While walking or using the stair-climber or another cardio machine, you might focus on your breathing or heart rate to gauge how hard you’re working. That’s a perfectly good approach—but it won’t tell ...

We all know that climbing stairs can be a bit of a workout, but did you know it could also be a quick, effective, and free ...

Testing the health of your heart and lungs is crucial for maintaining overall well-being. One effective method to assess cardiovascular fitness is through a step test. Whether you're a fitness ...

Study on Queen's College Step Test shows 40% failure rate among young adults. Factors like fatigue, breathlessness, and sedentary lifestyle contribute. Test assesses cardiorespiratory fitness by ...

Losing weight and getting in shape are popular New Year's resolutions -- but before you join a gym with the masses, it may help to determine your current fitness level with a walk test. kmlPhoto - ...

Beginning as only one phase of the Grant Study's research on the neglected "normal man," Dr. Lucien Brouha's attempts to determine the ability of the average person to perform hard muscular work have ...

After watching Jason Kelce challenge veterans to a push-up contest during ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown”, I had the idea to find four more fitness tests you can do to assess your fitness level ...

Calisthenics and cardio exercises can be arranged in several ways to improve running times and overall fitness test scores. Few, though, push you as hard as this one in a progressive manner -- until ...

The Department of Physical Training has abandoned the College's traditional introduction to exercise, the step-test, thus opening the way for an overall revamping of the freshman physical testing ...