How do you measure ‘fit’?

[PullingMySocksUp]

Another thread had people commenting that they were fit or not fit. I’d like to be fit. Don’t know if I am.
Is there a benchmark for what a mid 40s woman should be able to do to be considered fit? It might make a nice target for me I think.

Can you run for the bus/train/your life,when needed to?

I can but I’m purple and sweating for a good while afterwards.

Is it general fitness you want to improve, so cardio-vascular health, or is it also a focus on body shape etc?

Definitely health rather than appearance.

Video’s like insanity are good to follow, you can also slow them down to an appropriate pace and slowly increase your speed.

Have you thought about couch to 5k?

I’d like to know what I should be aiming at though.

Aiming at in what context? Sorry, my first language isn’t English so I often need things presenting in idiotic talk.

So you want to know "if you can run 5k/a marathon/cycle from London to Paris" you're fit?

Yeah or, do x number of y in z time sort of thing.
Like push ups and stuff. Or a running time etc etc.

I would say that if you can run a 5k in under 30 minutes you are fit.

BUT that doesn't mean that you have any muscle tone - you need to do some sort of strength and conditioning work too. I suppose another rough and ready test might be can you do 10 press-ups (on knees is fine). And can you hold a plank with good form for 30 seconds?

Insanity has a fit test that rates your fitness, I personally go on stamina/heart rate.

I aim to return to my resting heart rate fairly quickly if I have been doing some cardio at home.

I personally so 3/4 insanity sessions a week, 3/4 weight sessions (all at home as I’m a lone parent).

With the above I can maintain a resting heart rate of between 45/50 bpm and I then aim to lose around 25bpm after exercise when returning to my resting heart rate.

I am interested in what people would consider fit/strong but I think there is a level of fitness that we should all aim for and then I'd have a different answer about what would make me think wow that person is fit.
So as a good minimum goal I'd think being able to run 5k.

I’m overweight because i eat too much but I think I’m relatively fit. I do 2 circuits classes, mix of cardio and weight training, 1 boxercise and 1 personal training session. I can do a minute of press ups, a minute plank etc. I can run 5k. But still fat!😂

DBro (paramedic) once told me a good test of general fitness is can you stand up from lying down on the floor on your back without putting your hands on the floor.

Disclaimer - no idea if this is a real thing or just a theory of my DBros. The whole family had fun having a go (DM63 does a lot of yoga had no trouble, DH30 didn't 'get it' for ages and struggled like a demented turtle)

I hate running, my body doesn’t want to run, but I’ll lift weights, cycle, do insanity workouts, combat, and step.

I consider myself fit, but don’t ask me to run for a bus 😂

Fit = shag appeal, I dunno how you define that

Fit = cardiovascular performance, test your heart rate recovery to find out.

Strong = can lift or push/pull/carry "a lot" but dunno what Lot is

Anyone else just tried to stand up from lying down without using hands? I reckon I might have a chance on a big gym mat with my trainers on but no chance on my living room floor!

Nowadays I habitually go from sitting (on floor) to standing up without using my hands. I've got at least 4 different ways to do it.

I just tried it yearin on a wooden floor and could do it easily. I think it might be all in the technique

I presume flipping onto your knees isn’t part of getting up from the floor?
My thighs aren’t strong enough to go cross legged to stand. Nearly though.

I've just tried upstairs on carpet and couldn't do it there either! My level of fitness changes monthly. If I'm working a lot and can't get to the gym much it really slides...if I have time to go to all my classes I feel so much stronger. I don't think I'll ever be a runner but I can walk good distances, lift heavy boxes and climb a mountain.

Well yeah, I can do it if I put both feet to one side first, as in photo. Thought that’s cheating though!

I do either from cross legged or I roll up (like the end of a forward roll)

The roll thing is from gymnastics as a kid, we used to spend a lot of time practising going from lying to standing or from standing to lying in a graceful way.

Aha. Here says no knees.
www.prevention.com/fitness/fitness-tips/a20440531/the-stand-sit-test-that-predicts-longevity/

What are your methods lljkk ?