Public Service Fitness Tests (BTEC Spec)
Reasons
Annual fitness checks
Use of repeat tests to establish gains
Benchmark after returning from injury
Feedback from training programme
Motivation
Set goals
Progression
Monitor
Assess current levels
Test results
Norms
Sequence
Protocols
Public service requirements
Job-specific public service fitness tests
Royal Marines
Royal Air Force
Prison
Police
Fire
Army
Fitness tests
Health (BMI, body composition e.g. Skinfold callipers, bioelectrical)
Muscular endurance e.g. One-minute press-ups, one-minute sit-ups
Power
Wingate test
Vertical jump
Speed
Sprint tests
Aerobic endurance
Maximal treadmill protocol
Step test
Multistage fitness test
Flexibility
E.g.
Grip dynamometer
Sit and reach strength/1RM
New Army Fitness Test Compulsory for all Infantry from April 2019
