exercise physiology Tag

VO2max testing for exercise professionals using fit.test. You are an exercise professional, but do you have mastery over aerobic fitness testing and programming for your clients? If not or you are not sure, then fit.test (https://myfittest.com.au/) will provide you with some simple, powerful and easy...

26 June, 2021

This video is for new and prospective subscribers. It is a walk through all of the main features of fit.test by the founder, Steve Selig, PhD. Steve offers ongoing and personalised support for all of his subscribers for the whole of their subscriptions, not just...

22 June, 2021

There are literally hundreds of aerobic fitness tests available. I had the same problem and decided to develop fit.test for my own practice that solved alot of problems. fit.test uses a SINGLE GENERIC APPROACH that builds in all of the following benefits: test protocols that...

22 June, 2021

Olivia, we're going to do a personalized exercise test on a treadmill; we're not using look up tables or published protocols. This is a test designed specifically for you, so we're going to start at a level you can start easily. Now we're going to...

17 June, 2021

John, we're going to do a personalized exercise test on a treadmill using a walking uphill test. This is a test designed specifically for you, so we're going to start at a level you can start easily. Now we're going to start at a level...

17 June, 2021

Aerobic fitness (VO2max) is more than about fitness: it is about health too. VO2max is the maximum amount of oxygen that your body can use per minute and is the main measure of aerobic fitness. VO2max is also a very important measure of health, especially...

15 June, 2021

fit.test provides exercise professionals with a powerful tool to track changes in VO2max over time. The data is reliable, valid and individualised and provides easy to use and interpret reports. ...

15 June, 2021

fit.test provides exercise professionals with better cycle ergometer tests for VO2max. Much better than either the YMCA cycle ergometry test or the Astrand-Rhyming Cycle Ergometer Test. ...

15 June, 2021

Olivia, we're going to do a personalized exercise test on the cycle ergometers, we're not using look up tables or published protocols. This is a test designed specifically for you, so we're going to start at a level you can start easily. Now we're going...

15 June, 2021

fit.test provides for an individualised STEP test to estimate VO2max. Exercise professionals can vary the step height (higher for fitter and taller individuals), is multi-stage and does not rely on the faulty heart rate recovery methods of the well known step tests. ...

15 June, 2021

How exercise professionals can use the 2020 ESC guidelines part 1: the exercise paradox, pre-participation screening and exercise assessments; cardiometabolic disease, coronary artery disease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEKJVWgmih8 This is part one of a five part series on the 2020 European Society of cardiology guidelines on sports cardiology and exercising...

14 June, 2021

How exercise professionals can use the 2020 ESC guidelines: myocardial bridging, anomalous origins of coronaries, heart failure, heart transplant and valve diseases This is part two of a five part series on the 2020 European Society of cardiology guidelines on sports cardiology. Myocardial bridging is usually...

14 June, 2021

How exercise professionals can use the 2020 ESC guidelines part 3: aortopathies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, congenital heart disease This is part three of a five-part series on the 2020 European Society of cardiology guidelines on sports cardiology. This topic includes summaries of exercise approaches...

14 June, 2021

How exercise professionals can use the 2020 ESC guidelines part 4: arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation and atrial and ventricular tachycardias, long QT and Brugada syndrome; implantable cardioverter defibrillators In part four of my summary of the 2020 European Society of cardiology guidelines for exercise professionals, I’ve...

14 June, 2021

Aortic stenosis: how exercise professionals can work with clients with aortic stenosis In this third video in my series on aortic stenosis for exercise professionals, I’m going to show you how you can make some simple adjustments for blood pressure that you might be measuring in...

13 June, 2021

Aortic stenosis for exercise professionals: estimating safe systolic blood pressures before and during exercise In the fourth part of my series on aortic stenosis for exercise professionals, I have provided a simple table that will guide you in how to work with clients with aortic stenosis...

13 June, 2021

Atrial fibrillation: summary of what is AF, the main therapeutic approaches including medications and ablation therapies, and what to do as an exercise professional Hi, I'm Steve Selig, the founder of fit.test. Some of my subscribers have asked me to put the main issues concerning atrial...

13 June, 2021

Atrial fibrillation: medications, ablation therapies, case study (AVN ablation, PPM, AICD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyETHrId-q0 Medications for atrial fibrillation Hi Steve Selig, founder of fit.test. I want to start by quickly summarizing the main medical interventions for people with atrial fibrillation. First, antiarrhythmic medications are designed to try to get people back into...

13 June, 2021

Atrial fibrillation and exercise: what some of the literature says This post is on the topic of exercise and atrial fibrillation (AF) directed for exercise professionals and I’ll be talking about what some of the literature concerning causes and triggers of AF, including in response to...

13 June, 2021

Atrio-ventricular nodal (AVN) blocks for exercise professionals: part 1: categories of AVN blocks and indications and contraindications for exercise; case study 1 This is the first of my small series on atrioventricular nodal blocks (AVN blocks) specifically for exercise professionals and in part one of this...

13 June, 2021

Atrio-ventricular nodal (AVN) blocks for exercise professionals: part 2: categories of AVN blocks and indications and contraindications for exercise, continued; case study 2 In the second of my two part series on atrioventricular nodal blocks (AVN blocks) for exercise professionals, I have continued to summarise the...

13 June, 2021

Atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) sometimes cause hypoxia and can even cause a stroke: using a haemodynamic approach to understand the physiology and its implications for exercise The topic of this blog is on atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovale...

10 June, 2021