Table 2.

Participant Fitness and Firefighting Ability Statistics at Weeks 1 and 7.

Variables	Week 1	Week 7
Sample (n)	89	89
1.5 Mile Run (min.s)	13.1 ± 1.8	11.7 ± 1.5 **
Push-Ups (reps)	41.9 ± 12.4	45.3 ± 5.2 **
Sit-Ups (reps)	31.4 ± 6.1	38.3 ± 7.8 **
Bench Press (reps)	30.4 ± 11.6	35.6 ± 11.6 **
Flexibility (cm)	7.6 ± 7.2	9.8 ± 7.1 **
Vertical Jump (in)	24.3 ± 3.7	24.4 ± 4.1
Kiser Sled (s)	44.3 ± 17.3	35.2 ± 8.9 **
SCBA Crawl (s)	44.2 ± 11.7	35.2 ± 8.9 **
Victim Drag (s)	22.5 ± 5.9	19.4 ± 4.6 **
Hose Advance (s)	15.2 ± 3.7	13.9 ± 3.7 *
Equipment Carry (s)	20.9 ± 3.2	19.3 ± 3.1 **
Ladder Raise (s)	7.4 ± 2.2	6.5 ± 1.5 **
Challenge Total (s)	240.2 ± 41.2	192.4 ± 41.6 **

Note. * p-value ≤ 0.05, ** p-value ≤ 0.001 when comparing Week 1 to Week 7.