Youth Fitness Test Norms

Distance Runs | Push-ups | Pull-ups / Hang | Sit-ups | Long Jump | Sit & Reach | Other Tests

Distance Runs (13 and older)

	12 Minute Run (yards)		1.5 Mile Run (min:sec)
Percentile	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
95	2450	3300	12:15	8:35
75	2100	2880	15:05	10:20
50	1860	2590	16:55	11:30
25	1620	2305	18:50	12:40
5	1275	1890	21:35	14:20

For adults, see 12 Minute Run and 1.5 Mile Run calculators.

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Push-ups (Boys)

Repetitions

	Age
Rating	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
90	11	17	19	20	25	30	34	40	42	44	46	55
70	7	11	13	15	18	23	25	30	32	35	37	45
50	7	8	9	12	14	15	18	23	25	30	32	36
30	4	5	7	8	11	10	13	16	18	25	27	30
10	2	3	4	5	7	3	7	9	11	15	18	22

Push-up (Girls)

Repetitions

	Age
Rating	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
90	11	17	19	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	26	28
70	7	11	13	15	17	16	15	15	15	17	18	19
50	6	8	9	12	13	12	11	11	11	15	15	16
30	4	5	7	8	9	8	7	6	6	9	10	12
10	2	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5

For individuals 15-69 years of age, see Push-up calculator.

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Pull-Ups (Boys)

Repetitions

	Age
Percentile	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17+
95	9	9	9	10	12	15	15	15
75	3	4	4	5	7	9	10	10
50	1	2	2	3	4	6	7	7
25	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	4
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Perform pull-ups to exhaustion on bar that allows hanging without touching floor. Begin by hanging from bar with overhand grip. Pull chin over bar then lower until arms are straight. Kicking and jerking is not permitted.

Flexed-Arm Hang (Girls)

Seconds

	Age
Percentile	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17+
95	42	39	35	35	35	35	34	34
75	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
50	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
25	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Perform flexed-arm hang to exhaustion on bar that allows hanging without touching floor. Begin timing when hanging from bar with overhand grip and chest close to the bar. Stop timing when 1) chin touches bar 2) head tilts back in effort to keep chin from touching bar (3) chin falls below level of bar.

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Sit-ups (Boys)

Repetitions

	Age
Percentile	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
95	30	36	42	47	48	50	51	56	58	59	60	61	62
75	23	26	33	37	38	40	41	46	48	49	50	51	52
50	18	20	26	30	32	34	36	39	41	42	44	45	46
25	11	15	19	25	26	27	29	31	35	36	38	38	38
5	2	6	10	14	15	16	17	19	25	27	28	28	25

Sit-ups (Girls)

Repetitions

	Age
Percentile	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
95	28	35	40	44	45	47	50	52	51	51	56	54	54
75	24	28	31	35	36	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44
50	19	22	25	29	30	32	34	36	35	35	37	37	37
25	12	14	20	22	23	25	28	30	30	30	30	30	31
5	2	6	10	12	14	15	19	19	19	20	20	20	20

Lie on back, hands on back of neck with fingers clasped, knees bent less than 90 degrees, feet on floor, and heels no more than 12" from buttocks. Curl-up torso until elbow is in contact with knees and return to starting position. Count number of repetitions in 60 seconds. See animation. For adults, see Sit-up calculator.

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Standing Long Jump (Boys)

Inches

	Age
Percentile	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17+
95	72	74	78	84	90	96	98	100
75	64	67	71	75	80	86	90	93
50	59	62	65	69	74	80	84	85
25	54	56	60	62	66	73	78	78
5	46	48	50	52	56	62	65	65

Standing Long Jump (Girls)

Inches

	Age
Percentile	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17+
95	70	72	74	77	78	78	79	81
75	62	64	66	69	71	71	71	72
50	56	59	60	63	64	65	65	65
25	49	52	54	57	58	59	59	59
5	41	44	46	48	49	50	49	49

Stand with feet parallel approximately shoulder width apart, toes at starting line. Squat and jump horizontally as far as possible. Measure from starting line to back of heels. Score best of three trials.

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Sit & Reach (Boys)

Centimeters

	Age
Percentile	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
95	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	36	39	41	42	45
75	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	33	34	36	40
50	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	28	30	30	34
25	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	24	25	28
5	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15

Sit & Reach (Girls)

Centimeters

	Age
Percentile	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
95	34	34	34	35	35	35	37	40	43	44	46	46	46
75	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	34	36	38	41	40	40
50	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	31	33	36	36	36
25	23	23	24	23	23	24	24	25	26	28	31	31	31
5	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	19

Performed with feet against 12" x 12" x 21" box - 23 cm at level of feet.

For adults, see Sit & Reach calculator.

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