Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Muscular Strength and Endurance 

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Unit Outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

• Measure and assess your cardiorespiratory endurance.
• Measure and assess muscular strength and endurance.
• Design an appropriate cardiorespiratory and muscular strength and endurance exercise program.

Course Outcome assessed/addressed in this Assignment:

EF205-3: Evaluate current strategies used in aerobic and anaerobic training.

Instructions

For this Assignment you are going to complete the following series of labs in order to complete your self-assessment on cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength and endurance:

Please submit a 2-page APA-formatted summary on the following questions:

• Discuss the importance of cardiovascular exercise and muscular strength and endurance.
• Discuss the testing protocols for each assessment taken.
• What were your results for each test? Discuss your findings, and interpret and compare your scores to others in your cohort.
• Does your current CV activity level and muscle-strengthening program meet exercise and fitness guidelines according to the CDC? Why or why not? What specific cardiorespiratory and muscle-strengthening exercises do you incorporate or plan on incorporating into your exercise routine? What are your specific goals for improvement for cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength and endurance?

References:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Physical activity basics. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/index.htm

Exrx.net. (2018). Curl-up / half sit-up test. Retrieved from https://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CurlUp

Exrx.net. (2018). Rockport walk test. Retrieved from https://www.exrx.net/Calculators/Rockport

Sparkpeople.com. (2018). The 3-minute step test. Retrieved from https://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=1115

Topendsports.com. (2018). Cadence push-up test. Retrieved from http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/pushup.htm

Topendsports.com. (2018). Cooper 1.5 mile / 2.4 km run test. Retrieved from https://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/2-4-km-run.htm

Requirements

• This paper should be 2 pages in length, written in APA format, and utilize references.

Please be sure to download the file “Writing Center Resources” from Course Documents to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written assignments.

Submitting Your Work

Put your responses in a Microsoft Word document and submit it to the Unit 6 Assignment Dropbox.

To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it. Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted project.