ur legs straight flat outwards onto the box. Next push a ruler as far as you can if u can push the ruler its a positive score if you can’t its a negative score measured in cm.

Question 15

What is the purpose of the one minute press up test?

Answer 15

To test muscular endurance

Question 16

What is the protocol of the one minute press up test?

Answer 16

Get in the press up position and do as many valid press-ups as you can in one minute the more you can do the better your score is.

Question 17

What is the purpose of the Illinois agility test?

Answer 17

To test agility

Question 18

What is the protocol of the Illinois agility test?

Answer 18

1 This test is 10 metres long and in total you will run 60 metres.
2 You start lying down on your front. You then sprint and weave in and out of the cones.
3 Use the diagram below to make sure you are following the correct route.
4 The time taken, measured in seconds, is your agility rating.