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[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 06:33:00PM +0000, Christopher Browne wrote:
> I recently got rather irritated; did a "fitness test" at the YMCA, and
> concluded that about 80% of the things that they were measuring were
> almost exclusively perfectly correlated with weight, which means that
> those measurements were pretty well redundant.
> 
> Notably...
> - How high can one jump?

That's somewhat affected by weight, but more by mussle strength.

> - How many pushups?

Endurance and muscle strength.  Sure your weight has some influence but
not in comparison.

> - Running test...

That's endurance.  Being heavier matters a bit, but not compared to
endurance.

> If all they're trying to say is "oh, you need to lose some weight,"
> they only need one of those tests.  But the question of whether my
> legs, arms, or other bits are relatively stronger/weaker than hoped
> for shouldn't be so biased by weight.

You can easily gain strength and endurance and get a lot healthier,
without it actually resulting in weight loss at all.

> Agreed.  See above!  :-)

My motivation has been "I should be more fit so I can be better at
playing Ultimate".  So far it is working.

> That sounds like a pretty neat idea to me.
> 
> From the Princess Bride:
> Count Rugen: Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, then you
> haven't got anything.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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