Government Issues A New Fitness Test For U.S. Adults
May 14th, 2008New details have emerged suggesting that aerobic fitness, muscle strength, and flexibility are the main components included in an adult fitness test being introduced Wednesday by the U.S. government.
Very tellingly, the test will feature several of the exercises done by millions of students each year as they strive for a Presidential Physical Fitness Award.
Melissa Johnson, executive director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, told the Associated Press
that the new test for people 18 and older who are in good health was developed because baby boomers kept asking whether there was a physical-fitness test available similar to the ones they took as students.
Background investigation with this report indicates that the aerobic part of the test consists of a one-mile walk or 1.5-mile run, while the strength tests include push-ups and half sit-ups.
Very tellinlgy, the sit-ups are done for one minute and the push-ups are done until a person can’t do any more. A “sit-and-reach” exercise is used to measure flexibility.
On a concluding note, the AP reported that participants can enter their scores online and get results that show where they rank among people in the same age group.
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