Today I finished the physical exam that’s required by my Lifetime Fitness Concepts course.

There wasn’t a whole lot to it:

• Blood pressure is taken (mine was pertty good, woot!)
• Flexibility is measured (you sit & stretch forward 3 times)
• Height is measured
• Weight & other related data is taken (I think I was at 200 lbs? woot!)
• Heart rate is taken at rest & after stepping
• A step aerobics bored with 3 risers is used for 3 minutes to get the heart rate up
• Max number of crunches (small sit ups) in one minute are counted
• Waist & hip size is measured
• Grip strength is tested

There may have been one or two other items that I don’t recall.

I will not have the hard data for one or two weeks due to the fact that the class is only in session once per week. I’ll post the results when I can.

Most of the data was rated as either good or close to “excellent” (I guess all of that exercise has been paying off a little, eh?). There were a couple of things just below average, and one item that was rated “at risk”.

I still have a bit too much weight around the belly. My actual physical weight of 200lbs (If I read the machine correctly; mind I got little more than a glance) is not bad for my height and age. In fact it’s fairly good. However, there’s still more weight on the belly than is healthy.

Unless I get injured, that extra annoying width around the belly should be gone by the end of this semester.

Later folks!
~Steph

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