Fitness Testing

Polar BodyAge ®

Wellness Center members can receive a personalized physical assessment and exercise plan using Polar BodyAge ® technology for $59.

Members receive the assessment FREE when purchasing six or more personal training sessions.

About the Polar BodyAge ® System BodyAge ® marks a revolution in training, giving a fitness assessment based on the body's vital statistics. Everyone using the BodyAge® gets a completely unique and thorough assessment of their physical body age. Once someone has had their body age measured, they will receive an assessment sheet and a personal training program to lower their body age.

STEP 1: FITNESS ASSESSMENT

After entering some basic information about the personal training client, the following tests take place. 

Body composition determines lean body weight and fat percentage by stepping on the highly accurate scale.

Polar Fitness Test predicts maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) which is commonly used to determine cardiovascular fitness.

Blood pressure has more emphasis than the other tests in the fitness assessment, because high blood pressure is a major health risk.

Strength test consists of e.g. bicep curl, crunches and wall sit to give a complete understanding of muscular strength.

Flexibility registers how far forward a person can reach to establish their body flexibility.

STEP 2: TRAINING PROGRAM

The BodyAge ® creates an overview of your fitness and gives a complete report with every necessary physiological element. Personal Trainer and client will go through this report together and create a personal heart rate-based training program to lower the body age. Additional Strength training extension or Polar Cardio Coaching will help in crafting the training program, depending on the client's personal objectives. Also the user settings can be easily managed in the BodyAge ® system and then be uploaded to the training computer, so that the club member will have everything set ready for the new training program.

STEP 3: FOLLOW-UP

After a few weeks of training, the client comes back to download their training files from a Polar training computer into the BodyAge ® . In this reassessment, the club member gets a progress report and additional instructions for continuing the training for another body age test. This keeps the client motivated.

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For more information on fitness equipment, contact Fitness Coordinator Johnny Watley at (405) 974-3155 orjwatley@uco.edu.