BACKGROUND This randomized clinical trial with concealed allocations, and blinding of the assessors and the data analyst, was aimed at determining the effects of 16 weeks of functional training on the body composition, functional fitness and lipid profiles in postmenopausal women. METHODS The study began with 64 subjects (N.=32 functional training and N.=32 control group) and ended with 50 su...

Background. Archery is a sport that demands a high level of fitness due to its long hours of training and competitive nature. Thus, archers need to have high fatigue tolerance and body figure to perform successfully. Objectives. This study aims to compare and correlate the anthropometric and physical fitness variables on archery shooting performance. Methods. Participants were youth archers o...

Firefighters routinely encounter physical demands that contribute to countless musculoskeletal injuries. Seemingly, a progressive prescription for fitness would offer superior protection against intrinsic job risks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of two resistance training interventions on fitness adaptations among firefighters, and to assess the degree of transfer t...

BACKGROUND Military training represents a significant physical challenge. Low fitness levels are strongly associated with an increased risk of injury and training attrition. To increase pass rates for Royal Navy (RN) Phase I training, a pre-joining fitness test (PJFT) was introduced (2.4 km treadmill best effort run). The PJFT was designed to identify candidates with poor levels of aerobic fitn...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interactive video games (combined with stationary cycling) on health-related physical fitness and exercise adherence in comparison with traditional aerobic training (stationary cycling alone). College-aged males were stratified (aerobic fitness and body mass) and then assigned randomly to experimental (n = 7) or control (n = 7) cond...

INTRODUCTION Despite the rapid modernization of weapon systems and technological advancements in war-fighting capability, the military profession remains physical in nature. Considerable emphasis is placed on physical training, physical capacity, and ultimately , on physical readiness, regardless of the specific role or occupation that the service member may fill. Irrespective of peacetime or w...

Competitive fitness functions can generate performance superior to absolute fitness functions [Angeline and Pollack 1993], [Hillis 1992]. This chapter describes a method by which competition can be implemented when training over a fixed (static) set of examples. Since new training cases cannot be generated by mutation or crossover, the probabilistic frequencies by which individual training case...

BACKGROUND Physical fitness and physical conditioning have long been valued by the military for their roles in enhancing mission-specific performance and reducing risk of injury in the warfighter. It is not known whether physical fitness plays a causal role in attenuating acute military stress reactions or the evolution of post-traumatic stress disorder. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study ...

Objectives—To assess the evidence for the eVects of physical training on pulmonary function, symptoms, cardiopulmonary fitness, and quality of life in subjects with asthma. Methods—A search was conducted for randomised controlled trials of subjects with asthma undertaking physical training using the Cochrane Airways Group register of controlled clinical trials, Medline, Embase, Sportdiscus, Sci...