Table 6.

Correlations between Fitness and Firefighting Ability at Week 7.

Variables	Keiser Sled (s)	SCBA Crawl (s)	Victim Drag (s)	Hose Advance (s)	Equipment Carry (s)	Ladder Raise (s)	Total Challenge Completion Time (s)
Age (yrs)	−0.161	0.039	−0.019	0.052	0.002	−0.006	−0.058
BMI	−0.113	0.276 **	−0.002	−0.272 **	0.112	−0.274 **	0.029
Estimated VO2max (mL·kg−1·min−1)	−0.233*	−0.599 **	−0.404 **	−0.135	−0.520 **	−0.122	−0.526 **
Push-Ups (reps)	−0.176	−0.241 **	−0.227 *	−0.044	−0.299 **	−0.078	−0.165
Sit-Ups (reps)	−0.210 *	−0.228 *	−0.198	−0.098	−0.346 **	−0.165	−0.267 *
Bench Press (reps)	−0.408 **	−0.208	−0.411 **	−0.421 **	−0.408 **	−0.394 **	−0.400 **
Sit and Reach (cm)	−0.008	−0.135	−0.075	0.153	−0.009	0.108	−0.012
Power † (in)	−0.211 *	−0.098	−0.247 *	−0.131	−0.231 *	−0.193	−0.178

* p ≤ 0.05 level (2 tailed); ** p ≤ 0.01 level (2 tailed). ^† Power was assessed via vertical jump.