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Test & Measurement In Sports

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Discuss the test item of Rikli & Jones to measure the upper body strength?

Solution

Arm Curl test of Rikli & Jones used to Testing upper body strength of senior citizen

Equipment: 5 lb Weight & an 8 lb weight, stopwatch & a straight-back chair with no arms.

Women will curl a 5 lb. weight in this test and men will curl an 8 lb. weight for their test. It is extremely important to the accuracy of the test that we use the appropriate weight for men & women in this test.

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Procedure :

  1. Test assistant will tell to begin and will time for 30 seconds, using the stopwatch or a watch with a second hand.
  2. Do as many curls as can in the allotted30-second time period, moving in a controlled manner.
  3. Do a full curl, squeezing lower arm against upper arm at the top of each curl and returning to a straight arm each time. Keep upper arm still.
  4. Do not swing the Weight.
  5. If started raising the weight again and are over half way up when the time is over, count that curl!
  6. Scoring: The score is the total number of controlled arm curls performed in 30 seconds.

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