Question

Administering senior citizen fitness test for 5 elderly family members

Answer 1

When a Senior Fitness test is being conducted for a group of senior people, it is always mandatory to keep the health conditions in view before assigning a test. The underlying conditions like arthritis, BP, diabetes, etc. should be tested first with a recent blood report.

The basic tests that are a part of the circuit test for testing the fitness of senior citizens include the - 

1. Chair stand test.

2. Arm curl test

3. Height and weight test along with the 2 minutes step test.

4. In the chair - sit and reach tests.

5. Back-scratch tests

6. 8 feet up and go test.

7. 6 minutes walk test.

All these tests can be conducted at a time for all the participants if there are individual people to monitor it.