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The Harvard Step test  

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Tom Hazell Planning: * Firstly we found a bench that was 15 cm high. * Then we set up a table allowing us 3 different results from 5 different people. * The variable we used was changing the people doing the step-ups. * We stepped up onto the bench every 2 seconds (every odd number you stepped up and every even number you stepped down) for 300 seconds (5 minutes). * After I had done the step-ups for five minutes I rested for 1 minute then took my pulse for 30 seconds. * After another 30 seconds rest I took my pulse for 30 seconds again. * And after another 30 seconds rest I took my pulse again. * As there were 5 people in my group each person repeated this process until we had 5 people's 3 pulse counts, which we put into a table. * To work our fitness' we used this equation :- Fitness = time spent on...

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