Perform Rockport Walk Test
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Obtain results for the Rockport Walk Test
Sex – Female
Age – 22
Weight – 145
Ending HR- 130
Walk Time- 20 minutes
Calculate
Estimated VO2max (**NOTE: there are different calculations mentioned in various Brockport walk test resources. Please use the calculation below and feel free to use the tables in the resource linked to compare VO2max results. The equation below is consistent with NASM recommendations which we follow.)
132.853- (0.0769 x weight) — ( 0.3877x Age) + (6.315 x Gender) — (3.2649 x Time) -( 0.1565 x heart rate)= VO2 score
Section 2: Lab Write Up
Introduction: include a complete description of the following
Basic anatomy and physiology related to the lab and how the test method (Rockport Walk Test) works
A description of VO2max and why it’s important to understand
A brief description of how the results were obtained (more development in the methods section)
Describe how the following factors influence (increase, decrease, no influence) VO2max
Gender
Age
Body Composition
What are the acute and chronic effects of endurance exercise on VO2max?
Methods: a detailed explanation of how your walk value was obtained
Results: what was your value/result from the test?
Discussion: what did you find out?
How does the obtained value (estimated VO2max) compare to norms?
Rationale for the results, was it as expected or not? Why/why not?
Limitations of the study/sources of error
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