Lab 2

Aerobic Fitness Assessment

Your physical activity choices play a major role in your overall health and fitness. Unfortunately, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that less than half of adults living in the U.S. get the physical activity needed in order to help reduce the risks of certain chronic diseases such as: heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, osteoporosis, and even premature death. As we age we tend to become less active until the effects take their toll and reduce ones quality of life. As little as 30 minutes of day of moderate physical activity, most days of the week, is enough to reduce the risk of many preventable diseases while helping to maintain ones quality of life - for a lifetime.

In the aerobic fitness assessment part of this lab you will be able to assess your aerobic, or cardiovascular, fitness level. By choosing one of these test and then periodically testing yourself, you can chart if your aerobic fitness level is improving, staying the same, or dropping. You will see three types of evaluations, one uses the term recovery index, another the term VO2max, and the third is based on time. All give a good indication of your current aerobic fitness status.

Instructions

1. Download the Aerobic Fitness Assessment forms to your local hard drive.
   • Right-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) to choose the Save (or Save Target As) option.
   • Save the files to a HHS 241 folder on your hard drive.
2. Fill in each form and save the file.
• When you are ready to submit the responses, open this file again and copy the first response.
3. Click the LABS button at the left.
   • Click the Lab 2: Aerobic Fitness Assessment link.
   • Copy and paste your responses into the quiz.
   • Submit.
   • Please follow the due date listed in the Calendar of Assignments
4. Click the Tools button at the left to Check Grade and verify the submission.

Aerobic Fitness Assessment form

Determining Aerobic Fitness

Assessing your current level of aerobic fitness