Chart 1. Health-related criterion-referenced standards for physical fitness used in the study.

	PHYSICAL BEST				FITNESSGRAM
	Pull-up (repetitions)*		Sit-up (repetitions)*		Pull-up (repetitions)†		Modified Pull-up (repetitions) ‡		Curl-up (repetitions) ‡
Age	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
9	1	1	30	28	1	1	5	4	9	9
10	1	1	34	30	1	1	5	4	12	12
11	2	1	36	33	1	1	6	4	15	15
12	2	1	38	33	1	1	7	4	18	18
13	3	1	40	33	1	1	8	4	21	18
14	4	1	40	35	2	1	9	4	24	18
15	5	1	42	35	3	1	10	4	24	18
16	5	1	44	35	5	1	12	4	24	18

^*AAHPERD; ¹⁵

^†FITNESSGRAM; ¹⁶

^‡FITNESSGRAM. ^{1 , 16 , 17}