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How Fit Are

You Really?

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and flexible you are—and get

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY TRINA DALZIEL

n til now , y o u p ro b ab ly m e a su re d h o w fit y o u

w ere th e o ld -fa sh io n e d w ay .

..b y guessin g .

“T h e b o d y y o u w ere e ith e r b le sse d o r c u rse d

w ith h as v e ry little to d o w ith h o w fit y o u

are an d w h a t y o u r fitn e ss p o te n tia l is,” says

Jo ey G o n zalez, c e le b rity tra in e r an d C E O o f B arry’s B oot

C am p in L os A ngeles, US.

T h a t’s w h y it’s im p o rta n t to te s t th e th re e basic

c a te g o rie s o f fitn e ss: c a rd io e n d u ra n c e , s tre n g th , an d

flexibility. “T rack in g y o u r fitn e ss a n d h o w y o u p erfo rm

in th e s e c a te g o rie s is th e o n ly w ay to b e n c h m a rk h o w

h e a lth y y o u a re ,” G o n za lez says.

O u r d o -an y w h ere q u iz ta k e s o n ly 30 m in u te s; y o u ev en

g e t a m in i w o rk o u t! W h e n fin ish e d , y o u ’ll b e e q u ip p e d to

se t re a listic goals th a t a re g o o d fo r y o u a n d y o u r b o d y (n o

g u essin g n e e d e d ).