Health Opportunities Through Physical Education

Worksheet: PACER and Trunk Lift

Carsen Otto
Name: ________________________________ Class: ___________________ 1/19/18
Date: ______________

Last week you performed health-related self-assessments of your body composition and low back and
hamstring flexibility. Today you will be performing self-assessments of your cardiorespiratory
endurance, as well as your low back strength and flexibility. Your results from today’s self-assessments
will allow you to build your physical fitness profile, a key step in program planning (step 1: collecting
information). As you move through the Health Opportunities Through Physical Education program, you
will use this information to build your own personal program. Remember, self-assessments are fitness
assessments performed by you for your benefit. If you are working with a partner, make sure you keep
the information private and confidential. It is inappropriate to share other people’s fitness information.

Instructions
Following the completion of each self-assessment, take few seconds to determine your fitness rating.

PACER test Trunk lift

Laps Fitness rating (circle one) Score Fitness rating (circle one)
completed 9in Low fitness
71 laps Low fitness Marginal fitness
Marginal fitness Good fitness
Good fitness High performance
High performance

Reflection Questions
1. The PACER assesses your cardiorespiratory endurance. Is cardiorespiratory endurance important
to you? Why or why not?
Yes because I'm very active and I do a lot of extracurricular activities that need this type of
endurance.

2. The trunk lift test is a measure of low back flexibility and to a lesser extent strength. Are low
back flexibility and strength important to you? Why or why not?
Yes low back flexibility is important to me because I paddle and kayak which those sports2
require good flexibility. Also strength is important to me because it helps me in paddling and
kayaking.