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Regular physical activity (PA) and exercise have been repeatedly shown to contribute to longevity, fitness levels, quality of life and general well-being in all populations and age groups (Miles, 2007; Warburton, Nicol and Bredin, 2006; Haskell, Lee, Pate, Powell and Blair, 2007; O’Donovan, Blazevich, Boreham, Cooper, Crank, et al, 2010). Health and fitness assessment is an effective and popular method of determining a person’s current health and fitness, and therefore, susceptibility to diseases associated with inactivity and other negative health behaviours (American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 2008; Ruiz, Ortega, Gutierrez, Meusel, Sjöström, et al, 2006 Heyward, 2002). Health-related physical assessment techniques were used to establish the subject’s lifestyle and health status prior to and following a 4-week exercise intervention for the purpose of: • Identifying modifiable health-risk factors associated with a greater susceptibility to developing diseases related to negative characteristics of the subject’s health profile. • Individualising an exercise programme that may improve potentially negative aspects of the subject’s health profile. • Providing personalised data that may be comparable to a similar demographic. • Providing follow-up data to evaluate the efficacy of the targeted exercise programme. • Educating the subject regarding their current health, physical fitness and risk of developing diseases associated with negative aspects of their health profile. • Motivating the individual towards specific action to decrease susceptibility to diseases associated with potentially negative aspects of their current health and fitness status. The purpose of the study was explained to the subject and a health-status q... ... middle of paper ... ...t without its limitations (Fitchett, 1985; McArdle, Katch and Katch, 2010), is considered to be the most precise method of determining an individual’s aerobic fitness capacity, and therefore the best method for determining changes in aerobic capacity following periods of training or detraining (Akalan, Robergs and Kravitz, 2008; Fitchett, 1985; Steinberg, Brégeon, Delliaux and Jammes, 2007). However, exhaustive or ‘all out’ efforts have been associated with an increased risk to health in non-regularly exercising subjects (Kline, Porcari, Hintermeister, Freedson, Ward, et al, 1987). Instead, the Chester Step Test (CST) method of sub-maximal graded exercise (Appendices C, D & E) was chosen for estimating VO2max, and was performed by the subject following each assessment of composition. The subject’s pre and post-intervention estimated VO2max are displayed in Table 2.

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