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The Physical Fitness Assessment consists of a Body Composition Assessment (BCA) and a Physical Readiness Test (PRT), which includes a timed cardio event consisting of 1.5-mile (2.4 km) run/treadmill or a 500 yd (460 m) swim (or an alternate cardio consisting of 12-minutes on a stationary bike), timed curl-ups, and timed sit-ups.
The sitting-rising test (SRT) is a clinical test which provides a significant and efficient prediction of mortality risk in the elderly. It was initially developed by Brazilian researchers in exercise physiology and sports medicine in the 1990s. The test involves sitting on the floor, then returning to a standing position from the floor.
The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. [ 1 ] It uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around 180 degrees, walk back to the chair, and sit down while turning 180 degrees.
For this test, Marines choose to either perform pull-ups or push-ups. However, the maximum score is only attainable if pull-ups are chosen. The pull-ups may be done with either an overhand (pronated) grip or an underhand (supinated) "chin-up" grip. Changes in grip are allowed as long as the feet do not touch the ground and only the hands come ...
The crunch or curl-up is an abdominal exercise that works the rectus abdominis muscle. [1] It enables both building and defining "six-pack" abs and tightening the belly. Crunches use the exerciser's own body weight to tone muscle and are recommended by some experts [ like whom? ] , despite negative research results [ citation needed ] , as a ...
The multi-stage fitness test is also part of most health-related fitness test batteries for children and adolescents, such as Eurofit, [3] Alpha-fit, [3] FitnessGram [4] [3] and ASSOFTB. [ 5 ] The multi-stage fitness test was first described by Luc Léger [ 6 ] with the original 1-minute protocol, which starts at a speed of 8.5 km/h, and ...
[8] [9] The council adopted and expanded on the testing items from a California testing program, deciding that the basic test would consist of 6 parts: 1) Pull-ups (for boys), modified pull-ups (for girls), 2) sit-ups, 3) shuttle run, 4) standing broad jump, 5) 50-yard dash, and 6) softball throw for distance.
Sit-up form. The sit-up is an abdominal endurance training exercise to strengthen, tighten and tone the abdominal muscles.It is similar to a curl-up (that target the rectus abdominis and also work the external and internal obliques), but sit-ups have a fuller range of motion and condition additional muscles.