What is the purpose of the one minute press up test?

The one minute press-up test is designed specifically to assess muscular endurance of the upper body. This test gauges how many push-ups an individual can perform in one minute, focusing primarily on the muscles of the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Muscular endurance refers to the ability of a muscle group to exert force repeatedly over time, which is precisely what the test evaluates.

The primary goal is to measure how well these upper body muscle groups can perform under sustained effort, providing insights into an individual's fitness level and capacity for activities requiring prolonged upper body strength. Other choices such as measuring cardiovascular endurance or flexibility are not relevant to this specific assessment, as they focus on different aspects of physical fitness unrelated to the capabilities measured by the push-up test.