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Fitness testing Packages
Here are some lists of what equipment you may need if you are setting up yourself to conduct a series of fitness tests. There is a basic and advanced list which will enable you to do a wide range of fitness tests. For each of the items, there would be cheaper and possibly less accurate options. You need to determine your budget and buy the best you can afford. These are just some ideas, there are many tests to chose from, some requiring little or no equipment, to those that require large expensive equipment.
Basic Fitness Testing Package
- Anthropometric Tape Measure (for accurate girth measurements)
- Height Measure (stadiometer or tape measure to pin to the wall)
- Skinfold Caliper (Slim Guide, Harpenden)
- Blood Pressure Monitor
- Bodyweight Scales
- Sit & Reach Box
- Mini Peak Flow Meter (to measure lung function), with disposable mouthpieces
- Heart Rate Monitor.
- Step Test Box
Advanced Items
In addition to the above items, here are a few more that would be useful for a testing laboratory
- Handgrip Dynamometer
- Spirometer (for more advanced lung function testing)
- Body Composition Analyzer
- Exercise cycle or treadmill
- Vertec (or other vertical jump measurement device)
- timing gates (for speed testing)
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Related Products
- Free! Fitness and Nutrition Organizer — organize and manage all your fitness testing information as well as your training and nutritional intake with BodyByte.
- Team Beep Test — software to run the beep test on your computer and record results in real time.
