Assignment: Endurance
Name:
Complete some research and answer the following questions:
1. What is ‘muscle tone’?
2. In your own words write five ‘Tips’ for gaining muscle tone associated with endurance fitness.
3. Explore a variety of endurance tests (YouTube is a great place to look for these.) Pick one
endurance assessment or a series of short endurance assessments that make up at least 30
minutes of exercise that you believe you can complete. Briefly describe what you will do.
4. Complete the following:
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Jog or walk for 5 to 10 minutes to warm up your cardiovascular system. Then perform 5-10
stretching exercises to warm up your muscles and prepare for this test.
Conduct Self-Assessment/s you selected.
Answer the following relative to your performance on the muscular endurance assessment/s.
5. How are these tests similar or different from other types of fitness testing you have
completed?
6. Given the results of your tests, which area was your strongest?
7. Which area was your weakest?
8. Describe two activities that you can do to improve your weakest endurance areas.