Fitness Testing

STANDARD H1 OF THE MAINE LEARNING RESULTS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

"Students participate in a health-related fitness assessment that addresses a variety of health-related fitness components to establish personal fitness goals."

STANDARD H2 OF THE MAINE LEARNING RESULTS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

"Students design a fitness program from established goals which address five health-related fitness components and applies the frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) guidelines."

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

1. What are the health-related fitness components?

cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition (optional

testing, the link below will show you how to find your BMI with an online calculator at home, and explain what your score means).

2. What tests address these components?

Cardiovascular endurance: PACER and the mile walk-run

Muscular strength and endurance: sit-ups and push-ups per minute

Flexibility: V-sit stretch

3. How will I know how I did?

Refer to the side bar for Fitness Testing and Standards by Age.

4. How will I make my fitness goals?

Using the results from your fitness tests and the Healthy Fitness Standards, decide what you would like to

score on the tests when they are given again in the spring.

5. What will I have to do to meet them?

I will make a realistic plan using the FITT Principle, and follow it.

6. What is the FITT Principle?

Click on the link below.

PACER test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbXwIn465C8

Body Composition: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/childrens_bmi/about_childrens_bmi.html