Physical Fitness Training
Physical fitness is used in two close meanings: general fitness (a state of health and well-being) and specific fitness (a task-oriented definition based on the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations). Physical fitness is the capacity of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and muscles to function at optimum efficiency. In previous years, fitness was defined as the capacity to carry out the day’s activities without undue fatigue.
Objectives
The primary aims of the review were to establish whether physical fitness training reduces death, dependence and disability after stroke. The secondary aims of the review included an investigation of the effects of fitness training on secondary outcome measures (including, physical fitness, mobility, physical function, health and quality of life, mood and the incidence of adverse events).
It’s so big that a panel of 14 physicists and professional mystics are deployed to pontificate about the limits of human consciousness, the nature of God, and our infinite potential to create our realty. The questions are posed repeatedly and it’s arguably because they’re so heavy that one serving won’t cut it. For instance, does our mental conditioning prevent us from seeing into another reality? Does this conditioning render us with feelings of helplessness to change our predicaments? What effects does our individual consciousness have on reality both past and present? (Never asked is why filmic representations of all things extrasensory still look like outtakes from the movie Tron!)
Reviewer Conclusions
There are inadequate data to either encourage or discourage physical fitness training after stroke. Beyond improvements in some measures of ambulation, little is known about the benefits of fitness training in stroke patients or the optimal regimen for improving fitness. Any training-induced functional benefits appear to be associated with specific or “task-related” training.
Fitness training after stroke is an under-researched area. Further trials are needed to determine the efficacy and feasibility of fitness training, particularly soon after stroke. The optimal training regimen for improving fitness remains unknown; therefore, smaller more specific studies are also required. These should explore the effect of “dose” and type of training, particularly strength training.
Physical Fitness Program Maintenance
Each station will be provided with exercise information and equipment; e.g., exercycles, rowing machines, weight benches, free weights, jump ropes, chin-up bar, step bench, mats, etc.
Emergency response personnel will be provided an exercise period for fitness maintenance and improvement using his/her designed program. Other personnel may request a workout schedule that is acceptable to his/her immediate supervisor and that does not adversely impact workload. All workouts will be conducted at Fire Department facilities. If no on-site workout facilities exist, individuals may request — in writing to the appropriate Division Chief — to participate in a supervised program at a health club facility.
Forty (40) hour employees participating in a workout program will be released between 0730-0800 Hours or 1630-1700 Hours (if workload permits) for program maintenance at the approved workout facility. It is anticipated that forty (40) hour employees will workout at least thirty (30) minutes prior to or after regular work hours — on their own time — to maintain a one (1) hour workout program.
