Health-Related Physical Fitness Testing

COURSE: HWE 420 Wellness for Special Populations

Health-Related Physical Fitness Testing
Review Chapter 4 in the course text before completing this assignment. After completing a health history assessment and reviewing the Informed Consent, the next step in designing an exercise program for your special population, or any individual, is to assess the client’s initial fitness level. Physical fitness testing has many purposes such as providing baseline information about your client which can assist you in helping him or her develop fitness goals.

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Summarize three purposes of health-related physical fitness testing.
Provide an example of a health-related physical fitness test for each of the following categories: body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility.
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SAMPLE SOLUTION

Health-Related Physical Fitness Testing
1) Summarize three purposes of health-related physical fitness testing. Use the course text to help you answer this question. As a minimum, use the text as a reference.
Health-related physical fitness helps in the collection of data critical in evaluating a fitness exercise program progress of the participant. Secondly, it is also essential in helping to educate patients on their existing health condition relative to their health-related standards, age, and sex-matched criteria. This is critical in helping patients to make the right choices in terms of their diets,…