Testing The Stamina Of Exercising Women - A Prerequisite For ...

Of late women are highly health and look conscious. Now a day you can see more number of women who join the slimming gym, exercise classes, aerobic, yoga classes etc for effective weight loss. These women who exercise not only maintain their shape but also increase their stamina. Is there any procedure to test the stamina? Many may have doubt on this. Yes, there are many, let us discuss some of them here.

Hydrostatic weighing
As per this method the women who is exercising is made to stand in the water. She is asked to wipe the bubbles in total. Then she is made to blow out 80 % of the air in the water and the remaining 20% of the air in submerged condition.

The person who is testing or measuring the height, weight and the capacity of the lung taps the side of the tank once the measurements are over. The women who are on regular exercise will have more lung capacity, which is an indication of her stamina that is a prerequisite for weight loss.

Measurement of circumference of the waist
It has been proved beyond doubt that fat located in the abdomen in the Waist region is more harmful than the fat located in the other regions. The abdominal fat or the waist fat leads to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. The women with these problems will never have good stamina.

The circumference of the waist should not be more than 88 cm in women [in inches 34.6] and 102 cm [i.e. 40 inches] in man. By measuring the waist circumference of the women who exercises one can definitely test the stamina of the women and also confirms whether she is performing any weight loss exercises.

Flexibility testing
The women who are health freak do exercises regularly. Their body will be fit and flexible. The flexibility is due to the burning of the fat stored in the body near waist, thighs and other places. More the flexibility more will be the fitness and stamina. The flexibility of the body can be measured by using unilever inclinometer or goniometer, which measures the range of motions of the joint and angles of the joint.

Running for fifteen minutes
You can ask the women who is exercising regularly to run on the plain field continuously for 15 minutes. They will do it with ease whereas the women who are not used to any kind of exercise will struggle and will never complete the task. This is because the lung capacity and the stamina of the women who are used to exercise will be certainly more.

When women do exercise the lung that needs to take care of the oxygen requirement of the body will be made take the increased workload. Though it may struggle in the beginning it will adjust itself to the increased workload over a period of time. The lung also will get strengthened in the due course. This is the reason for the increased stamina for the women who exercise regularly for getting effective weight loss..

Beep test
This test is also known as YO-YO test. As per this test two markers will be made on the field with a gap of 20 -22 meters. The person whose stamina needs to be tested is made run back and forth between the markers.

A cassette will control the speed with which he runs. The speed will be gradually increased, till the person fails to maintain the speed. The person or women who can run and maintain the speed for longer time is considered to be the person with good stamina.

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What is Weight Loss?

In the context of physical health, weight loss is the process of losing body weight, usually by losing fat. To achieve healthy weight loss, most experts recommend a combination of healthy eating patterns and regular physical exercise. Some people try to lose weight by using drugs such as fenfluoramine, nicotine or cocaine (see Anti-obesity drugs), herbs such as ephedra, or surgery such as liposuction