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