A New Fitness Test For Wildland Firefighters: The Type 1 Fitness Test [009]

Written By Austin Womack

In this episode of the Rugged Athlete Podcast Austin and Justin discuss the Type 1 Fitness Test - a fitness test we created to better assessment occupational performance for type 1 resources, and to attempt to enhance the fitness culture in the profession.

We breakdown the details of this fitness test including the why behind the exact specs of the test, as well as the scoring standards and expectations for type 1 firefighters.

We also cover a plethora of critiques, suggestions, and "hate comments" surrounding this fitness test. Just a heads up, this fitness test is extremely controversial apparently.

This episode is sponsored by READYBAR. Check them out at https://getreadybar.com/

Austin Womack
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