A fitness evaluation is important if you want to start a program for weight loss. This is because it can help determining more precisely your present fitness level and help you establish clear fitness goals.
Below are some fitness evaluations generally carried by people before start a fitness program.
Body composition test
This fitness evaluation tells the percentage of fat to bone and lean muscle mass in your body. In a hydrostatic tank, you exhale as much breath as possible and are weighed underwater. Because fat floats and bone and lean muscle do not, the more fat you have the less you weigh underwater. This fitness evaluation helps determining your ideal body weight and how much fat you might need to lose to reach that weight. Anyway, you may use body fat analyzer as alternative way to know your body fat and lean muscle mass percentage.