Top 10 DIY ways to test your fitness

The results classifications (excellent, good, poor and so on) given for each of the tests/exercises are based on the average scores of healthy adults. Make sure you don’t get too hung up about where you fall in the good, excellent or poor stakes, though... Instead, just see your result as a guideline figure from which to improve on.

Here are realbuzz’s top 10 do it yourself ways of assessing your current fitness levels – which cover the following aspects of your fitness:

Note that a different set of results will sometimes also be given for each sex.

1. Resting heart rate - to assess aerobic fitness
2. Push-ups - to assess upper-body muscular endurance
3. Head turning - to assess neck flexibility
4. 12-minute walk/run test - to assess cardiovascular capacity
5. Plank - to assess core stability
6. Loop-the-loop - to assess shoulder mobility
7. Wet footprint test - to assess foot strike pattern in running
8. Vertical jump - to assess explosive power
9. Waist-to-hip ratio - to assess body fat distribution
10. Wall sit - to assess leg strength/endurance

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