ACSMs HealthRelated Physical Fitness Assessment Manual

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ACSMs Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment
Manual

• Chapter 5

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Benefits of muscular fitness

• Increased fat-free mass and RMR
• Bone mass Maintenance
• Some increases to cardiovascular fitness
• Greater ability to perform daily tasks

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Muscular fitness Assessment

• No one test can assess total body muscular
  fitness.
• Use the specificity principle to determine which
  test or tests you should conduct.
• The benefits to testing muscular fitness are the
  same as those mentioned previously.

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Muscular strength vs. Endurance

• Muscular strength is defined as the maximal force
  that can be generated by a specific muscle or
  muscle group.
• Muscular endurance is defined as the ability of a
  muscle or muscle group to conduct multiple
  contractions over a period of time sufficient
  enough to cause fatigue.

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Muscular strength assessments

• Muscular strength assessments
• Handgrip test
• 1 repetition max
• Isokinetic testing
• Muscular endurance assessments
• Partial curl-up
• YMCA bench press

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Flexibility

• Defined as the capacity to move a joint or joints
  through a full range of motion.
• Joint specific
• Lack of flexibility can cause pain and poor
  performance
• There is no single test of flexibility
• Know the protocols for all assessments