CONTENTS Preface PART I ORIENTATION TO MEASUREMENT IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 2 UNITS OF MEASURE CHAPTER 3 COLLECTION OF BASIC DATA PART II MUSCULAR STRENGTH CHAPTER 4 ISOTONIC (DYNAMIC) STRENGTH CHAPTER 5 ISOMETRIC (STATIC) STRENGTH CHAPTER 6 ISOKINETIC STRENGTH PART III ANAEROBIC FITNESS CHAPTER 7 SPRINTING—“HORIZONTAL POWER” CHAPTER 8 JUMPING—VERTICAL POWER CHAPTER 9 ANAEROBIC CYCLING CHAPTER 10 ANAEROBIC STEPPING CHAPTER 11 ANAEROBIC TREADMILL RUNNING PART IV AEROBIC FITNESS CHAPTER 12 AEROBIC RUNNING, JOGGING, AND WALKING CHAPTER 13 AEROBIC STEPPING CHAPTER 14 AEROBIC CYCLING CHAPTER 15 MAXIMAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION PART V CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION CHAPTER 16 RESTING BLOOD PRESSURE CHAPTER 17 EXERCISE BLOOD PRESSURE CHAPTER 18 RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM CHAPTER 19 EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PART VI RESPIRATORY FUNCTION CHAPTER 20 RESTING LUNG VOLUMES CHAPTER 21 EXERCISE VENTILATION PART VII FLEXIBILITY CHAPTER 22 FLEXIBILITY PART VIII BODY COMPOSITION CHAPTER 23 BODY MASS INDEX CHAPTER 24 GIRTHS AND RATIOS CHAPTER 25 SKINFOLDS CHAPTER 26 HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING APPENDIX A 2018 PAR-Q+APPENDIX B Exercise Risk Assessment APPENDIX C Informed ConsentAPPENDIX D Metric Conversions Index