Volume 18, Issue 8 (2025) Fitness Assessment

Original Research

A Flexible Training Approach to Improving Concurrent Training Outcomes in Remote Trainees
Christopher Bonilla, Justin R. Kilian, and Robert L. Herron

Comparison of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing Measures in Children
Trey R. Naylor, Mariana V. Jacobs, Michael C. Taylor Jr., and Jody L. Clasey

No Differences in Lactate Threshold Across the Menstrual Cycle in Untrained Females
Bianca Alvarenga Rambo Galletti, Grant Chesbro, and Rebecca Larson

Comparison of a Low Load Eccentric Training Protocol and a Static Stretching Protocol on Hamstring Muscle Flexibility
Nancy Henderson, Haley Worst, Ryan Decarreau, Dixie Edalgo, Hunter Lewis, and James Rowe

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Associated with Physical Fitness and Activity Levels: An Exploratory Study of US College Students
Keegan T. Peterson, Gabrielle Barraco, Jennifer Niessner, Melissa Rodgers, and Melissa Bopp

A Descriptive Analysis of the Current State of Peace Officer Standards and Training Physical Fitness Requirements across the USA
Robert G. Lockie, Joseph M. Dulla

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Physical Fitness in Obesity Using Fox vs. Tanaka’s Maximum Heart Rate and Percentage vs. Karvonen Methods
Maninthorn Rugbumrung, Tavarintorn Rukbumrung, Sittiwit Impanya, Adison Thurayot

Exploring Changes in Body Composition Before and After a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Season of Marching Artists
Noelle J. Smith, Brett S. Nickerson, Ronald L. Snarr, Matthew P. Brancaleone

Associations of Laboratory- and Field- derived Measurements of Critical Power with W’-kinetics during 40-km Cycling Time Trial Performances
D. Luke Wilkins, Julie E. Taylor, Robert W. Pettitt, Mark Kramer

Differences in Fitness Between Cadet and General Population Firefighter Academy Recruits
Scott D. Brau, David J. Cornell, Benjamin J. Mendelson, Rudi A. Marciniak, Kyle T. Ebersole

Comprehensive Fitness Assessment in a Professional Military Education Cohort: A Cross-Sectional Study
Daniel J. Lawson, Russell K. Lowell, Christopher B. Mobley, Katherine Frick, Nicholas C. Bordonie, Katie G. Clouse, Cameron D. Ott, Harrison C. Dimick, Nick R. Mauldin, JoEllen M. Sefton

The Effects of Exercise Training in a Novel Full-Body Compression Garment on Anaerobic Performance in Healthy Men
Benjamin W. Cunningham, Mikayla M. Reese, Jesse M. Jansen, Benjamin S. Minier, Curtis A. Cornell, Faith C. Benedict, Joshua T. Mayne, Justin A. O’Dell, Gabriel M. Lysak, James R. Sackett

Biddle Physical Ability Test (BPAT) Performance by Attempt in Southern California Structural Firefighter Candidates
Robert G. Lockie, Joseph M. Dulla, Jennifer Meloni, Kristina A. Ross, Robin M. Orr, J. Jay Dawes, Tomas J. Ruvalcaba