Foundations of Personal Fitness

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What You Will Do

• Participate in aerobic exercises that develop
  cardiorespiratory endurance.
• Describe Coopers 1.5-mile run and other methods
  of evaluating cardiorespiratory endurance.
• Evaluate your cardiorespiratory fitness levels.

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Terms to Know

• steady-state walk test
• Coopers 1.5-mile run test
• steady-state jog test

• steady-state cycle test
• steady-state swim test
• exercise stress test

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• Several test can be used to evaluate
  cardiorespiratory fitness.
• These tests measure cardiorespiratory endurance
  over time, distance, or both.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• The steady-state walk test can be used to
  evaluate cardiorespiratory fitness.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• The Coopers 1.5-mile run test can be used to
  evaluate cardiorespiratory fitness.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• The steady-state jog test can be used to evaluate
  cardiorespiratory fitness.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• The steady-state cycle test is a test that can be
  used to evaluate cardiorespiratory fitness in
  individuals who have physical disabilities or
  injuries that prevent them from running, jogging,
  or walking.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• The steady-state swim test is another test that
  can be used to evaluate cardiorespiratory fitness
  in individuals who have physical disabilities or
  injuries that prevent them from running, jogging,
  or walking.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests

• To prepare for an endurance test, you need to
  prime your body through regular aerobic
  conditioning for at least five weeks. To further
  prepare

Verify the distance
Pace yourself
Practice
Consider weather
Warm-up and cooldown
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Lesson 1 Review
Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
1. Vocabulary The 20-minute steady-state cycle
test and 20-minute steady-state swim test.
2. Recall Students should jog or run as fast as
they can for 1.5 miles.
3. Recall Walk briskly for 30 minutes for a
specific distance.

• Recall Describe two alternative evaluations that
  are used for people who may have difficulty
  performing the run/walk evaluations.
• Recall Describe the procedure for performing
  Coopers 1.5-mile run test.
• Vocabulary Define steady-state walk test.

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