Cardiovascular fitness is the ability of an individual to strengthen the heart muscles during continuous muscular activities in which numbers of muscles groups are used.
Harvard step test: This test requires the athlete to step up and down off a gym bench for 5 minutes at a rate 30 steps/minute which measures the Aerobic fitness test.
After the workout, timing, heart rate, has to be measured. The athlete steps up and down onto a standard gym bench once every two seconds for five minutes (150 steps), The assistant stops the test after 5 minutes.
The assistant measures the athlete's heart rate (bpm) one minute after finishing the test.
Pulse 1 The assistant measures the athlete's heart rate (bpm) two minutes after finishing the test.
Pulse 2 The assistant measures the athlete's heart rate (bpm) three minutes after finishing the test.
Pulse 3 Harvard step test fitness index score Rating Fitness Index Rating Fitness index.
In the Harvard step test for cardiovascular fitness, the physical index score:PI=(Duration of exercise in seconds x 100) divided by 2× Sum of pulse counts in recovery.
Rockport fitness walking test:It is based on maximum rate of oxygen consumption during exercise i.e VO2 max.
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