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The Chester Step Test Resources Full Kit with 15cm Step provides everything needed to perform the Chester Step Test. Suitable for all ages and levels of fitness, the Chester Step Test is ideal for use in areas of limited space where aerobic assessment is required, such as occupational health testing and in a health club environment.

This kit includes a robust stepping platform, an ECG accurate heart rate monitor, a dual format CD with 2 audio tracks, a test calculator, and a PDF instruction manual.

The Chester Step Test is one of fitnessASSIST's key brands. Since 1999, fitnessASSIST has been involved in the development and application of the test. As a sub maximal test of aerobic fitness, it has been subject to a variety of validation studies and can now be described as an easy to use, accurate and reliable test of aerobic fitness.

The Chester Step Test has been adopted by corporate organisations around the world as a method of assessment for aerobic fitness. Approved by the Home Office for use in the assessment of firefighters fitness, it is widely used by fire brigades, airport fire services, police and ambulance services. The Chester Step Test is also used in cardiac rehabilitation departments to assess and set goals in the development of a patients aerobic fitness. Leisure and health clubs also use the Chester Step Test as an integral part of their health programmes.

The Chester Step Test is a sub maximal test to determine aerobic fitness and cardio-respiratory health. The protocol of stepping to the metronome bleep enables the subject to achieve a predetermined heart rate value (i.e. 80% of their assumed maximum heart rate).The heart rate increases with increasing work load. Once the heart rate is at 50% of the assumed maximum, the stroke volume element ceases to be a factor in cardiac output leaving only heart rate to supply the increasing demand for oxygen. Hence heart rate increases in a linear fashion with increasing workload. The linear increase in work load and heart rate essentially holds true from a point where heart rate is 50% of the assumed maximum heart rate through various increasing levels of workload, until the heart rate is at 80% of the assumed maximm heart rate. The point at which the predicted heart rate reaches its predicted maximum heart rate is the estimated VO2 max reading.

The test is a reasonable indicator of aerobic fitness, and is used widely to determine aerobic fitness for work, especially in emergency service organisations. It gives all members of the general public a guide into their level of health and fitness.

Also available in heights of 20cm, 25cm and 30cm.

Key Features:

• Accurate and valid assessment of aerobic capacity
• Used by a variety of occupational health departments and the fire service
• Heart rate monitor for measuring heart rate during the submaximal test

Box Includes:

• Stepping platform 15 cm
• Dual format CD with 2 audio tracks
• Chester step test calculator
• PDF instruction manual
• Heart rate monitor

Technical Specification:

• Height : 15 cm / 6 inches

Comparable Product Attributes

• Exercise Modality: Stepping
• Load / Resistance Method: Stepping Rate
• Load Range: N/A
• Unit of Load: N/A
• Unit of Power: N/A
• Unit of Speed: N/A