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The YMCA Step Test tends to measure the cardiovascular endurance. To acknowledge how the heart rate quickly returns to normal after exercise, it is said that the person is fitter. Also, a fit person is able to return to his normal heart rate after rigorous exercise. It is easy to conduct and has a minimal equipment. This test can also help to evaluate if the person has the cardiovascular risk. For the men had the early age to find heart diseases unlike women. The YMCA and Queens College has the same protocol but the YMCA step test has a higher step. After a 1 minute post exercise, the heart rate is measured. In addition, there is a difference between male and female step rate. The equipment for the test are easy to find, 12 inches bench or …show more content…

If there is an issue to their feet like allergies or sickness or the feet is not on condition.
For the background history of the YMCA step test, I’m not be able to seek an answer to this part because I hardly see a proper discovery of it but it is clear that the test has been produced by YMCA.

The procedure of the test demonstrates the person/subject to step an alternating up and down motion with respect to the given beat. For the tester should not get confuse on the action of the foot, the person administered the test is advisable to say the up-up down-down route.Set the metronome at 96 beats per minute. This should result in 24 steps per minute. Before testing the subject it should at least a 10 minutes warm up. After 3 minutes of the test has elapsed, step down and record the heart rate after 1 minute recovery. One foot step up is equivalent to 1st beat and after followed by other foot is the 2nd beat while the other foot earlier will step down which is the 3rd beat followed by the other is the 4th beat. The 4 beats is also equal to one step cycle. The client should stop immediately if it finishes the test and wait for 1 minute recovery and start checking the heart …show more content…

They were 57 adults who participated for the study. They use YMCA step test and grade exercise testing (GXT) for the cardiovascular fitness. It has two interval day between the test. The strength of test, using the two simple test. A grade exercise testing (GXT) is a tool for to identify heart event or indicator of heart disease. The weakness of the test just incase the client wanted to stop the operation or does not follow the protocol it automatically cancel the test. I think there is also a problem in complying a step test because of the height issues. The shorter the person, the step is higher rather than for a long person, it is quite easy to reach the

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