The effects of a 6-month mandatory military police academy training on recruits’ physical fitness

Autor: Wélere G, Barbosa, Daniel R, Saint Martin, Edgard de Melo Keene von Koenig Soares, Soares, Keila Elizabeth, Fontana, Fan-Yun, Lan, Stefanos N, Kales, Guilherme E, Molina, Luiz Guilherme G, Porto
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Work. 73:1297-1306
ISSN: 1875-9270
1051-9815
Popis: BACKGROUND: Physical fitness for health and professional performance play important roles in police workforce considering that policing is a dangerous job, associated with high physical demands. OBJECTIVES: (1) To evaluate the effects of a 6-month course of police academy training on health-related physical fitness (HRPF) of military police recruits. (2) To investigate whether recruits’ HRPF still met the academy entry standards after an unsupervised 7-month period prior to academy. METHODS: We conducted an observational and longitudinal study with 219 male police recruits (aged 25.5±3.6 years; BMI of 24.4±2.5 kg/m2). HRPF parameters included the Cooper 12-min running test for cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), curl-ups, pull-ups and push-ups for muscle strength/endurance which were evaluated 3 times: 7 months prior to academy course and pre- and post-academy training period. RESULTS: Participants maintained optimal age-related HRPF during the unsupervised period prior to academy. After academy training upon graduation, all HRPF parameters further increased an average of 7.7 to 69.0% (p
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