Fitness Levels of Firefighter Recruits Before and After a Supervised Exercise Training Program
| Autor: | Anthony Boyce, Edward T. Mannix, Melanie A. Roberts, John O'dea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Physical fitness Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Mandatory participation General Medicine Muscle endurance Body weight Sit and reach test Physical therapy Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine business Training program Aerobic capacity Supervised exercise |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 16:271-277 |
| ISSN: | 1064-8011 |
| DOI: | 10.1519/00124278-200205000-00016 |
| Popis: | Federal law prohibits pre-employment physical examination of firefighter recruits, but these workers must perform intense exercise in arduous environments. Components of physical fitness of rookie firefighters (n = 115; 104 men, mean +/- SD: age = 28.3 +/- 4.3 years; height = 1.76 +/- 0.07 m; weight = 83.2 +/- 13.9 kg; percent body fat = 17 +/- 8%) were measured upon being hired and following a 16-week exercise training program (1 h.d(-1), 3 d.wk(-1)) designed to improve physical fitness. Maximum aerobic capacity (VO2max) was estimated from submaximal cycle ergometry, body composition from skinfold tests, flexibility from a sit and reach test, strength by hand grip dynamometry, and muscle endurance by a push-up test. The results are as follows (*, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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