01:377:191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harvard Step Test, Body Mass Index, Body Composition

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Exercise Scienc
• Course: 01:377:191
• Professor: professor Gladis

Document Summary

Cardiorespiratory endurance - aerobic exercise: maximal - exercise until exhaustion o. Submaximal - timed, not until exhaustion: measuring maximal oxygen consumption. 3-minute step test (test for recovery heart rate: how fast heart recovers after exercise, more fit individual, the hr will go down quicker. Push up - upper body - as many as possible. Bent knee curl up - middle - how many: wall-sits - lower body - timed up to 90 seconds. Hydro static weighing - most accurate: weighing in water, gold standard. Conductivity of electrical pulse = greater through lean tissue: affected by temp. , hydration level, humidity in room.