Soc 4 Flashcards
What tests examine your CVF?
The 12 minute Cooper Run and the Harvard test both examine CVF.
What happens in the 12 minute cooper run?
In the 12 minute cooper run, you run around a specific area for 12 minutes and test how many laps you can do.
What tests examine Muscular Strength?
The hand grip test examines your muscular strength.
What happens in the Hand Grip test?
In the hand grip test you grip a test that shows a hard you are holding it and grip it as hard as you can while slowly pulling your arm down.
What test examines Muscular Endurace?
Muscle Endurance is tested by doing a minute of situps and a minute of push ups and seeing how many you can do in that minute.
What test examines Reaction time?
The Ruler drop examines your reaction time
Harvard Step Test
Tests cardiovascular endurance as the score is based on heart rates: good
muscular endurance in the legs is helpful but not measured.
Harvard Step Test protocol
Step on and off a 45cm-high bench every two seconds for five minutes, Keep
to a regular pace so that you step on and off once every two seconds, making
150 steps in five minutes. It may help you to count 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 for a complete
step on and off the bench, Measure your heart rate at one, two and three
minutes into recovery. The fitter you are, the quicker your recovery will be.
If your heart rate has not recovered to your resting heart rate after three
minutes, continue every minute until it has fully recovered and note that
time too,