Welcome to the quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

So you've been going out for jogs, hitting the gym, riding your bike to work, taking the stairs instead of the elevator,

using your standing workstation instead of sitting on your butt all day, and, well, you're feeling great.

Your pants are fitting better than ever, and you're not shy about being seen in your bathing suit.

You can walk for hours without getting fatigued.

You can carry on a conversation while you walk up a few flights of stairs,

and you don't think twice about joining in a game of

shiny with your friends. And yet, something is still missing. Something about your new fit life

is eluding you. You want to be able to measure and quantify your physical fitness levels and

not just by looking at a number on the bathroom scale.

You want something bigger, you want something more meaningful.

To best determine whether you're at the peak of physical health,

you can use any number of physical fitness tests that are out there,

and as you'll find out, there are tons of different tests to

check various aspects of physical well-being. There are tests that focus on gauging your strength,

measuring your stamina, and quantifying your flexibility. There are tests that focus on one particular

physical trait or a combination of two, three, or ten, and even some tests that

strive to measure your overall physical fitness. Now, before we get into some of the most popular

and interesting tests that I could find publicly available, let's talk about what makes a test,

I mean, any test, worthwhile.

Consideration must be given not only to the results of the test, but also to the rigor of the testing criteria.

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