Sports Science Controlled Assessment - analysisng my health and fitness. How I can improve.

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Sports Science Controlled Assessment Stage 2

1) Healthy Active Lifestyle

* A healthy active lifestyle includes:

* Eating a balanced and healthy diet

* Taking regular exercise

* Maintaining a healthy weight

* Not smoking - which greatly increases your chances of lung, throat and mouth cancers, and also places greater stress on the heart.

* Sensible alcohol intake - as alcohol can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, and also cancer of the throat and mouth. It can also lead to excessive weight gain and obesity.

* Minimising stress

2) Fitness Tests

* Handgrip - I scored a result of 55kg for the handgrip test, which is average for my age and gender. The dynaometer is regarded as a good test for overall upper body test.

* Push Ups - I scored 41 push-ups in one minute. This test is a good test of muscular stamina in your slow twitch muscle fibres.

* Standing Long Jump - I scored 1.5m on this test, which is very poor in comparison with the national average for my age and gender. This test is a good indicator of fast twitch