Question

1. Danny is 50 years old and recently performed 10 push-ups during an assessment of his upper body muscular endurance. In order to get more information about his upper body endurance, he also performed a YMCA bench press test in which he completed 8 repetitions with an 80 lb (36.3 kg) bar. Based on these results, what can you say about Danny’s upper body muscular endurance? What might you estimate his upper body strength to be?

2. Diana is 47 years old and performed 1 repetition in the YMCA bench press test and 2 push-ups. Based on these results, what can you say about Diana’s upper body strength and endurance? Based on her results and her age, how might you explain these results to Diana? Explain why these results might be expected from a neuromuscular and physiological perspective.

Answer 1

1. Based on the given results we can say that the upper body muscular endurance of Danny is fair. The score for the test of YMCA bench press will be 26.

2. Based on the given results we can say that Diana has a poor upper body strength. Based on Diana's results and age we can conclude that she has muscle weakness and lacks muscle strength. Because of Diana's age these results are expected from physiological perspective.