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American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

(AAHPERD)

Under NASPE’s National Standards, a physically educated person:
Standard 1. Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to
perform a variety of physical activities.
Standard 2. Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies and
tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
Standard 3. Participates regularly in physical activity.
Standard 4. Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Standard 5. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others
in physical activity settings.
Standard 6. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and/or
social interaction.

There are two types of fitness:
Performance-related fitness is linked to athletic performance (for example: a 50-yard dash time or the ability to maneuver around obstacles quickly) and is linked to speed, reaction time, and coordination.
Health-related fitness is linked to fitness components that may lower risks such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or low back pain. Health-related physical fitness includes the following components:
Aerobic fitness - ability of the heart and lungs to deliver blood to muscles,
Muscular strength and endurance - enough to do normal activities easily and protect the low back,
Flexibility - ability to move your many joints through their proper range of motion, and
Body composition - not too much body fat, especially around the waist.

Adult fitness test events:

1-Aerobic Fitness
Aerobic fitness is also known as cardiovascular fitness. It relates to the heart, blood vessels,
and lungs working together to deliver oxygen-rich blood to the muscles during exercise.
A high level of aerobic fitness is associated with lower risks of several diseases, including
high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.

To measure aerobic fitness, perform either the one-mile walk test or 1.5 mile run:

A-1 Mile Walk
Directions
1. Walker starts the stopwatch to begin the one-mile walk.
2. The partner counts the laps and lets the walker know how many laps are left.
3. The walker stops the stopwatch while crossing the finish line.
4. The walker finds his/her pulse immediately and the partner provides a 10-second count
using the stopwatch (“Ready, begin,” and at end of 10 seconds, “Stop”).
5. The partner records the pulse rate for 10 seconds and multiplies by six to have heart rate
in beats per minute.
6. The partner records the time for the one-mile walk in minutes and seconds.
7. The walker completes one more lap at a slower speed to “cool-down.”


B- 1.5-Mile Run
Directions
1. Runner completes a warm-up of slow jogging.
2. The runner starts on the partner’s command--when the partner starts the watch. Runner
runs as quickly as possible for 1.5 miles.
3. The partner counts the number of laps and lets the runner know how many laps are left.
4. The partner stops the watch when the runner crosses the start/finish line and records
the time.
5. The runner cools down by jogging slowly until walking for at ...

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