| The best way to evaluate your fitness is through | | | | posture as in the first test but your knees must |
| taking a test that will evaluate your physical | | | | be bent and the ankles positioned as close to |
| strength and which will help you check the true | | | | your buttocks after which you must do a single |
| relationship between strength, performance and | | | | sit-up. |
| your condition. No doubt, you will come across | | | | In the third K-W Test you will need to lie flat on |
| many tests that will help to show your true | | | | your back and keep your hands behind your neck |
| fitness level; however, one that you must check | | | | and your legs must be straight and lifted about |
| out is the one known as Kraus-Weber Test (K-W | | | | ten inches off the ground for ten seconds. The |
| Test). | | | | fourth test requires you to lie on your stomach; a |
| Six Separate Components | | | | pillow should be placed beneath your lower |
| The K-W test of Minimum Muscular Fitness | | | | abdomen and also your groin. With feet held down |
| consists of six different components and it is a | | | | you need to lift up your head and shoulders as |
| test that will help to measure a number of | | | | well as the chest off the ground for about ten |
| different muscle groups with regard to their | | | | seconds. |
| strength and flexibility. The more the ratings are | | | | Test number five requires that you maintain the |
| the greater is your level of fitness and the better | | | | same posture as in test number four; with chest |
| will the muscles in the body function. | | | | down you need to lift your knees straight off the |
| This test of fitness was at first used to evaluate | | | | floor for ten seconds. Finally, in test number six |
| how treatment being meted out to treat low | | | | you will need to stand erect and barefoot and |
| back pain was progressing. It is surprising to learn | | | | both your feet must be placed together; then, |
| that as many as, it is believed, more than eighty | | | | with knees straight you need to bend slowly to |
| percent of those tested failed to pass the test! | | | | touch the ground with your fingertips and you |
| However, these people, when exercising were | | | | must hold this position for three seconds. |
| nevertheless able to perform better and the | | | | You might also want to know more about the |
| complaints of back pain too steadily became | | | | right kind of fitness equipment including the |
| fewer. | | | | treadmill that is ubiquitous item that every fitness |
| The first of six K-W Tests to evaluate fitness is | | | | fanatic is found using today. The K-W Test may |
| to keep both feet on the ground; maintaining a | | | | seem to be a simple one; however, when you try |
| lying down position on the ground and with hands | | | | this test, the results achieved will truly amaze you |
| held behind your back doing sit-ups. The second | | | | and it will also do a world of good as far as your |
| K-W Test requires that you maintain the same | | | | fitness is concerned. |