Abstract:
Physical activity is an essential component of
a healthy lifestyle. It is clear that physically
active people have a lower disease risk than
sedentary individuals. Thus the measurement for
physical fitness becomes the subject of current
research interest. Fitness defines as the “The
ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and
alertness, and with ample energy to enjoy
leisure-time pursuits and to meet unforeseen
emergencies.” And Physical working capacity is
the best measure of fitness. Therefore, a model is
proposed to measure the physical fitness by
estimating physical working capacity. By using
this model, the value of fitness (PWC) can be
predicted approximately. In this paper, the fitness
value is calculated by the relational PWC which
is the PWC value divided by the weight. The
proposed fitness survey is implemented by the
use of multiple linear regression to predict the
physical fitness (PWC value) as the dependent
variable by defining the relevant physical
parameters such as lung capacity, resting heart
rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood
pressure, breath holding, coordination of
movement, weight and height ratio (WHR),
motor response, shoulder girdle muscle (spin),
flexibility of the spine, abdominal muscle (press)
and squat as independent variables. The
proposed model will give the physical activities
which are the most related to the fitness and if
these are made as regular practice, there will have more productivity.
