Anaerobic Test - Anaerobic Stepping

Equipment - Heart rate monitor, Stop watch and step bench.

Before doing the vertical jump tests, warm up using the following routine:

1. Walk in place at moderate pace for 2 minutes, lifting knees to the waist or higher.
2. Statically stretch the calves, quadriceps, groin and hamstrings for 1 minute.
3. Practice the stepping pattern; step up and down at a moderate pace (15 to 20 pace) for 2 minutes.
4. Actively recover by either walking or stretching for 2 minutes.

Procedure

1. Measure the bench height, in centimetres, and your weight with shoes and record in Data Table 2.0.
2. Stand perpendicular to the bench. Place your test leg (choose left or right) on the bench surface and the other foot flat on the floor. Keep your back straight and your arms at the side.
3. Complete as many repetitions as possible in 1 minute, raising your body to the top of the step with the test leg while the other leg dangles.
4. Your partner counts each complete up-down step as up-1, up-2, up-3, etc., the number designating the down portion of the step.
5. Record the number of step completed in 15, 30, 60 seconds in Data Table 2.0.

Data Table 4.0
Subject	Weight (Kg)	Bench Height (m)	Number of Steps			Peak Anaerobic Power (W)		M-AnP (W)
			0-15s	15-30s	30-60s	0-15s	15-30s	30-60s

Using data from Data Table 4.0 calculate peak anaerobic power (AnP-peak) and mean anaerobic power using the following formula.