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...Brouha has concentrated his tests on athletes especially, to discover the most valuable type of exercise to increase fitness. Here are some of the figures...
...test has also been given in a modified form to the Radcliffe girls, suiting the required work to female capacities. Dr. Brouha preferred to remain discreetly silent about the scores made by the girls, being fearful of inspiring too much confidence in the stronger...
From his tests on stalwart Crimson oarsmen, Dr. Brouha has found that the ordinary maximum of human efficiency is between 100 and 125, except when dealing with exceptional men. Bus Curwen, Varsity stroke, made the phenomenal score of 181, while his boatmate Johnny Erskine and sculler Dave Noyes registered 141 and 110, respectively. Fred Phinney, captain of the cross country team, has a rating of 125 and basketball captain Bunks Burditt...
...electrical variations that accompany each heart beat. This technique couldn't be applied extensively for practical purposes, but fortunately, part of the test conclusions also showed that there are differences in the heart rate after exercise of a fit and unfit person. Drs. Robert E. Johnson, Robert Darling, and Brouha found that it was possible to get a satisfactory estimate of general fitness by measuring the heart rate at three convenient intervals during recovery after work. And a general formula was worked out by which a "fitness index" is defined as duration of a standard exhausting exercise in seconds divided...
...here that Dr. Brouha came in with the innovation that has led the Step Test to be referred to almost as often as the "Brouha I'est." In seeking to adapt the material of the Fatigue Lab experiments to a practical test, he developed the present procedure which requires only a stepping platform 20 inches high...