Upper Limb Fitness Testing in Gymnasium Going People

Introduction – Fitness is important for all. To reduce the incidence of injuries in the gymnasium going people, especially in weight lifters, proper training should be given. For giving proper training, proper musculoskeletal assessment is required. This study is an effort to access various components of fitness in young gym going people.

Methodology & Results – 50 gymnasium going males with minimum 3 months of gymnasium training and age 18-24 years participated in present observational study.Upper limb muscular strength and muscular endurance were recorded using bench press and push up test. Also for flexibility grading, shoulder wrist elevation test was done.

For upper limb maximum participants have shown good muscular strength and above average muscular endurance though flexibility was found average only.

Conclusion - The general muscular fitness was seen in the average category in young gym going people.