I don't have a trainer, I just do it alone
A stress test is one of the most commonly used tests to measure and assess cardiac fitness, as is an EKG (electrocardiogram).
Blood pressure is carefully monitored before and after exercise sessions, and patients are taught how to measure their heart rate and evaluate any possible cardiac symptoms during each session.
Fitness can refer to: - Ones physical health - A form of exercise practised to gain physical health - (In biology) A measure of reproductive prowess.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness/measuring-personal-fitness-level.aspx is a good website too look at to see how to measure your fitness level. There's information and tips on the website.
No, body weight is not necessarily an indication of fitness. There are plenty of thin, but not fit examples. Basically, physical fitness would be indicative of the type of physical exercise a person gets. The measure of heart rate, or the time it takes for the heart rate to slow down after exercise, is a good indicator of physical fitness.
effects diminish with lack of exercise within two weeks if physical activity is substantially reduced; the fitness effects disappear altogether within two to eight months if physical activity is not resumed.
it really depends on what component of fitness say you wanted to measure a clients aerobic fitness you could use the beep test, if you wanted to measure a clients anaerobic fitness you could get a 40m stretch and get an average time and go by that. if you wanted to measure ab strength there is a sit-up test where the person tries to complete as many sit-ups as possible in a minute. there is the push-up test where the person completes as many push-ups as possible until exhaustion without stopping there are other more extensive Vo2 tests which ill give you a link to. www.topendsports.com/testing/tests
You can measure your strengths and weaknesses in terms of your fitness level using measurable performance parameters such as the number of games you have won.
It measures the capacity of the heart, lungs, and blood to transport oxygen to the working muscles, and measures the utilization of oxygen by the muscles during exercise.
measure your resting heart rate
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