Fitness Assessment and Anthropometry

Fitness Assessment and Anthropometry
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Introduction
The cardio vascular system is one of the most crucial systems in the body and plays some very vital functions. Among the main functions of the cardiovascular system include the delivery of oxygen to the working muscles around the body, it pumps blood back to the heart for oxygenation, deliver the nutrients to the body tissues, transport hormones across the body, transport fuels to the active muscles and transport heat from the muscles and internal organs to the skin. When one exercises, the demand on the cardiovascular system increases (Janot, 2001). Levels such as oxygen needs rise quickly depending on the level of activity. The metabolic processes increase and at the same time waste creation is sped up. The cardiovascular system has to keep up with the demands of the body as the level of activity increases. The cardiovascular system during exercise is charged with the regulating the heart rate, cardiac output, stroke volume, blood pressure and blood flow (Janot, 2001).
The term anthropometry is used to refer to the aspect of human individual measurement, relative to the physical proportions such as size and weight. Anthropometry has been a crucial baseline for quite a number of industries including clothing, architecture, design and ergonomics, relative to the attributes of body dimensions and distribution within the population with the aim of optimizing products (Silva Rodrigues, Espinosa, Melo, Perracini, Rezende Fett, and Fett, 2014).
Data
VO2: 40.8 40.6 40.6 44.5 37.8 41.7 41.3 43.8 STPR: 135 131 136 115 155 160 69 119Arm span: 160 175.3 179 165 149 149 179.7 172Height: 156 170.5 181.5 163 152.5 155 168.5 162Weight: 73 75.1 52.7 56.1 50.1 49.2 76.8 96BMI: 30 25 16 21.1 21.5 20.5 26 37
Study
The volume of oxygen has a mean of 41.3, with three of the students falling below the mean including the 47 year old participant. The STPR mean was at 127.5 with the three student falling behind the mean. The arm span mean is 166.1, with the 47 year old falling below average as well as student three, four and five. The mean of the students’ heights is 163.6 which is much higher than that of the 47 year old, third, fourth, fifth and eighth students. The weight of the students has a mean of 66.1, with students two, three, four and five fell below the mean. The BMI mean is 24.6 with student two, three, four and five falling below the average.
When comparing the BMI and the VO2, the data does not indicate a direct relation that can be used to refer to the state of health and fitness. In the case of the 47 year old, she had a VO2 figure of 40.8, while her BMI is 30. This is not indicative of the fitness of the participant, relative to the fact that student 2 also had a BMI of 25 yet their VO2 was at 40.6 (Buch, 2006). BMI is largely not a good measure of health status as it is a formula that is rigged with quite a number of assumptions (Guallar, Balboa, López, León, Gutiérrez, Banegas, and Rodríguez, 2009). It is common to find athletes who are fit and constantly work out to be classified as obese relative to their body mass and the height. It is thus not a good measure ...