What does the FIT formula stand for?

Answer 1

The FIT Formula for building Cardiovascular Fitness :

National guides-lines suggest that teenagers should do regular vigorous physical activity. The guide-lines state that teenagers should engage in three or more sessions per week of activities that last 20 or more minutes at a time and that require moderate to vigorous levels of exertion. To achieve cardiovascular fitness, your heart rate must be elevated above the threshold of training heart rate and into the target fitness zone. At a minimum you must be active three times a week for 20 minutes each time. For best results you should be active five or six days a week for up to 60 minutes each day. Experts have learned that you need one or two days of rest from this higher intensity physical activity. If you exercise more than enough, you could be in the risk of injure. Meaning going overboard, Just don't go overboard exercising your self.

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Physical Activity Threshold and Target Zone Threshold of Training :

Threshold of training l Target zone

1. Frequency l 3 days/week l 3-6 days/week
2. Intensity l 50% HRR or 65% maxHR l 50-85% HRR or 65-90%maxHR
3. Time l 20 continuous min l 20-60 continuous min

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*Note: The values in this table are for those with good cardiovascular fitness. Those with low fitness should use 40% of heart rate range or 55% for the maximal heart rate to calculate threshold values.

HRR means Heart rate range

Answer 2

An acronym standing for Functional Intensity Training

Answer 3

F - Frequency

I - Intensity

T - Time

T - type

Answer 4

its concidered the best test for cardiovascular fitness