Physical fitness is composed of several components, such as optimal body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness, flexibility and balance. It is important, because physical fitness is related to the ability of an individual to carry out any physical activity. The purpose of physical fitness testing is to improve physical fitness, to interpret it in relation to health, to increase motivation for physical activity, to evaluate individuals for their work demands, or to evaluate the achievement of pre-set goals. Testing, it is also very important to provide feedback on whether an individual is at increased health risk. We examined, whether there is enough information available in the scientific literature for the selection of tests, that may be suitable for use on a motoric educational trail, and whether age-dependent criteria for self-assessment of physical fitness could be identified. The review of scientific literature was performed by searching scientific databases (Web of Science, Science Direct, PubMed and ResearchGate) with key search terms “physical fitness”, “physical fitness testing”, “outdoor gym”, “educational trail”, “standards”, “norms”, etc. Because different sources use somewhat different interpretations of the tests, we standardized the criteria to the maximal extent and prepared spreadsheets with criteria according to gender and age for 15 tests that assess different components of physical fitness: body mass index, 2 km walk test, 2.4 km run, step test, handgrip strength test, sit-up test, vertical jump test, push-up test, bench press, leg press, Flamingo test, one leg stand test, sit and reach test, chair sit and reach test and zipper test. The results of the present thesis show that there is enough scientific literature available to select tests suitable for use on a motoric educational trail, but not enough to set unequivocal age-dependent criteria for self-assessment of physical fitness.
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