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CHAVEZ HERNANDEZ, Jaime Patricio; BONIFAZ ARIAS, Iván Giovanny  y  TRUJILLO CHAVEZ, Hugo Santiago. Scales for Physical fitness tests in male University Students of Superior Polytechnic School of Chimborazo. Rev Podium [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.3, pp. 474-483.  Epub 07-Sep-2020. ISSN 1996-2452.

Physical fitness is related to organic capacity of a subject to efficiently perform a certain physical activity. In the modeling of physical education classes, it is essential to have tools that allow the effective control of different capacities, and based on this, design the application of the specific physical stimulus, and pedagogical decision-making in general. The objective is to determine performance scales in physical fitness for male university students of the Superior Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (ESPOCH in Spanish). This work is based on a descriptive-analytical research of a quantitative and qualitative order. It is used a simple random sampling, a representative sample of 581 male students from the Higher Multi technical school of Chimborazo (17-38 years old) is selected, applying 6 assessment tests in physical fitness to form scales based on the percentiles application (95, 85, 75, 50, 25, 15 & 5.). In terms of results average values were reached in Speed Test (V50m: 7.75s), in the Abdominal Test (A30s: ≈ 23 repetitions), the Arm Push-up Test (FB30s: ≈ 24 repetitions), the Flexibility Test (F: ≈ 2.5cm), the Horizontal Jump Test (SH: ≈189cm) and the Endurance Test (R1000m: ≈4.9min), making up the scales with 7 mainl items. The performance scales in physical fitness for male university students of the mentioned university were determined. It is recommended to build and socialize results for the female gender.

Palabras clave : Scales; Physical fitness tests; Male university student..

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