Comparison of Certain Tests of Physical Fitness and Certain Bodily Measurements

¹ From the Physiology of Exercise Laboratory, Department of Physical Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Data were secured from 50 male university students relative to certain simple tests of physical fitness and certain anthropometric measurements. It was observed that: a) neither vital capacity divided by body surface area nor flarimeter endurance was significantly correlated with any other test. b) Harvard Step-Test scores were significantly correlated with weight, height and pre-exercise pulse rate (.01 level) and the Tuttle Pulse-Ratio and leg length (.05 level). c) the only significant correlation for the Tuttle Pulse-Ratio was with the Harvard Step-Test. The possibility is considered that the relatively low correlation found between the Harvard Step-Test and Tuttle Pulse-Ratio Test may be due, in part, to differing relations of the two tests to pre-exercise pulse rate. The question is raised as to whether the scoring methods of either test are appropriate to actual pre-exercise pulse rate vs. postexercise pulse rate relationships.