…Fitness culture has to be supported by leadership. Anything is possible, but why not have everyone, leadership included, into fitness to help spread the culture A strong fitness culture would…

By Rob Shaul Last summer we spent some time and completed a formal, Fitness Culture and Job Task Assessment of an Urban, Midwest Fire Department. Our assessment found the fitness…

…or resistance training. 5. Fitness actions score higher than fitness attitudes. Our matrix analysis of F/R fitness culture reveals a major disconnect between F/RA and F/R leadership’s feelings towards fitness…

Here’s the feedback we got from last week’s article: Increasing Elements of a Strong Fitness Culture at a First Responder Unit: I am a Captain for Cal Fire, in California….

…units over the years, we’re learned a lot about first responder fitness cultures and I’ve developed a measurable steps which indicate increasing elements of a strong fitness culture. These are…

…individuals who view fitness as a personal responsibility; leadership which promotes fitness and leads by example; and attitudes which bolster the importance of fitness. Does your unit’s fitness culture fit…

…fitness within the tactical community.   Take-Away Messages from The Culture of Tactical Fitness Questionnaire Out of 221 respondents, only 5 were women. 32% self-reported that they were overweight. This…

…ones own fitness, the methods for testing and maintaining fitness within various units is inconsistent. Recently, we have been developing a system to assess the Culture of Fitness within any…

…When fitness testing is required 65% of respondents said that physical fitness was at least “somewhat important” within their unit. When there is no fitness testing, only 31% said that…

…fitness culture of the unit. The answers were abundantly clear – an unfit leader is hard to respect, negatively effects unit culture and reduces adherence to fitness standards. Most responses…