Fitness Differences Among Professional Firefighters Utilizing Various Conditioning Regimens Throughout the Year
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F25%3A10499333" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/25:10499333 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000005127" target="_blank" >10.1519/JSC.0000000000005127</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fitness Differences Among Professional Firefighters Utilizing Various Conditioning Regimens Throughout the Year
Original language description
The aim of this study was to compare selected parameters of physical fitness of Czech frontline professional firefighters (n = 92), who performed various physical activities according to their preferences within their regular physical preparation for 1 year. These firefighters were assigned to 1 of 3 groups based on their training preferences and sport focus: General Sports Activities (GSA; n = 30), Fire Sport (FS; n = 36), and Toughest Firefighter Alive (TFA; n = 26). All subjects completed (in period September) a battery of laboratory fitness tests including body composition, lower limb muscular strength and power, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Firefighters in the FS and TFA groups were found to have significantly higher values (p < 0.01) for the following variables: fat-free mass, isokinetic strength, muscle power, maximum aerobic capacity, minute ventilation, and heart rate at the anaerobic threshold than their counterparts in the GSA group. There were no significant differences in body mass (p = 0.21) and body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.48) between the firefighter groups. Professional frontline firefighters' level of physical fitness is improved by the incorporation of specific physical training activities, duties, and disciplines. This can have a direct impact on frontline firefighters' capacity to fight fires safely and effectively.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
ISSN
1064-8011
e-ISSN
1533-4287
Volume of the periodical
39
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
"e898"-"e908"
UT code for WoS article
001517213800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105007047766