Fitness Test

Assessments, Training Principles, Periodization

Physical fitness is a measure of a significant part of the body functions that help in undertaking various activities. Physical fitness is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle and necessary in keeping one fit body wise. Hence physical activity is any activity that enables a person’s body to lose energy. This paper will aim to test physical fitness and compare the outcome acquired.

The test will be conducted on two people. One has been running for a period of one year as a form of work out while the other one has been cycling for one year and I have been involved in playing tennis for the same period of time.

Aerobic Endurance

The main technique of evaluating a person’s aerobic fitness is to assess the maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max) (KILDING, et al., 2006). This helps to acquire the respiratory and cardiovascular body’s capability to pass oxygen to the muscles that undertake the activity, and the level to which the muscles are able to make use of the oxygen to create energy.

Being a tennis player showed high levels of maximal oxygen uptakes; an average of 58.2 ml O2/kg/min. This showed that the tennis player had a good level of cardiovascular endurance. Comparing this result to a cyclist and athlete, the aerobic endurance of 73 ml O2/kg/min and 82 ml O2/kg/min respectively, this shows that at maximal exercise are more effective in the supply of energy aerobically.

Leg Speed and Power

This test involves time used to run ten meters and leg power that comprises evaluating one can jump on a two foot take off (Hoffman, 2006). The I took was 2.01 seconds for ten meters while the runner and cyclist measured 1.85 and 1.95 seconds respectively. In leg power I reached a level of 50 cm while the runner and cyclist took 51 cm and 52 cm respectively.

Flexibility

Flexibility is measured using MicroFit FAS-2 that measures the lower back and hamstring flexibility. Being a tennis player, the body is more flexible body. The body is exposed to intense exercise from sprinting to bending and jumping (Hoffman, 2006). The runners and cyclist had lesser body flexibility.

Conclusion

The runner and cyclist on average were less fit. This varied factors used to test for fitness shows that a tennis player exercises various parts of her body for long periods. The power run, jumping, bending and le and hand power plays a major role. The paper has been useful in acquiring fitness levels of varied people.

References

Hoffman, J. (2006). Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health. Windsor: HUMAN          KINETICS PUB Incorporated.

Kilding, A.E. et al. (2006). Measuring and predicting maximal aerobic power in international-    level intermittent sport athletes. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 46     (3), p. 366-72