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San Diego State University Fitness Assessments Papers

 

1. Flexibility Assessment 

or this activity,  I want you to try  two different assessments that are in the textbook — including — Sit-N-Reach, as well as the Back Scratch assessments !!  Additionally, there are many different types of dynamic and static stretches presented in the textbook.  Please review these and identify a few exercises that seem best for you to try/attempt.   This activity will be for you to observe and gain understanding about these two very common flexibility exercises!!

For your submission of this activity, please address the following:

Complete assessments for flexibility (see pg 148), including sit-and-reach test (pgs 149-151) and back scratch test (pgs 152-154), and provide your best interpretation of how well you performed these two flexibility assessments  

AND

Identify and list various static stretching exercises (pgs 160-172) that you feel would be helpful for you and your body type.

  • 2.  Functional Fitness Activity Assignment — Neuromotor Fitness

Please read the following and submit a one-page response to the activities that you complete and the outcome from your neuromotor assessment:

Complete one of the following assessments for neuromotor fitness (see page 183), including the 4-stage balance test (page 184), the standing reach test (pg 185), , and the agility T-test (pg 187).   Compare your results to the normative tables in the book.

ALSO….

Identify 3 exercises that would be good for you to perform on a regular basis — choosing from stationary balance, agility, push, pull, or dynamic balance exercises  — AND indicate ‘why’ you would select these exercises (see photos/descriptions – pgs 194-204)

3. BMI Activity AssignmentBased upon the following:

Determine the BMI given the age for the following sample cases [Subjects # 1-4] using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI calculator for children and teens (https://www.hopkinsallchildrens.org/Patients-Families/Health-Library/HealthDocNew/Body-Mass-Index-(BMI)-Charts (Links to an external site.)):

  • SUBJECT 1:

Birthdate: January 1, 2010; date of measurement: January 1, 2017; male who is 4 foot tall and 70 pounds 

  • SUBJECT 2:
  • Birthdate: June 1, 2002; date of measurement: June 15, 2017; female who is 4 foot 10 inches tall and 95 pounds

SUBJECT 3:

Birthdate: August 1, 2007; date of measurement: August 21, 2017; male who is 4 foot 8 inches tall and 76 pounds

SUBJECT 4:

  • Birthdate: March 1, 2003; date of measurement: May 15, 2017; female who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and 103 pounds

Please write  up your results — BMI calculation — in a one-page paper.

4. Older Adult

Please read the ‘position stand’ (identified below as a PDF)  and submit a one-page response related to the attached article entitled “Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults”

  • “[D]espite large differences in genetic background among those of a given age, it seems that physical activity may be a lifestyle factor that discriminates between individuals who have and have not experienced successful aging.” What factors are involved in successful aging?