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Practical Fitness Testing : Analysis in Exercise and Sport.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Fitness Professionals SeriesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781408111048
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Practical Fitness TestingDDC classification:
  • 613.7
LOC classification:
  • GV436 .C685 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Basic measurement and analysis -- Testing terminology -- Statistical terminology -- Basic statistics -- Health and fitness testing -- 2 What is fitness? -- Components of fitness -- Energy systems -- 3 Health status testing -- Health status check -- Testing and children -- Health tests -- Lung function -- 4 Body composition testing -- Body composition -- Advanced techniques -- 5 Flexibility testing -- Flexibility -- 6 Muscular strength and endurance testing -- Muscular strength -- Muscular endurance -- 7 Speed and agility testing -- Speed -- Agility -- Balance -- Balance testing -- Agility testing -- 8 Power testing -- Power -- Testing for power -- Anaerobic capacity -- 9 Aerobic endurance testing -- VO[sub(2)] max -- Ergometers -- Direct VO[sub(2)] max testing -- Protocols for VO[sub(2)] max -- Maximal indirect tests of VO[sub(2)] max -- Sub-maximal testing -- Field testing -- Appendix -- 10 Blood lactate and anaerobic threshold testing -- Anaerobic threshold -- Invasive measures of anaerobic threshold -- Threshold points -- Non-invasive anaerobic threshold markers -- General test information -- Blood sampling techniques -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: An indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups. Effective fitness tests are crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to check the effectiveness of training. Includes both the theory and pratice of fitness testing in fitness and sports settings.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Basic measurement and analysis -- Testing terminology -- Statistical terminology -- Basic statistics -- Health and fitness testing -- 2 What is fitness? -- Components of fitness -- Energy systems -- 3 Health status testing -- Health status check -- Testing and children -- Health tests -- Lung function -- 4 Body composition testing -- Body composition -- Advanced techniques -- 5 Flexibility testing -- Flexibility -- 6 Muscular strength and endurance testing -- Muscular strength -- Muscular endurance -- 7 Speed and agility testing -- Speed -- Agility -- Balance -- Balance testing -- Agility testing -- 8 Power testing -- Power -- Testing for power -- Anaerobic capacity -- 9 Aerobic endurance testing -- VO[sub(2)] max -- Ergometers -- Direct VO[sub(2)] max testing -- Protocols for VO[sub(2)] max -- Maximal indirect tests of VO[sub(2)] max -- Sub-maximal testing -- Field testing -- Appendix -- 10 Blood lactate and anaerobic threshold testing -- Anaerobic threshold -- Invasive measures of anaerobic threshold -- Threshold points -- Non-invasive anaerobic threshold markers -- General test information -- Blood sampling techniques -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

An indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups. Effective fitness tests are crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to check the effectiveness of training. Includes both the theory and pratice of fitness testing in fitness and sports settings.

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