Answer:
This test was developed in 1943 by Brouha to measure the cardiovascular fitness of the individual.
Requirements of test: (i) Gym Bench (45cm high) (ii) Stopwatch (iii) Assistant/Helper.
In this test, the student step-up and step-down on the gym bench for 5 minutes or until exhaustion at a rate of 30 steps/minute.
(i) Firstly, the student performs warm-up and comes near the gym bench.
(ii) At the command of ?GO? the student starts to step-up and step-down on the gym bench whereas assistant starts the stopwatch at same time.
(iii) This goes on for five minutes.
(iv) The assistant measures the heart rate (beats per minute) after one minute of test finish as pulse 1.
(v) The assistant measures the heart rate (beats per minute) after two minutes of test finish as pulse 2.
(vi) The assistant again measures the heart rate (bpm) after three minutes of test finish as pulse 3.
RESULT = 30000/ (pulse 1 + pulse 2 +pulse 3)
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