Test & Measurement in Sports

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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.

Procedure :

1. Choose a windless day to conduct the test.
2. Record your weight in pounds (lbs).
3. Walk one mile (1609 mt) as fast as possible.
4. Record the time to complete the one mile walk.
5. Immediately on finishing the walk record your heart rate (beats per minute).
6. Determine your Maximum Cardio-Respiratory ability (VO2) from the calculation given below.