Utilization of sport performance laboratory to identify health and physical condition of the fitness members

Abstract

FIK UNY’s Fitness Center is one of laboratory facilities used to facilitate education and scientific research and is used to serve public community as well. Aside of having fitness center, Faculty of Sport Sciences (FIK) also builds the Achievement Laboratory and Physical Condition Laboratory. Achievement Laboratory and Physical Condition Laboratory owned by Faculty of Sport Science are the facilities that really support sport coaching in Special Region of Yogyakarta. The existence of achievement and physical condition laboratory used as a monitor facility to see the progress and improvement of athletes’ physical condition. This program aims to optimize the tools and devices in the laboratory to the academics, promote the existence of the laboratory to the society and sport organizations, and it can help the fitness center members in monitoring their health and physical condition during the workout. The result of this activity in utilizing the achievement laboratory gains the great appreciations from the participants. The participants feel that the existence of achievement laboratory is very useful in monitoring the health condition and any physical condition progress during the workout, besides, it is very useful in assisting the lectures, workouts, and research as well. The participants also suggest that the utilization of the laboratory facility is emphasized on the use, the management, and the maintenance as well. The promotion of this Achievement Laboratory should be increased more and the development of this laboratory needs to be planned for the better maintenance and expand the capacity of the laboratory.