Assessment Basics
This is one major purpose of a fitness assessment: establishing information about a client's fitness before beginning a program.
What is baseline information?
This pulse site is preferred when measuring resting heart rate.
What is the radial pulse?
This measurement uses a person's height and weight to calculate a numerical value.
What is BMI (body mass index)?
This is identified in the slides as the most valid measure of aerobic fitness.
What is VO₂max?
This test requires a person to walk one mile as quickly as possible.
What is the Rockport walk test?
This questionnaire is used to help identify whether a person may need medical clearance before participating in physical activity.
What is the PAR-Q+?
These are the two numbers measured when taking blood pressure.
What are systolic and diastolic pressure?
This body fat distribution pattern is associated with greater fat storage around the abdomen.
What is the android/apple pattern?
This scale measures how hard a person feels they are exercising.
What is the rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale?
This is the duration of the YMCA step test.
What is three minutes?
This term describes whether an assessment produces consistent results when repeated under similar conditions.
What is reliability?
According to the pre-assessment instructions, clients should avoid caffeine for this amount of time before testing.
What is three hours?
This method estimates body fat by measuring the body's resistance to a small electrical current.
What is bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)?
During this conversational assessment, the evaluator checks whether a person can talk at different exercise intensities.
What is the Talk Test?
This is the stepping rate used in the YMCA step test.
What is 96 beats per minute?
These are two important considerations when selecting a fitness assessment to make sure it measures what it is intended to measure and produces consistent results.
What are validity and reliability?
This is the recommended length of time to count the pulse for the most direct resting heart rate measurement.
What is 60 seconds?
This underwater body composition method is based on the principle named after the scientist who studied buoyancy and displacement.
What is Archimedes' principle?
This threshold is associated with the pace that can be maintained for 20 minutes in the assessment described in the slides.
What is VT2?
This is the height of the box used for the YMCA step test.
What is 12 inches?
Name two types of health or readiness screening forms discussed in the slides besides a lifestyle or medical history.
What are the HRA and PAR-Q+? (HHQ is also a screening form discussed in the slides.)
Name two safety preparations or considerations that should be addressed before conducting fitness assessments.
Any two: have CPR/AED preparedness, provide pre-assessment instructions, consider medical history or readiness, or address safety and legal responsibilities.
Calculate waist-to-hip ratio using this formula: divide waist circumference by this measurement.
What is hip circumference?
In the VT2 assessment, the average heart rate from the final five minutes is multiplied by this percentage.
What is 95%?
In this running assessment, the participant covers 1.5 miles as quickly as possible, with performance scored by time or heart rate.
What is the 1.5-mile run test?