Chart and Tables and more Charts and Tables... - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[DarkCreator]

I just finished chapter 11 in the text book (the one about fitness evals.) and there are a TON of charts/tables in the back of the chapter that are often referred to and also involved with the study questions at the end of the chapter. I was wondering how much of that raw data you are supposed to know for the test? Do I really need to memorize what the average weight of 44 year old male with the height of 72 inches is?

Thanks in advance.

[megfit]

You know, the answer is actually yes! You should be able to have a good sense of the 'average' height and weight of your 'average' male at least.

Margie

[DarkCreator]

Heh, I guess I should have used another example. Knowing average body types is always a good thing, but what about the other stats? (1RM percentiles, VO2 max predictions for the ymca bike test, walking test etc.)

I just want to make sure I don't go memorizing a bunch of straight up numbers that are normally just looked up everyday in the industry. Memorizing 70-140 (just looking at the average weight/height/age tables per gender) almost random numbers per chart just seems like crazy talk to me right now .