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Muscular strength
Strength may be defined various ways, but one of the most operational definitions is one repetition maximal or 1RM. Thus, the maximal weight that a person can lift only one time is that person’s strength (Adams, 1990).
 Bench Press
The bench press is an upper body strength test evaluating a person’s ability to lift weight using primary muscle groups in the chest and arms. This test can be performed using a free-weight bench or a selectorized/universal bench press machine.
Leg Press
The leg press is a lower body strength test evaluating a person’s ability to lift weight using primary muscle groups such as the gluteus, quadriceps and hamstrings. .
 Handgrip
Handgrip testing can be an important measurement of function, diagnosis for disease or injury as well as correlating it to general body strength.
Muscular endurance (Local)
Local muscular endurance is the ability of a certain muscle or muscle group to perform repeated contractions against a submaximal resistance (Harman, Garhammer, and Pandorf, 2000).
1-minute Sit-up
 The one-minute sit-up test evaluates the abdominal and hip-flexor performance over time. Performance is based on the completed number of sit-ups executed within one minute.
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