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Figure 41. Maximal fitness test protocol step.
The protocol step of maximal fitness test is basically an extended version of Conconi’s protocol step with
possibility to specify angles. It is possible to use the angles only when workload unit is speed.
Group box ‘Angle’ has three edit fields which are used to specify angles for each stage:
‘Starting angle’ specifies the angle at start.
‘Angle increments’ specifies how much the angle is increased after each stage.
‘Increments starting stage’ specifies the stage number after which angles are used.
The angles are expressed in degrees. Also, when angles are used, the workload unit in chart appears as
VO2. The third step of maximal fitness test is identical to Conconi’s. Forth and final step can be seen in
below.
Figure 42. Last step of the maximal fitness test report.
In the last step, the chart displays HR and workload of each stage as well as optional own variable. Own
variable does not affect the report’s results in any way, it’s provided for the user to be able to enter a
custom series to the chart. The own variable’s name, unit and values are specified in the group box
below the chart. The table contains own variable’s value for each stage.
The table on the right displays all stages along with their data and has similar behavior as in Conconi.
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