Volume 17, Issue 4 (2024) Fitness Assessment
Original Research
More than Body Composition: A Darwinian Theory of Somatotype, Applied to a DII Track and Field Outdoor Season
Whitley J. Stone, Matthew J. Garver, Amanda Wakeman, Danilo Tolusso, Hannah Nelson, Josie Hair, and Eric Nehlsen
Physical Fitness Responses after Sixteen Weeks of Three Fitness Program Trainings in Untrained Subjects
Habil Hamdouni, Brian Kliszczewicz, Hassane Zouhal, and Abderraouf Ben Abderrahman
Lower-Body Strength Relationships with Sprint, Jump, and Sport-Specific Skill Performance in High School Girls Softball Players
Robert G. Lockie, Jacob D. Patron, J. Jay Dawes, and Erika Viramontes
Stance Time and Impact Loading Rates are Significant Predictors of Critical Speed During a 3-Minute All-Out Running Test
Trevor Short, Cris Stickley, Bret Freemyer, Andrew Takata, and Paulette Yamada
Fat-Free Mass Index in a Large Sample of Collegiate American Football Athletes
Jennifer B. Fields, Margaret T. Jones, Adam Feit, Meghan K. Magee, Nicholas M. Kuhlman, and Andrew R. Jagim
Acute Effects of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement Exercises on Army Combat Fitness Test Performance
Christopher Bonilla, Robert L. Herron, Greg Ryan, Jason Casey, and Brandon Spradley
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of ROTC Army Cadet Exercise Training for the Army Combat Fitness Test
Simone A. Cannon, Jake A. Mintz, Brandon Roberts, Kelsey Rushing, Gregor W. Jenkins, Gordon Fisher, Eric P. Plaisance, and Cody E. Morris
Correlation between Lower-body Strength and Performance Tests among Female NCAA Division II Softball Players
Elizabeth L. Alfaro, JoCarol Shields, Javier Zaragoza, Marcel Lopes Dos Santos, J. Jay Dawes, and Doug Smith
Using a Walking Test to Assess Firefighter Fitness
Stephanie Donahue, Bilal Chaudhry, Carly McMorrow, Morgan Daly, Summer B. Cook, Michael Brian, and Deborah L. Feairheller
Maximal Running Speed and Critical Speed Are Positively Related to Phase Angle in Healthy Young Adults
Trevor Short and Paulette Yamada
Influence of Body Composition on Functional Movement Among Police Officers
Stacy L. Gnacinski, Frankie Porter, Madison N. Renner, and Tessa Laska
Maximal Aerobic Capacity as a Predictor of Performance on ACFT Total Score of ROTC Cadets
Anthony M. Acevedo, Zachary Zeigler, and Bridget F. Melton
The Effects of a Core Stabilization Training Program on the Performance of Functional Tasks in Firefighters
Emily G. Maxwell, Sean M. Collins, and Jill M. Lucas
Agreement of Air Bike and Treadmill Protocols To Assess Maximal Oxygen Uptake: An Exploratory Study
Travis Lipscomb, Megan Sax van der Weyden, Ali Boolani, Bryan St. Andrews, and Joel Martin
Shoulder Taps: Relationships Between A New Movement Screening Assessment with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Law Enforcement Recruits
Caitlyn E. Heredia, J. Jay Dawes, Joseph Dulla, Robin (Rob) Marc Orr, and Robert G. Lockie
Normative Hamstrings and Quadriceps Isometric Strength Values and Hamstrings-Quadriceps Asymmetry in Healthy Collegiate Soccer and Basketball Players
Oluwatoyosi Owoeye, Davie Mulenga, Jemma Kim, Anthony Breitbach, and Jamil Neme
The Use of Musculoskeletal Fitness Measures as Indicators of Performance in Police Occupational Tasks
Elisa F.D. Canetti, Robin Marc Orr, William Brown, Ben Schram, Robert G. Lockie, and J. Jay Dawes
Fluctuations of jump height in male basketball players: analysis of a competitive season
Javier Biel-Costa, Jordi Vicens-Bordas, Albert Altarriba-Bartes, Oliver Gonzalo-Skok, and Javier Pena
The Impact of Load Mass and Distribution on Heart Rate, Perceived Exertion, and Accelerometer Measured Physical Activity During Running
Sean Hagstrom, Scott Conger, and Jeremy A. Steeves
Effects of remote versus in-person training on metabolic profiles and body composition of physically inactive adults. Randomized clinical trial
Jhonatan Peña, Willlian Martin, Luis Cardozo, John F. Rodriguez, Cristian C. Peña, Luisa Cardenas, and Luis Andres Tellez Tinjaca
Differences in Cardiorespiratory Responses with Three Set-Paced Submaximal Endurance Tests in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Konrad J. Dias, Renee’ S. Rhyne, Danielle M. Callahan, Kaitlyn N. Durbin, Abigail R. Kasten, Jill Heitzman, and Dustin R. Nadler
The Cadet Athlete Physical Training Intervention (CAPTI): A 16-week periodized program to remediate underdeveloped tactical athletes at a senior military college
Margaret T. Thornton, Amy S. Welch, Scott Caulfield, and Rachele M. Pojednic
Do Surrogate Markers of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predict Individual Changes in VO2peak? A Randomized Controlled Trial
John R.M. Renwick, Nicholas Preobrazenski, Michael Del Giudice, and Brendon J. Gurd
The Relationships Between Upper and Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, Rate of Force Development, and Fatigue in Adults
Matthew Langford, Kyle J. Hackney, Sarah Andrew, Joshua Batesole, Maren Berntson, Kennedy Black, Tyler Hoang, Lukus Klawitter, William J. Kraemer, and Ryan McGrath
Effects of Technique and Dummy Mass on Law Enforcement-Specific Body Drags: Testing and Training Implications
Matthew R. Moreno, J. Jay Dawes, Robin (Rob) Marc Orr, Joseph M. Dulla, and Robert G. Lockie
Validity, Reliability, and Sensitivity of a Commercially Available Barbell Velocity Measuring Device When Performing Selected Exercises.
Daniel J. Lawson, Alex A. Olmos, Cody A. Stahl, Marcel Lopes Dos Santos, Jacob R. Goodin, and J. Jay Dawes
Effects of Different Warm-up Protocols on the Cardiopulmonary Responses to Exercise Testing in Youth
Avery D. Faigenbaum, Jie Kang, Jenna Ingui, Aidan Fish, Jessica DiMatteo, Izzy Leazier, Jill Bush, and Nicholas Ratamess
Relative Age Effect for Different Playing Positions in Adolescent Female Volleyball Players
Christos Ntozis, Karolina Barzouka, Apostolos Z. Skouras, Evgenia Cherouveim, Flora Papitsi, Nikolaos Apostolidis, and Charilaos Tsolakis
Can Lower-Body Strength and Power Alleviate Load Carriage Performance Decrements (Tactical Deficit) in Simulated Law Enforcement Job Tasks?
Ashley M. Bloodgood, Joseph Dulla, Megan Thompson, Matthew R. Moreno, Robin (Rob) Marc Orr, J. Jay Dawes, and Robert G. Lockie
Review Article
A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on the Effects of Photobiomodulation Therapy on Running Performance
Ana Paula do Nascimento, Adriano Valmozino da Silva, Juliano Casonatto, and Andreo Fernando Aguiar
Technical Note
The Effects of Mental Fatigue Induced by the Stroop Test on Muscular Endurance Performance and Neuromuscular Activation in Division III Female Athletes
Francesca Cuchna, Jeffrey Herrick, Price Blair, and Sean Collins