How to Measure Your Fitness Level

          Even if you have some ideas how fit you are, knowing exact numbers will help you set realistic goals, keeps your motivation and check your progress. Let’s start with this easy four-step fitness assessment. We will cover four key areas: muscular fitness, aerobic fitness, flexibility and body composition. 
   1. In order to assess your aerobic fitness, walk 1 mile. It can be done anywhere, even at the mall, during windows shopping. But remember, it should be brisk walk! Before and after, check and write down your pulse.                                                                                                                 

   2. To measure your muscular fitness you have to do push-ups. It's up to you, which one you pick: modified or classic. Do as many as you can and don't forget to record the result.                              

   3. The next step is assessment of flexibility. It can be done by performing simple sit-and-reach test. How? Very easy: while sitting on the floor, reach forward as far as you can, hold for few seconds then note the distance you reached.                                                                                   

   4. Last step to get a full picture of your fitness level is to estimate your body composition: waist circumference and body mass index. Here are some steps to follow: record your waist circumference in inches and determine BMI (indicator of your body fat) through a BMI table.  

Now keep the records in a safe place, because after about six weeks of your exercise, you have to take same measurements and CELEBRATE YOUR PROGRESS. Good luck to me and all of you reading this post!

 P.S. At this time make sure to reward yourself during brisk walk at the mall, you know what I mean :)