Q. Why Are Fitness Tests Important?
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Homework #17
Fitnessgram Q&A
Q. Why are fitness tests important?
The FITNESSGRAM assessment is based not on athletic ability, but levels of fitness needed for good overall health. No matter what your children grow up to become, they will live happier, more productive lives if they are healthy--and physical fitness is vital to overall health. FITNESSGRAM provides valid and reliable information about your child's level of fitness. The FITNESSGRAM test (and report) includes a number of different assessments since health-related fitness has multiple components. Some children may score high on muscular strength but need to improve their aerobic capacity score. By having a complete report, you (and your child) will know more about their overall level fitness and how it can be improved.
Q. What is the "Healthy Fitness Zone" and how is it determined?
The FITNESSGRAM standards indicate levels of fitness necessary for good health.
A score in the Healthy Fitness Zone represents the level of fitness needed for good overall health thought to provide some protection from the potential health risks that result from a lack of fitness in this measure. The beginning of the Healthy Fitness Zone represents a minimum level of fitness necessary to have acceptable health. These standards reflect reasonable levels of fitness that can be attained by most children that participate regularly in various types of physical activity. Because of this, we recommend that all students should strive to achieve a score that places them inside the Healthy Fitness Zone. It is not uncommon for children to achieve the Healthy Fitness Zone for some dimensions of fitness but not for others. Most children usually have areas that they excel in more than others.
Healthy Fitness Zones differ for boys and for girls, and they differ based on age.
Q. How does a fitness report lead to better health and fitness?
The reports generated by the FITNESSGRAM software provide information about fitness in an easy to read format. More importantly, the report provides personalized tips and suggestions that can help introduce goal setting and plan a individualized fitness plan. An accurate assessment of fitness is one component of a comprehensive physical education curriculum that incorporates health-related fitness education. The report provides a way for teachers (and parents) to teach children the importance of being active and fit throughout a lifetime.
Q. How should FITNESSGRAM body composition test results be interpreted?The FITNESSGRAM report provides information to help you (and your child) interpret body composition scores. Scores that fall within the Needs Improvement Zone should receive attention, because this indicates that the child may have greater potential than others to develop health problems related to their level of fatness or leanness.
A BMI in the Needs Improvement range indicates that the child's weight is too heavy for his or her height. However, children who are extremely muscular may have a BMI in the Needs Improvement Zone but may not have excess fat.
1) What does the fitnessgram test measure? ______
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2) What does the beginning of the Healthy Fitness Zone represent? ______
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3) What is the goal of providing students and parents the Fitnessgram report? ______
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4) Why could a child’s BMI end up in the needs improvement zone but not be an accurate assessment of excess fat? ______
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Directions:
1)Perform both of the exercises listed below and write down how many times you completed each exercise.
2)Complete on different days of the week.
3)When completing your set of push-ups or sit-ups, you should continue doing the exercise until you can no longer complete a rep using proper form.
Day 1- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
Day 2
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
Day 3
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
Day 4
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
- Regular/Modified push-ups
- Sit ups or Leg Raises
Exercised with a Friend or Parent
Circle one: Yes No