As one of the lucky individuals chosen to be a “Kin’s Green Fighter” I received a health and fitness evaluation. Boy, did I get a reality check!
Part of being selected as 1 of 13 contestants in this competition meant that I received a very comprehensive health/fitness analysis. Blood work, Dexa Scan, fitness testing (ECG treadmill stress test, pushups, situps, flexibility….) Lung capacity, grip strength – the works!
Here’s what I learned:
- I have 47.5% body fat are you SERIOUS?! I mean I know that I have gained weight, but that made me feel sick! How utterly embarrassing! I’m told that the “average woman” should have roughly 25%-33% body fat.
Embarrassment aside, the DEXA Scan was interesting. You lay on a bed, toes taped together, and a machine scans your body for 6 mins. measuring lean muscle, fat, and bone density. Apparently I do have a good amount of muscle, it’s just all hidden “under a nice layer of fat” …… sigh
- my bone density is not that great (I will now be taking Vitamin D along with a multi-vitamin and Omega 3-6-9)
- I lasted 9 mins on the treadmill stress test until I got to my target heart rate (I’ll be aiming for longer at my final evaluation after this 13 weeks. Time to up that cardio and get my heart even healthier)
- I can do 30 full standardized situps in 1 min (this puts me in the “good” range)
- I can do 7 standardized “men” pushups (feet together, on your toes … I’m unsure if this is “good” or “bad” as I cannot find a chart for women based on a full pushup, they all seem to be based on doing a pushup from the knees)
- I can jump, although I’m not exactly sure how high? (I forgot to get that measurement!)
- my flexibility is decent … there is always room for improvement (more yoga here I come!)
- I don’t get enough protein (I don’t like milk, I don’t eat much red meat.. I’m a veggies, beans, salad, smoothie and fruit kinda gal)
- my lung function is fantastic (yay for not smoking!) I met 99%-100% of what was expected
- my cholesterol level is slightly high (which, even though it’s genetic, it’s very important to me to fix this … healthy heart, healthy body is the goal here!!)
So here I am … can you see all that light pink? That’s FAT! All that dark pink, MUSCLE! I want more dark pink, less light pink
And apparently, according to my eldest daughter I have a small head! (I already knew that thank you!)
All in all, the health and fitness evaluation was very informative! Now it’s time to GET HEALTHIER!
1 Minute Sit Up Test (Women)
Age | 18-25 | 26-35 | 36-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Excellent | >43 | >39 | >33 | >27 | >24 | >23 |
Good | 37-43 | 33-39 | 27-33 | 22-27 | 18-24 | 17-23 |
Above average | 33-36 | 29-32 | 23-26 | 18-21 | 13-17 | 14-16 |
Average | 29-32 | 25-28 | 19-22 | 14-17 | 10-12 | 11-13 |
Below Average | 25-28 | 21-24 | 15-18 | 10-13 | 7-9 | 5-10 |
Poor | 18-24 | 13-20 | 7-14 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 2-4 |
Very Poor | <18 | <13 | <7 | <5 | ❤ | <2 |