3 Minute Step Assessment: The purpose of the step assessment is to measure the heart rate recovery during the one minute period following three minutes of stepping. Procedure: The candidate will step up and down on a 12” bench at 24 cycles (up-up-down-down) per minute for 3 minutes.
Immediately after the three minutes of stepping, the candidate sits down. A 60 second heart rate is taken starting five seconds after the completion of stepping
