Fit for Fire: A 10-Week Low-Cost HIFT Experiential Learning Initiative between Underrepresented Kinesiology Undergraduates and Hypertensive Deconditioned Firefighters Improves Their Health and Fitness

Autor/inn/en	Poudevigne, Melanie; Day, Christina; Campbell, Eon; Mills, Da'Lynn; Porter, Reginald; Zornosa, Ximena; Andre, Thomas
Titel	Fit for Fire: A 10-Week Low-Cost HIFT Experiential Learning Initiative between Underrepresented Kinesiology Undergraduates and Hypertensive Deconditioned Firefighters Improves Their Health and Fitness
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 33 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Poudevigne, Melanie) ORCID (Campbell, Eon)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Kinesiology; Undergraduate Students; Fire Protection; Health Behavior; Physical Fitness; Hypertension; Obesity; Program Evaluation; Program Costs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Brandbekämpfung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Leistungsfähigkeit; Bluthochdruck; Hypertonie; Adipositas; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation
Abstract	The aims of this study were to investigate the feasibility of an experiential learning initiative led by minority exercise science undergraduates and to observe the adaptations after a 10-week high-intensity functional training (HIFT) program in 34 underrepresented, hypertensive, and overweight/obese professional firefighters (PFF; age: 36.8 ± 11.0 years, body weight: 97.3 ± 21.5 kg, height: 181.7 ± 6.6 cm; BMI: 29.2 ± 4.9 kg/m2). Data were analyzed for muscular strength and endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, agility, flexibility, and readiness for change. The PFFs trained two to three times weekly during their work shifts at vigorous intensity for 40 min. Their resting diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate significantly decreased. Improvements in agility, muscular strength, and readiness for change were observed. This HIFT experiential learning initiative was feasible and beneficial and improved the PFFs' health and physical fitness with limited resources. Accredited programs in exercise science participating in low-cost initiatives may aid in mitigating public service workers' compensation and injury rates to better respond to occupational demands. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01