Fitness Test

TTHdred

Feeling bored today and not wanting to work out? Try this cool fitness test I found in Self Magazine while at the hair salon. :blushing: Might just add some burned calories to your log today and it is kind of cool to see the results.

Test your level in each category.

Heart Rate
Jump up and down (jacks will do) for three (3) minutes then rest for one (1) minute. Take your pulse after you rest.
Results: Poor is 28-38 Fair is 39-59 Good is >60

Cardio
Do Jump squats for as long as you can without a break in between.
Results: Poor is less than or equal to 10 seconds, Fair is 11-19 seconds, Good is greater than or equal to 20 seconds.

Upper Body
Starting from the downward position, do as many pushups as you can without stopping.
Results:
Age 20-29 Poor is less than or equal to 9, Fair is 10 -14 and Good is equal to or greater than 15
Age 30-39 Poor is less than or equal to 7, Fair is 8 - 12 and Good is equal to or greater than 13
Age 40-49 Poor is less than or equal to 4, Fair is 5 -10 and Good is equal to or greater than 11

Core
Perform a crunch and hold in the up position for as long as you can.
Poor is less than or equal to 60 seconds, Fair is 60 – 90 seconds and Good is equal to or greater than 90 seconds

NuttyBrewnette

thx, I'm gonna give this a go, later.

MissMaggie3

Thanks, I'll have a go too later. But I don't understand the heart rate one - wouldn't a lower heart rate after a minute indicate better recovery and therfore better fitness?

TTHdred

Good point. I have no idea. I wrote it from the magazine on the back of an envelop :blushing:

MissMaggie3

Good point. I have no idea. I wrote it from the magazine on the back of an envelop :blushing:

No worries! :laugh:

I'll do it later. Can we compare results?

TTHdred

Sure! I am totally out of shape though. And here I thought I was getting better. :sad:

HR – 67
Cardio – 15 seconds
Upper body – 10 (barely!)
Core – 40 secs

I tried looking for this on Self Magazine’s website but I could not find it. Wanted to clarify the Heart Rate one.
How did everyone else do?

TTHdred

Ok, so I expanded my search to the we, and according to this it was in Fitness Magazine not Self.....oopsy!
It also apears I left out some key info on the Heart Rate one.

The good news is the entire test is here if anyone is interested and wants to burn some cals today.

http://functionfitness.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/take-the-fitness-test/

MissMaggie3

I'm so sorry - I completely forgot to do it yesterday, but will definitely give it a go this evening (I'm in the UK, so this evening is actually very soon!). I'll let you know the outcome later, I promise!

It looks really interesting, so I'm going to share it with some other MFP people on another thread (a challenge I'm involved in).

So many thanks for this. :flowerforyou:

MissMaggie3

I just did the whole test, and I am proud to say I got 30 points! Yay! :drinker:

I really struggled on the push-ups (my arms are definitely not strong) and I wasn't so hot on the trunk rotation, but otherwise I was OK. All credit to Jillian Michaels! :laugh:

sylouette98

I'm dying to try this at my desk!!!!! :laugh: