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NBA Draft Combine Whole Body Strength Test
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The Whole Body Strength Test is the main test used at the NBA Draft Combine. It is regarded highly, for it's ability to 'split the pack.' Due to the way that the results of all those doing the test are so varied due to fatigue it is used by NBA clubs to see who will be able to perform at their peak for every game in a season. It is known colloquially as the 'Fully Loaded Man Test' after Shaquille O'Neal, the best performer in the test in the year of it's inception, named himself the 'Fully Loaded Man.' Before being used in the NBA Draft Combine, it originated at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, in 1987. Since then it has spread to be used by many of the top sporting colleges in the USA, and is used at some schools and sport clubs worldwide.
The Whole Body Strength Test is a combination of running endurance, and leg strength, and upper body strength, and lung capacity. It tests these by running 5Km, and then pressing 60% of one's body weight on bench press, and pressing the maximum amount of 'reps.'
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