TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational fitness standards for beach lifeguards. phase 2: the development of an easily administered fitness test
AU - Reilly, T.
AU - Iggleden, Colin
AU - Gennser, M.
AU - Tipton, Mike
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Background
No task-based fitness standard currently exists for beach lifeguards (BLGs).
Aim
To formulate an easily administered fitness test for BLGs based on the physical demands identified in Phase 1 of the project (previous paper).
Methods
A range of anthropometric and land- and water-based (swimming pool and flume) fitness assessments were administered to 25 male and female volunteer subjects (13 BLGs from the UK).
Results
The mean (SD) VO2max (l/min) were 3.04 (0.61) for towing a casualty, 2.08 (0.53) for board paddling with a casualty and 2.97 (0.67) for freestyle swimming. A significant correlation (r = −0.82, P < 0.001) was identified between distance paddled in the sea in 3.5 min (established in Phase 1) and pool 400-m front crawl swim time and between towing VO2max and deltoid circumference/log10 400-m front crawl swim time (r = −0.83, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
The regression identified allows the conclusion that if a BLG can swim 400-m front crawl in a pool in
AB - Background
No task-based fitness standard currently exists for beach lifeguards (BLGs).
Aim
To formulate an easily administered fitness test for BLGs based on the physical demands identified in Phase 1 of the project (previous paper).
Methods
A range of anthropometric and land- and water-based (swimming pool and flume) fitness assessments were administered to 25 male and female volunteer subjects (13 BLGs from the UK).
Results
The mean (SD) VO2max (l/min) were 3.04 (0.61) for towing a casualty, 2.08 (0.53) for board paddling with a casualty and 2.97 (0.67) for freestyle swimming. A significant correlation (r = −0.82, P < 0.001) was identified between distance paddled in the sea in 3.5 min (established in Phase 1) and pool 400-m front crawl swim time and between towing VO2max and deltoid circumference/log10 400-m front crawl swim time (r = −0.83, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
The regression identified allows the conclusion that if a BLG can swim 400-m front crawl in a pool in
UR - https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/56/1/12/1374452
U2 - 10.1093/occmed/kqi168
DO - 10.1093/occmed/kqi168
M3 - Article
SN - 0962-7480
VL - 56
SP - 12
EP - 17
JO - Occupational Medicine
JF - Occupational Medicine
IS - 1
ER -