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Let your tester judge what’s important. Liz tested two men who failed to tell her that they’d each had a lung removed. Another c ...

slightly higher, don’t get stressed (that only increases it even more). However, if your blood pressure is higher than 140/90, y ...

year without reevaluating your progress. You don’t want to waste time with a workout program that’s not getting results. How Muc ...

Body-fat testing also can tell you if you have too littlefat. Maybe you can never be too rich, but you definitely can be too thi ...

Photograph by Jennifer Lawler Taking your measurements ................................................................ A less p ...

Table 2-1 Body Mass Index BMI 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Height Body Weight (inches) (pounds) 58 91 96 1 ...

If you’re in the mood to pull out your calculator, you can determine your BMI by following these steps: Multiply your height in ...

fat you have. This is because fat impedes, or blocks, the signal. The signal travels quickly through muscle because muscle is 70 ...

BOD POD: The cutting edge of body-fat testing .............................. Underwater weighing has long been the standard for ...

little muscle soreness. Instead, gyms test your muscular endurance: how many times you can move a much lighter weight. You can d ...

Some health clubs also measure upper-body strength on a free-weight bench press or a chest-press machine. (In Chapter 12, we exp ...

Table 2-5 Crunches — Men Age: Under 35 36–45 Over 45 Excellent 60 50 40 Good 45 40 25 Marginal 30 25 15 Needs work 15 10 5 Table ...

range of motion) and how easily you can move it. Because your muscles attach to your bone and bones move around a joint’s axis ( ...

Table 2-7 (continued) The Test What to Do You Have Good Your Flexibility Your Flexibility Flexibility If... Needs Work If... Nee ...

The Test What to Do You Have Good Your Flexibility Your Flexibility Flexibility If... Needs Work If... Needs A Lot of Work If... ...

Table 2-8 (continued) Test Your Score Your Score Your Score Goal (Test #1) (Test #2) (Test #3) BMI Body-fat percentage Measureme ...

Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Establishing Your Plan of Attack ................................................................ In This C ...

Then, after you evaluate your current fitness level (see Chapter 2 for details about fitness testing), start setting specific go ...

Do one full pull-up. Drop 20 points from cholesterol count. Fit into that pair of jeans. Walk 1 mile in under 15 minutes. Sh ...

goal could be increasing your stamina enough to walk 3 miles in less than an hour. Or say that you’re training for a 10K run in ...