Fitness testing is a way of gaining information about the health-related and skill related components of an athletes fitness. Testing can take place in a number of environments, with laboratory testing being the most accurate.

1. Fitness testing in sports
DR.ARJUN PATEL
MPT- Musculoskeletal &
sports science

2. OBJECTIVES OF LECTURE
At the end of the lecture, a student should
be able to explain:
Various components of fitness testing
– Health related components
– Performance related components
Various method of assessing these
components

3. What is fitness?
A set of attributes that people have
or achieve relating to their ability to
perform physical activity.

4. Purpose of fitness testing
Educating clients about their present
fitness status
Provides data helpful in designing a
comprehensive exercise program
Data allows evaluation of progress
Stratifying cardiovascular risk
Motivating clients to establish
reasonable fitness goals

5. Components of physical fitness
Health related
• Flexibility
• Strength
• Muscular endurance
• Cardio-respiratory
endurance
• Body composition
Performance related
• Power
• Speed
• Agility
• Co-ordination
• Balance
• Reaction time

6. HEALTH RELATED
COMPONENTS

7. Health related components
• Flexibility
• Strength
• Muscular endurance
• Cardio-respiratory endurance
• Body composition

8. Flexibility
The ability of the muscle to allow full
range of movement in a joint
Sit and reach test
Isolated muscle length tests

9. Sit and reach test

11. Muscular strength
The amount of force a muscle can
generate with a single maximum
effort
Maximum Bench Press test
Maximum Leg Press Test
Hand Grip Strength

12. Bench press test

13. Leg press test

14. Hand grip strength

15. Muscle endurance
Ability of the muscle or group of
muscles to contract repeatedly for
long period of time
60 second sit up test
The curl up test
The push up test
The squat test

16. Push up test

17. Curl up test

19. Squats test

20. Age 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 65+
Excellent >49 >45 >41 >35 >31 >28
Good 44-49 40-45 35-41 29-35 25-31 22-28
Above average 39-43 35-39 30-34 25-38 21-24 19-21
Average 35-38 31-34 27-29 22-24 17-20 15-18
Below Average 31-34 29-30 23-26 18-21 13-16 11-14
Poor 25-30 22-28 17-22 13-17 9-12 7-10
Very Poor <25 <22 <17 <9 <9 <7
Age 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 65+
Excellent >43 >39 >33 >27 >24 >23
Good 37-43 33-39 27-33 22-27 18-24 17-23
Above average 33-36 29-32 23-26 18-21 13-17 14-16
Average 29-32 25-28 19-22 14-17 10-12 11-13
Below Average 25-28 21-24 15-18 10-13 7-9 5-10
Poor 18-24 13-20 7-14 5-9 3-6 2-4
Very Poor <18 <20 <7 <5 <3 <2
Male
Female

21. Cardio respiratory endurance
Ability of the cardiovascular and the
pulmonary system to meet the
physical demands placed while
performing a prolonged dynamic,
rhythmic exercise involving larger
muscle groups
Maximal tests
Sub-maximal tests

22. Body composition
Body composition can be expressed
as the relative percentage of body
mass that is fat and fat-free
BMI
Skinfold Thickness Measurement
Circumference Measurement

23. BMI

25. SKIN FOLD THICKNESS
MEASUREMENT

26. Circumference (Girth)
Measurement
Chest
Shoulder
Abdominal
Right thigh and calf
Waist
Hip
Right upper arm and forearm

27. PERFORMANCE RELATED
COMPONENTS

28. Performance related
components
•Power
•Speed
•Agility
•Co-ordination
•Balance
•Reaction time

29. Muscular Power
Ability of the muscle to generate
maximum force in the shortest time
Vertical jump test
Standing broad jump

30. Vertical Jump Test

31. Standing broad jump

32. Speed
Rapidity with which successive
movement of the same kind can be
performed

33. Agility
Ability to rapidly change the position
of the entire body in space with
speed and accuracy

34. Illinois test

35. T test

36. Zigzag test

37. Reaction time
Ruler drop test

38. Balance and co-ordination
Standing stork test
Place the sole of the right foot
against the side of the left
kneecap
raises the heel of the left foot to
stand on their toes

39. Normative values
Rating Males Females
Excellent >50 >27
Above Average 37-50 23-27
Average 15-36 8-22
Below Average 5-14 3-7
Poor <5 <3

40. Hand eye co-ordination test

41. INTERVAL TRAINING

42. Interval training
Periods of intense activity
interspersed with moderate to low
energy expenditure

43. How it is useful?
Running at a higher speed
continuously results into fatigue
(lactate accumulation)
In contrast, running at this speed
short intervals places significant
demands with little lactate
accumulation.

44. 1. Intensity of exercise interval
2. Duration of exercise interval
3. Duration of recovery interval
4. Repetitions of exercise-recovery
interval

45. Exercise interval
Sprinter
– Add 1.5 to 5 seconds to the exerciser’s
best time
– 100m can finish in 8 seconds- make him
run for 9.5 seconds
Runner
– Subtract 1 to 4 seconds to the
exerciser’s average time
– 400m can finish in 101 seconds – make
him finish in 97 seconds

46. Rest interval
Exercise to rest ratio
1:3 – to train sprinting
1:2- to train running
1:1 or 1:1.5- to train endurance
running

47. Thank you