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FLEXIBILITY AGE TEST:

Step 1 - Make sure your muscles are warm, ideally do this after your "Cardio Fitness Test"

Step 2 - Have a tape measure handy Step 3- Place your feet against the sofa with your legs stretched out and very slightly soft knees.

Step 3 - Take a breathe in and as you exhale lengthen the body forward and see how far the finger tips stretch to, measurement to be taken from the middle finger.

Step 4 - Use tape measure to take a measurement from the middle finger to the sofa. Step 5 - Repeat the above and take the best measurement, jot it down.

AGE TEST FOR FLEXIBILITY:

 If you can touch you toes, your age is in the 20s If you are near the ankle, your age is in the 30s If you are mid ankle to knee, your age is in the 40s If you are near the knee, 50s If you are nowhere near the above then you are 50 plus 

MUSCLE AGE TEST:

Ok, muscle testing, we will start with press ups:

Step 1 - Get into a three quarter position or a full position for press ups, ie three quarter is on knees, full is on toes

Step 2 - Time yourself for a minute and see how many you can do in a minute, you can rest whenever you like. The chest needs to go close to the floor and press ups are executed like this all the way through the minute. No cheating! This is how many you should of been able to do for your age... 10 or less in a minute - 50 plus age 11-15 press ups in a minute - 40-50 age 16-20 press ups - 30-40 age 21-25 - press ups 25-30 age 26 plus press ups is 24 years and below. The above tests your upper body strength. Now for the Core! The below will test your abdominal strength

CORE AGE TEST

Step 1 - hook legs under sofa, bend knees and put fingers by temples with elbows wide.

Step 2 - Timing yourself for a minute and come all the way up to the knees, avoid going all the way down to the floor, try and keep shoulders off. This is how many you should of been able to do for your age... 10 or less in a minute - 50 plus age 11-15 sit ups in a minute - 40-50 age 16-20 sit ups - 30-40 age 21-25 - sit ups - 25-30 age 26 plus sit ups is 24 years and below. TO GET YOUR FITNESS AGE: Average out the age once all tests have been undertaken, ie add all ages from each test and then take the average age, and that can be your final age, ie the average fitness of someone for that age. If you come out with a decade range for one of the tests eg for flexibility you come out with someone who has the flexibility of the someone in their 20s then take the middle age of that, 25, when adding your age together.

     These tests are just a guide. For an accurate test of your fitness always visit your GP