Physical Fitness

Health-Related Physical Fitness Tests

Physical Fitness

Indicates that there is a

smooth relationship between the

work of your skeleton, muscles,

heart and the lungs to carry out

your daily activities.

FITNESS

It involves strength, stamina and

flexibility. Fitness testing activities and

basic exercise that will help you decide

the type of exercise that is best for you

and plan the kind of activities that suits

your needs.

Health-Related Physical Fitness

Components

Assessment/Test

Anaerobic Capacity Shuttle run

Muscular Strength &Endurance Right Angle Push-upsPartial Curl-ups

Muscular Flexibility Sit and Reach

Aerobic Capacity Pacer Test

Body Mass Index Body Mass (kg) ÷ Height (meter squared)

Anaerobic Capacity

-It is your body’s capacity to use its systems without oxygen.

HRPFT:Shuttle Run

Muscular Strength & Endurance

Strength is a measure of how much force your muscles can exert, while endurance is the measure of how many times your muscles can repeat a specific exertion of force.

Absolute range of movement of a muscle.

Muscular Flexibility

Aerobic CapacityAerobic capacity is the maximum amount of oxygen a body can use in a physical activity.

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

It indicates whether one is of normal weight, underweight, overweight, or obese. Body Mass (kg) ÷ Height (meter squared)

Less than 15 - starvation15.0 – 18.5 - underweight18.6 – 24.9 - normal25.0 – 29.9 - overweight30.0 – 40.0 - obeseGreater than 40- morbidly obese

BMI Standard

Example:

Height = 1.54mWeight = 45kg

45÷(1.54)²=N

45÷2.37 = 18.99 Normal