3 fitness tests you should be able to pass

Everyone has different fitness goals—running a marathon, performing 10,000 kettlebell swings, benching 1.5 times your body weight, or simply getting into healthy shape. But before you race toward your big goal, assess your starting point first. There are fundamental things you may have to train for today before you can think about tomorrow. Here are three tests to gauge how fit you are right now. TEST 1: Height-to-Waist Ratio This test is simple, but the results are important. Here s how it works: Measure your waist circumference, and then determine if it s less than half your height in inches. How d you fare? Keeping your height-to-waist ratio to at least 2:1 can increase your life expectancy, according to former science director of the British Nutrition Foundation Margaret Ashwell. If you don t, you put yourself at risk for inflammation issues, diabetes, heart disease, or stroke. And that s a good enough reason for me to run all my clients through this easy test. If you fail the t
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