Want to know how fit you or your athletes are? Then you need a Fitness Testing assessment.

Fitness Testing is a technique used regularly by strength & conditioning coaches to provide information on the health or fitness of an individual or group. Testing can be done in a number of environments and is generally split between the lab and field. There are a number of reasons why fitness testing is used and these include:

• To examine the health status of an individual.
• To measure the fitness level of an individual.
• To identify the strengths and weaknesses of athletes.
• To monitor training programs to see if training is improving what it is intended to improve.
• To help with goal setting.
• In talent identification settings.

KT Conditioning offers fitness testing to both the general population and individual / groups of athletes. The fitness testing is designed to be both individual and sport specific to meet the needs of you or your sport. KT Conditioning’s fitness testing battery will include:

• Body Composition – Height, body mass, body fat percentage and girth measurements.
• Maturation Assessment – For junior athletes, a maturation and predicted height estimation can be calculated to assess at what stage of maturation a player is at.
• Functional Movement Screen – An assessment of posture and movement ability can be conducted using KT Conditioning’s specific FMS assessment. This is the basis for all training.
• Speed and Agility – Tests specific to your sport will assess acceleration, maximum speed and ability to change direction using state of the art timing gates.
• Strength and Power – 1RM or 3RM strength or field based power assessments can be conducted to assess current strength and power levels.
• Aerobic / Anaerobic endurance – A field based endurance assessment specific to your sport using will be conducted.

Example videos of KT Conditioning conducting Sprint (with timing gates) and Yo-Yo fitness tests within a team setting are shown below. The sprint tests are performed at 5m and 10m in the video but can be conducted at a variety of distances. The Yo-Yo test is a measure of endurance and uses a series of beeps to run a 20m shuttle with a 10s rest period used between shuttles.

KT Conditioning will provide post testing fitness reports along with an explanation of your strengths and weaknesses and where you need to focus your training in order to improve your performance. Check out a previous BLOG on Tracking your Fitness Results for an idea of how KT Conditioning will report and progress your results.

KT Conditioning fitness testing sessions can be arranged to fit around your schedule with venues arranged based on your location. So why don’t you Contact Us for further information and see how fit your are now!

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