Bench Press

Curtis did the weights, he just had to see how much he could lift. The components of fitness that this involves is strength and power because he had to use his strength to get the bar up and he had to use little bursts of power to help him lift the bar. The muscles that he used for this are the arm muscles which are biceps, triceps, forearm, deltoids and pectorals. This test showed that Curtis has good strength because he was able to lift the bar without a lot of effort. This is a good test because it shows you how strong you are by seeing how much you can lift. The advantages of the bench press is that it works the arm muscles such as biceps, triceps and your pectorals. The disadvantages of the bench press is that you only do one rep.