Whether you are new to exercise or a seasoned athlete, fitness testing can greatly
improve your workouts and current fitness level by offering valuable information regarding
your body and how efficiently it works. Personal health and fitness goals can be better
achieved through knowledge of base—line fitness.
Basic testing
What Does Fitness Testing Do?
This type of testing helps reveal how well the heart, lungs, and muscles work together
in performing physical work. Health risks can also be accessed through exercise testing.
What basic testing is offered?
Muscular Strength and Endurance Tests
Strength is the ability of the muscles to exert maximal or near maximal force against resistance.
Muscular strength and endurance enables individuals to perform exercise as well as every day tasks
with less physiologic stress, and aids in maintaining functional independence. Persons, especially
women, who regularly exert forcefully against resistance may protect themselves from losing some
bone density, preventing the onset of osteoporosis.
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Flexibility Testing
Flexibility is the ability to move a joint through its full range of motion.
Increased flexibility can enhance performance and reduce the incidence of injury.
Performance goals can determine flexibility needs, whether for sports or performing
daily movements.
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Submaximal VO2 Bike Test
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) is an indicator of cardiorespiratory endurance.
During the YMCA bike test, an estimated VO2max is determined through heart rate,
blood pressure, and work load. In athletes, measuring VO2max can determine the athlete’s
aptitude for success in events that call upon maximal efforts beyond 2 minutes, as well as
all out events that last between 20 minutes to 4 hours. For all others, functional aerobic
fitness can decrease the clinical severity of disease, and is inversely related to coronary
heart disease.
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Body Composition Analysis
This is the relationship in percentage between body fat and lean body weight (muscle, bone, organs).
Excess body fat is associated with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease,
and hyperlipidemia. 65% of Americans are classified overweight and almost 31% are classified as obese.
In basic testing, skinfold calipers are used to estimate body fat, a method more accurate than height,
weight, and circumference comparison.
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Comprehensive fitness evaluation
A comprehensive fitness evaluation is also available and includes:
- Muscular strength and endurance testing;
- Flexibility evaluation;
- Body Composition analysis;
- Submaximal VO2 bike test;
Prices: Students - $5 Faculty - $15
Community - $25
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Advanced testing
Benefits of Advanced Exercise Testing
Many individuals who are involved in athletic competition or active lifestyles strive to
improve their abilities thorough training regimens and/or diet. Advanced exercise testing
can answer many questions a person may have regarding whether their current training programs
are working effectively to improve their event or overall athletic ability.
How can advanced testing help me?
Through a series of four different advanced testing modules, a person can determine: their level
of cardiovascular fitness; their dietary needs for weight loss or fuel consumption; efficiency of
the lungs; and percentage of dense bone and muscle tissue to that of fat tissue in the body.
When these questions are answered with scientific precision, persons can better determine what
exercise prescription and diet will meet their needs with maximal results. Our trained Staff of
Professors, Assistant Professors, GA's, and interns can prescribe a workout program based on
results and personal goals.
What Advanced Testing is offered?
Vo2 Max Testing
Calculation of the energy requirements of physical activity, combined with information about the
fuels used during exercise, can be measured through use of the metabolic cart. Maximal oxygen
consumption during exercise (VO2max), when measured with the metabolic cart, is the definitive
measure of cardio respiratory endurance. Lactate/Ventilatory threshold is also measured to assist
with determining an individual's target work rate.
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Resting Metabolic Rate
Through the use of the metabolic cart, the energy requirements an individual demands at rest
(calories used) are measured through oxygen consumption. This measure can assist with determining
diet for weight loss/gain, or fuel consumption for athletic activity.
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Hydrostatic (Underwater) Weighing
Recognized as the "gold standard" in body composition assessment, this technique is perhaps one
of the most accurate, measuring body volume by comparing the weight of denser bone and muscle tissue
to that of fat tissue. For the athlete, this information can be used to determine exercise prescription
as well as dietary needs. For others, this percentage risk for stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes,
coronary artery disease, and hyperlipidemia.
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Pulmonary Function (basic interpretation)
By using the metabolic cart, pulmonary function can be measured in individuals to determine the efficiency
of the lungs, as well as to identify the risk of early development of both restrictive and obstructive pulmonary
disease. Test results can identify persons in which interventions, such as smoking cessation, would be beneficial.
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