Tour
If you would like a tour of the facilities before joining, please schedule here. Choose “FSFP Facilities Tour”, second row on the right.
From the PAES main entrance (stadium side, where the red walkway meets the top of the hill), you will walk straight down the hallway until you see the sign for Margaret “Peggy” Iden Student Lounge, turn left and take the elevator down to the ground floor. From the elevator, turn right and then left. You should see signs for Fitness Lab, which is our fitness facility (A022). Maggie will meet you outside the Exercise Science Lab offices (A025).
Forms
Pre-Fitness Evaluation Instructions
The fitness evaluation will consist of resting heart rate, resting blood pressure, weight, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility.
- Abstain from prior eating and drinking (> 4 hours)
- Abstain from prior strenuous exercise (> 24 hours)
- Abstain from prior caffeine ingestion (> 12-24 hours)
- Abstain from prior nicotine use (> 3 hours)
- Abstain from prior alcohol use (> 24 hours)
- Clothing should permit freedom of movement and include walking or running shoes.
- Participants should continue their medication regimen on their usual schedule so that exercise responses will be consistent with responses expected during exercise training.
- Drink ample fluids over the 24 hour period preceding the exercise test to ensure normal hydration before testing.