Physical fitness and evaluation

The below training fitness standards are different from the Applicant Physical Abilities Test (APAT) fitness standards.

This hand-out has been designed to educate the reader on the United States Secret Service Physical Fitness standards and the proper protocols necessary to accomplish those standards. Recruits who will be attending training at the James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC) are expected to arrive in good physical condition, ready to begin a functional fitness program.

The fitness evaluation measures strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity in four core elements. The core elements are Push-ups, Sit-ups, Chin-ups, and the 1.5 mile run. The fitness evaluation will be administered at the beginning, during, and end of training. Secret Service weapon carrying employees are additionally required to participate in the USSS Physical Fitness Evaluation quarterly.

The following point system will be applied to the fitness category level achieved by the student in accordance with their age and gender. The point system will be applied to the four (4) core elements of the U.S. Secret Service Individual Fitness Profile Evaluation.

1. PHYSICAL FITNESS & EVALUATION

2. DEFINITION 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 2 Physical Fitness has been typically defined as a set of attributes or characteristics that, people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform the physical activity These characteristics are usually separated into either health-related or skill-related components.

3. DEFINITION 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 3 American Academy of Physical Education define Fitness as, ‘Physical Fitness is a ability to carry out daily tasks with vigour and alertness, without undue fatigue and with ample energy to engage in leisure time pursuits and to meet the above-average physical stresses encountered in emergency situations.’

4. COMPONENTS 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 4 Health-related components: Cardiovascular Fitness Body Composition Flexibility Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance

5. COMPONENTS 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 5 Skill-related components: Speed Agility Balance Coordination Reaction Time Power

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7. PURPOSES OF HEALTH-FITNESS TESTING 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 7 Educating participants Providing data that are helpful in development of exercise prescriptions Collecting baseline and follow-up data Motivating participants by establishing reasonable and attainable fitness goal Stratifying cardiovascular risk

8. FITNESS TESTING 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 8

9. FITNESS TESTING 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 9 BODY COMPOSITION: Anthropometric Measurements:- BMI Circumference Skin-fold Measurement Waist-Hip ratio Densitometry:- Hydrodensitometry Plethysmography DEXA

10. CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS TESTING 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 10 Maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ) is accepted as the criterion measure of cardio-respiratory fitness. Maximal oxygen uptake is the product of the maximal cardiac output (L.Blood/min) and arterial-venous oxygen difference (mL.O 2 /L.Blood).

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12. CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS TESTING 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 12 Open –circuit spirometry is used to measure VO 2max . In this procedure, the subject breathes through a low-resistance valve with his/her nose occluded (or through a non-latex foam mask) while pulmonary ventilation and expired fractions of oxygen (O 2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) are measured.

13. 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 13 HANDGRIP DYNAMOMETER TEST ILLINOIS AGILITY TEST Sit and Reach Test

14. 11/09/2013 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EVALUATION 14 Sit Ups Test Flying 30 mt test Standing Stork Test

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