Collingwood Physical Fitness Assessment

Physical Training and Wellbeing

• The physical training program is designed to educate peace officers on the importance of physical fitness to perform job requirements, maintain a professional appearance, and reduce health risks.
• The program aims to improve flexibility, aerobic, anaerobic, muscular endurance, and agility.

Objectives

• Participate in a fitness program that includes training for flexibility, aerobic, anaerobic, muscular endurance, and agility.
• Understand the components of physical fitness:
  • Flexibility: range of motion at a given joint or structure.
  • Aerobic fitness: increasing heart rate for a period of time.
  • Anaerobic fitness: short intense bursts of energy.
  • Muscular endurance: training muscular groups for endurance.
  • Agility: generating speed, starting, stopping, and changing direction.

Physical Fitness Assessments

• Recruits will be evaluated during the academy program to determine their physical fitness level.
• Assessments will be scheduled monthly, unless interrupted by an exception or situation.
• Assessments will evaluate:
  • 1.5-mile run.
  • Push-ups in 1 minute.
  • Sit-ups in 1 minute.
  • Trunk flex.

Training Programs

• Flexibility: stretching before exercise and throughout the academy program.
• Aerobic fitness:
  • Distance runs: 1 mile to 3-mile distances.
  • Timed runs: using the track to determine time to distance measures.
• Anaerobic fitness:
  • Circuit training: squad team building exercises that incorporate exercises at set intervals.
  • Sprints: runs that utilize sprint and distance running.
  • Heavy bag: training on heavy bag at 3-minute intervals.
• Muscular endurance:
  • Weight training: recruits will train at the weight room in the college facility.
  • Exercises: repetitions during physical training to improve sit-ups, push-ups, and flexibility.
• Agility:
  • Circuit training: courses that incorporate shuttle runs, lateral slides, and/or running backwards for short distances.

Model Program: Public Safety Physical Readiness

• The program aims to develop a cost-effective, voluntary law enforcement fitness and wellness program.
• The program's mission is to ensure that officers have the requisite fitness to perform their duties, lifestyle habits will decrease health risks, and agencies reduce liability and costs.
• The program has two main elements:
  • Developing and maintaining physical performance capability.
  • Addressing officers' health status, both present and future disease risks.

Facts Bearing on the Mission

• A public safety Physical Readiness Program helps to ensure that officers have the requisite fitness to perform their duties.
• The program reduces liability and costs by ensuring officers' physical readiness.
• The program addresses officers' health status, both present and future disease risks.
• Physical fitness is critical for job performance, quality of life, and reducing health risks.

Working Definitions

• Physical fitness: the ability to meet life's daily demands without undue fatigue, while maintaining sufficient energy for leisure time pursuits.
• Physical performance capability: the ability to perform job tasks and personal leisure time activities.
• Health: a state of complete physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
• Wellness: purposeful actions taken to attain and maintain optimal health and fitness.

Fitness and Health

• More than 50% of deaths in the US are related to lifestyle choices.
• Poor lifestyle habits result in early deaths and high health costs.
• Fitness and health are integrally related and complementary.
• A total fitness and wellness program is recommended to attain and maintain optimal health and fitness.