Monday, April 5, 2010

The Ultimate Grind fitness assessment

Past participants of the Ultimate Grind have been very interested in measuring their results, and they should be! They’ve worked hard for those results!

In the Ultimate Grind Assessment, Coach Sweat uses some the same fitness tests that are endorsed by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine. This allows participants to see how their fitness levels compare with the national average. And 6 weeks later, when they repeat the same fitness tests, participants will get to see the specific improvements that they’ve made!

Specifically, Coach Sweat puts Ultimate Grinders through 5 different tests; a body fat test, overhead squat test, push-up test, a curl-up test, and the Cooper 12-minute walk/run test.

1) Body fat test – Don’t worry, nobody’s pinching you or making you take off your shirt! Coach Sweat uses the least intrusive body fat measuring system available. All you have to do is put your hands on Coach Sweat’s fat loss monitor and it’ll give you an accurate body fat reading in seconds!

2) Overhead squat test – Almost everybody has muscle imbalances, from people with desk jobs, to competitive athletes, to couch potatoes. If these muscle imbalances aren’t corrected, they can actually be made worse by exercises. With the Overhead Squat Test, we’ll not only identify those muscle imbalances, we’ll also help you correct them.

3) Push-ups and curl-up tests – These tests are exactly what they sound like. You do a bunch of “official” push-ups and curls-ups and we use that information to measure your muscular strength and endurance.

4) Cooper 12-minute test – This is a test designed to measure your cardiovascular fitness, which is perhaps the most important!

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