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The Test What to Do You Have Good Your Flexibility Your Flexibility

Flexibility If... Needs Work If... Needs A Lot

of Work If...

Upper back Lie on your Your arms easily Your hands Your arms don’t

back with your fall to the floor almost touch and come within an

legs out without your your lower back inch of touch-

straight, and lower back remains in ing the floor,

lift your arms arching up. contact with the and your back

straight floor. arches up. You

overhead. Now may be suscep-

drop your arms tible to upper-

back behind back and

you toward shoulder pain.

the floor.

Front thigh Lie on your Your heel easily Your heel comes Your heel

stomach with touches your close to but doesn’t come

one leg buttocks. doesn’t quite within a few

straight, and touch your inches of your

bend the other buttocks. buttocks. You

knee so that may be suscep-

your heel tible to knee

moves toward pain.

your buttocks.

Your Fitness Test Results .............................................................................

Need a place to store your score? Table 2-8 gives you spaces to jot down the

results of all the tests described in this chapter.

Table 2-8 Your Fitness Test Results

Test Your Score Your Score Your Score Goal

(Test #1) (Test #2) (Test #3)

Resting heart

rate

Resting blood

pressure

Aerobic

endurance

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