Pre-service fitness Test?

[Lyons4]

Does anybody know what Lambton college does for a fitness test? all i can find is humber and seneca's tests at York and Brock. And is the CPAT preperation course the way to go when preparing before going to school?

[PointFire]

roughly this is the Pre-service fitness test, these would be "perfect scores"

35 pushups
50 situps in 1 minute
2.4km run in under 10
beep test to 9
reach/flex test

then you have a job performance test... numbers might be a bit off its been a couple years lol.

[MattyD]

I can't speak to Lambton specifically but since you asked about the CPAT I will give my input on that.

If you are in reasonably good shape (fit and active a few times a week) you should not have any problems with the CPAT. To give you an idea I run, play hockey and do martial arts every week and I finished the CPAT with just under 3 minutes to spare. It's not an overly strenuous test and if you are already fairly active the best advice I can give you is to make sure you have eaten well the night before, are well rested and well hydrated. Little things like that make a big difference in how you will feel.

As for the CPAT preparation course - I'm assuming that means CPAT orientation where you can go view the stations and try the course a few times, I would recommend it. I did it a week before my first CPAT just to ensure I was familiar with which direction to walk after each station, etc. so I would not make any errors. Having that experience under your belt definitely makes everything seem much easier.

All the best

[MrWren]

For conestoga our fitness class, the fitness testing included doing a mock CPAT and YORK testing, then we did a 1.5 mile run perfect score was under 9 minutes but you passed getting under 11.

If your already in a workout routine you will do fine. I was one of the smaller guys in my class and i managed with everything. They try to kick your ass with some cardio and stuff during the class pretty much with the class alone most people pass.

Hope that helps