A Simple Analysis for Cardio Fitness

A Simple Analysis for Cardio Fitness

Instead of administering a series of exercise tests to measure fitness, some trainers have taken to assessing their clients’ fitness by creating simple categories and having their clients assign a number to each category. They refer to this as the PA-R. The higher the number, the fitter the person is. You can use the first part at home to come to a reasonable assessment of where you are on a scale of current activity. Here are the rankings:
1 Avoids walking or exertion Walks for pleasure, occasionally engages in activity that results in elevated breathing, uses stairs instead of elevators.
2 Participates in an organized recreational activity or work that requires moderate physical activity (household chores, yard work, weightlift,golf, and others) for 10 to 60 minutes per week
3 Participates in an organized recreational activity or work that requires moderate physical activity for more than one hour per week
4 Regularly participates in a difficult physical activity (running,
swimming, aerobics, tennis, cycling, and others) for less than 30 minutes per week
5 Regularly participates in a difficult physical activity such as running 1 to 5 miles or participating in a similarly difficult activity, for 30 to 60 minutes per week
6 Regularly participates in a difficult physical activity such as running 5 to 10 miles or participating in a similarly difficult activity, for one to three hours
7 Regularly participates in a difficult physical activity such as running more than 10 miles or participating in a similarly difficult activity, for more than three hours per week .Trainers take another step by plugging this PA-R into a more complicated calculation that also includes body-mass index (BMI) and several other figures to come up with a client’s oxygen utilization capacity.