PARQ – Physical activity readiness questionnaire 
     •A series of questions that should be asked before engaging in 
       an exercise programme to identify any potential health risks.
     Example:
       Has a doctor ever diagnosed you with a heart condition?           Yes   No Details
       Have you recently had chest pains during or after exercise?       Yes   No Details
       Do you ever feel faint or have spells of servere dizziness?       Yes   No Details
       Are you currently receiving treatment or medication for high      Yes   No Details
       blood pressure?
       Have you bloken a bone in the past 6 months?                      Yes   No Details
       Do you suffer from epilepsy or chronic asthma?                    Yes   No Details
     Extended learning task:
     Research different PARQ’s and create your own 10 question 
     PARQ based on your research.
     Fitness Testing
    Discuss with a partner and try to come up with 3 reasons why 
    you think fitness testing is important?
    •Results can be motivating and push us to work harder
    •Allows us to know what our current fitness levels are
    •Allows us identify areas of weakness and then try to 
    improve them
    •Allows us to see if our fitness strengths match our chosen 
    sports requirements
    •Allows us to see how hard we should push ourselves in 
    training (hard enough to improve fitness but not too hard to 
    avoid injury)
    •Allows us to check if a training programme has worked
     Key Terms
   •Baseline Data
   initial collection of fitness test data so we can compare fitness 
   levels before and after a training programme
   •Test protocol 
   method used to carry out a fitness test
   •Normative data tables 
   a table of other people’s scores on a fitness test used to judge 
   our fitness levels against
   Note – the tests we look at are general tests for fitness and not 
   necessarily sport specific. When you use fitness tests for your 
   PEP you may want to look into more sports specific fitness 
   testing.
     Tests to Measure Cardiovascular 
                   Fitness
   Cooper 12 minute run
   Test Protocol:
   •The assistant gives the command “GO”, starts the stopwatch 
   and the athlete commences the test
   •The assistant keeps the athlete informed of the remaining 
   time at the end of each lap (400m)
   •The assistant blows the whistle when the 12 minutes has 
   elapsed and records the distance the athlete covered to the 
   nearest 10 metres
   •Results are compared to normative data
      Male Normative data
         Age      Excellent     Above      Average      Below       Poor         Age
                               Average                 Average
        13-14      >2700m    2400-2700m 2200-2399m 2100-2199m      <2100m       13-14
        15-16      >2800m    2500-2800m 2300-2499m 2200-2299m      <2200m       15-16
        17-19      >3000m    2700-3000m 2500-2699m 2300-2499m      <2300m       17-19
        20-29      >2800m    2400-2800m 2200-2399m 1600-2199m      <1600m       20-29
        30-39      >2700m    2300-2700m 1900-2299m 1500-1999m      <1500m       30-39
        40-49      >2500m    2100-2500m 1700-2099m 1400-1699m      <1400m       40-49
         >50       >2400m    2000-2400m 1600-1999m 1300-1599m      <1300m        >50
      Female Normative data
         Age        Excellent       Above        Average        Below          Poor
                                   Average                     Average
        13-14        >2000m      1900-2000m     1600-1899m    1500-1599m      <1500m
        15-16        >2100m      2000-2100m     1700-1999m    1600-1699m      <1600m
        17-20        >2300m      2100-2300m     1800-2099m    1700-1799m      <1700m
        20-29        >2700m      2200-2700m     1800-2199m    1500-1799m      <1500m
        30-39        >2500m      2000-2500m     1700-1999m    1400-1699m      <1400m
        40-49        >2300m      1900-2300m     1500-1899m    1200-1499m      <1200m
         >50         >2200m      1700-2200m     1400-1699m    1100-1399m      <1100m