QUIZ: President Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test. How much do you remember?
– If you ever get sidelined by cramps, injury, or if you’re new to running and want to understand how your body moves, fitness tests are a great tool to become better, faster, and stronger. Let’s break down what tests are beneficial for runners? A gait analysis, which involves being recorded from different angles while running on a treadmill to look at form, including foot strike and body alignment, is especially useful for runners with chronic injuries like shin splints, patella femoral pain, or IT band issues. If you’re new to running, consider a functional movement screening, or FMS, which is when a coach or a trainer will typically put you through movements like single leg squat, push up, and step over, and then watch how your body moves. If your hip drops to one side or your knees cave in on that squat, then that could indicate weakness in your core stability. Some places like NYU, HSS and Columbia Run Lab offer running analyses, which combine a gate analysis on a treadmill with a movement screen like the FMS, so it’s one stop shopping. You can also often get an FMS at a gym as part of an initial training evaluation, and it can be useful on its own. If you wanna measure your cardio fitness, VO2 max is what you’re looking for. It’s an increasingly popular test in recent years. VO2 max measures your aerobic capacity. It can give you a sense of your cardiovascular fitness, which can be helpful as a benchmark to try to improve, often via short, intense intervals. This test can also help determine your max heart rate and training zones based on that. Lactate threshold or the point at which your body goes from aerobic to anaerobic is something you can train and improve. Knowing your threshold allows you to train in the proper zones so you can increase it. Wearable data is the most affordable option, and you can track a lot of these same things right from your watch like gate, cadence and stride length. But that data might not be very useful if you don’t know what to do with it. That’s where these tests come into play. For more expert advice about fitness testing for runners, check out runnersworld.com.
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QUIZ: President Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test. How much do you remember?
President Donald Trump is reviving the long-retired Presidential Fitness Test, a test schools haven’t used in over a decade. Trump signed an executive order on July 31 directing the Secretaries of Health and Education to re-administer the exam.It’s not clear which exercises will be part of the test or when it will launch in schools.Along with the fitness test, Trump is also reinstating the Presidential Fitness Award, which recognizes top-performing students.The award program was first introduced in 1966 as an incentive to promote health and fitness to American children. How much do you remember about the test and award? Take the below quiz to find out.Not seeing the full quiz? APP USERS: Tap here
President Donald Trump is reviving the long-retired Presidential Fitness Test, a test schools haven’t used in over a decade.
Trump signed an executive order on July 31 directing the Secretaries of Health and Education to re-administer the exam.
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It’s not clear which exercises will be part of the test or when it will launch in schools.
Along with the fitness test, Trump is also reinstating the Presidential Fitness Award, which recognizes top-performing students.
The award program was first introduced in 1966 as an incentive to promote health and fitness to American children.
How much do you remember about the test and award? Take the below quiz to find out.
