Three Fitness "Tests" You should pass.

dpwellman
dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
As seen on MSN Healthy Living this morning.

http://healthyliving.msn.com/fitness/3-fitness-tests-you-should-be-able-to-pass?FORM=ML0V1X&OCID=ML0V1X

(warning: there's an auto-play video in the article)

Also, I recall from an earlier Mens Fitness article a reasonably fit man should be able to do 42 consecutive push ups..

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  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member

    Also, I recall from an earlier Mens Fitness article a reasonably fit man should be able to do 42 consecutive push ups..
    So if you can only do 41 you're not 'reasonably fit'. These things as always are subjective
  • BAFilek
    BAFilek Posts: 139 Member
    Test #3 was in Reader's Digest this most recent issue. It is pretty interesting to see what I consider a reasonably fit 52 year old man have troubles getting down and then up (oh, did that sound sexual or what?). I was pretty surprised that I was able to do this (50 yr old female) with no troubles.
  • somefitsomefat
    somefitsomefat Posts: 445 Member

    Also, I recall from an earlier Mens Fitness article a reasonably fit man should be able to do 42 consecutive push ups..
    So if you can only do 41 you're not 'reasonably fit'. These things as always are subjective

    This. I think it's good to have a baseline to shoot for but as always it's about personal growth. Also keep in mind, as far as men's magazines go (and women's too), they don't sell magazines by telling people they're perfect. They sell copies by telling people they're not good enough and how there are 5 new tips to fix that. Yes, 5 tips that never existed before this issue.

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