Reasons for Fitness Screening Tests


In our class we were asked to do some fitness screening tests on ourselves, we were put in partners my partner was Linzi
We done some screening tests such as weight , height, blood pressure and body fat.


Weight x

We used scales to measure our weight, these measure your weight in stone and ounces , pounds , and kilograms.

Linzi and I preferred not to display our results and kept in confidential to ourselves



Height x
We moved on and measured out height. to measure our height we used a measuring stick. this involved in standing next to it feet flat on the floor then the plate came down rested on your head and measured your height. there are markings down the measure stick and a marking on the head plate match them and that is your height it measures in foot and in inches.

Jemma :5ft 2in Linzi :5ft 6in


Blood Pressure x
After these two test we moved on to Blood Pressure, your normal blood pressure should be round about 120 over 80 around the 140 mark is too high this is not a bad thinng as it could just be caused by stress

so we tested each others Blood Pressure using a small wrist monitor for your blood pressure.

Jemma : 126 over 71

My results were good a little high but i put that down to stress haha

Body Fat x


There are many places on the body which you can measure fat the four main places are
*BICEP
*TRICEP
*SCAPULA (under shoulder blade)
*HIP (just above the bone)

The fat on your body can be measured with a Skin Fold Caliper. It is measured in millimetres for a more accurate reading.

Again Linzi and I preferred not to display our results and kept in confidential to ourselves

The picture above is an example of a Par Q. This should be filled in before you ask anyone to take part in any fitness Testing for example the bleep test, the cooper test etc...

This form contains relevant questions to let the fitness instructer know if your have any health problems issues or recent injuries etc...
This lets you know wether the participant is able to take part in certain fitness testing

Reasons for Fitness Testing x

Fitness testing is a way of gathering information about the skill and health components of an athletes or non athletes fitness. Testing can take place in a number of environments,an out door running track, sports hall/gymnasium and a laboratory, with laboratory testing being the most accurate, however there is still a large range of tests that can be carried out, away from a laboratory, which provide a lot of useful information.

Reasons for Fitness Testing

*To evaluate a training program, to see if it is helping the athlete or sports participant in achieiving set goals

*To measure fitness levels following a bad injury, illness or following the end of season :

*To assist in setting goals

*To determine health status (in the non-sporting population)

*Talent identification

*To highlight the strengths and weakness of an athlete or sports participant enabling a training program to be thought out which addresses the findings.

*To aid motivation