Developing the Fitness of Law Enforcement Recruits during Academy Training
| Autor: | Robin M. Orr, Ben Schram, Robert G. Lockie, Jay Dawes, Daniel Maupin, Elisa Canetti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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conditioning
police anaerobic fitness physical training Gerontology Geography Planning and Development Population TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law Physical strength TD194-195 Training (civil) Renewable energy sources medicine_pharmacology_other 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine GE1-350 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Law enforcement 030229 sport sciences Muscular power Environmental sciences Fitness test Psychology Anaerobic exercise |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 7944, p 7944 (2020) Sustainability; Volume 12; Issue 19; Pages: 7944 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Law enforcement is an intermittently physically demanding job, interspersed with long periods of sedentary activity. To prepare for the physical demands of the job, law enforcement agencies enlist recruits into academies with a focus on physical training. Often academies focus on aerobic based exercise despite anaerobic fitness being strongly correlated to occupational tasks. The objective of this article is to analyse the changes in fitness of police recruits during academy training. Initial and final fitness test results, encompassing muscular power, strength, endurance as well as aerobic and anaerobic fitness, were measured to analyse changes in fitness. Dependent t-tests showed significant increases (p < 0.05) across all fitness tests, with a trend towards larger increases in aerobic and muscle endurance-based tests. Recruits from this academy tended to have higher fitness results compared to other academies and were either average or below average compared to age matched standards in the general populations. Physical training should persist for recruits beyond the academy to continue develop fitness throughout their career. Academies should add a focus on muscular strength and power training as these measures relate to occupational tasks, which may better prepare recruits for demands they will be expected to face in the field. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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