Development of Minimum Physical Fitness Standards for the Canadian Armed Forces. Phase 2
Abstract
This study was undertaken to continue development of physical fitness standards commensurate with satisfactory performance of identified common military tasks. In the present phase, MPFS II, several of the common tasks were, with permission of the CF, substantially modified in order to improve the predictability of (task) performance based upon subject's physical fitness. The standard measures of physical fitness selected which could best predict task performance included CF EXPRES test battery, standard laboratory measures of physical fitness, and the Incremental Lifting Machine (ILM). At CFB Borden, 50 male and 24 female CF personnel under 35 years of age, were observed performing the following common military tasks: Land Stretcher Carry, Sea Stretcher Evacuation, Low-High Crawl, Entrenchment Dig Task, and the Sandbag Carry. At CFB Uplands in Ottawa, 62 males and 72 females also completed this battery of tasks, however, 41 of these male subjects and 8 females were over 35 years of age in this sample population. Physiological measurements suggested that the five tasks examined had substantial fitness components.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA201759
Entities
People
- George M. Andrew
- J. Tim Bryant
- Joan M. Stevenson
- John M. Thomson
- Leslie L. Langley
- Sheryl L. French
Organizations
- Queen's University