The Ultimate Fitness Test

A fitness test will tell you a number of things about your stamina, suppleness and strength. But one thing it won't tell you is whether you are moving as well as you could. Are you using too much effort causing execessive wear on your joints and increasing the risk of injury. Try this ultimate fitness test and it may surprise you just how your habits may be limiting your fitness.

Habit and feeling fitness test

1. Fold your arms and note the position of your hands and which arm is on the outside.

2. Now unfold them and fold them again but this time the opposite way. Note your reaction to how this feels.

Does it feel odd or even wrong? In the first step you used your habitual