Using the rowing machine, you can practise to lose weight, for competitions and to get fit. This can be used by anyone as the individual can set an appropriate goal for themselves. It is suitable for a sport such as Olympic rowing.
2. Bruce protocol test:
The Bruce protocol is a lab based test where the athlete works to complete exhaustion as the treadmill speed and inclination increase every three minutes. The length of time on the treadmill is the result and can be used to calculate the VO2 maximum result.
3. Balke protocol test-
The Balke treadmill protocol measures aerobic fitness by measuring the max V02 uptake while walking on an increasingly incline treadmill. The Balke treadmill test is carried out at a …show more content…
With focused resistance training you can work to increase your endurance and increase the number of push ups you can perform in each set.
When performing push ups, there are advantages and disadvantages that need to be taken in to account. Firstly, the advantages are that push ups are an efficient way to work out different muscles at the same time, by doing this it means time can be save and more workouts can be performed, especially if the individual doesn’t have a lot of time. It can also be used to help maintain or lose weight because pushes use more than one set of muscles at time same time and most of the fast in one’s body can be converted into energy by the body, as it doesn’t require any equipment at all, it means that no expense is used on trying to get the right equipment just to perform the test and also it can be done anywhere whether it’s a field or in the comfort of your own.
Secondly the disadvantages of using the push up test are that the body can easily adapt to the workout which could also lead to reversibility which is when the body loses its fitness due to the individual’s body being adapted to the work out. With push ups the individual is likely to get bored of it because it’s repeating the same workout and also it doesn’t vary within different