In Part III of the book, fitness coordinators will discover how to start up and run the FitForce program. They'll learn about doing the initial planning for the program, scheduling and coordinating activities, evaluating the program, and running the program safely.

Each chapter of the FitForce Coordinator Guide begins with a list of objectives that explains what readers will learn and ends with a summary that lists all the important points in the chapter. The guide also contains helpful tools such as charts, forms, and tests that fitness coordinators can use as they implement the FitForce program.

AUDIENCE

Reference to help law enforcement officers implement the FitForce program or any other fitness program at their law enforcement agencies. Course text and workbook for FitForce Coordinator Workshops.

CONTENTS

Introduction
Part I: Fitness and FitForce
Chapter 1. Fitness: What and Why
Defining Fitness
Fitness Knowledge
Fitness and Americans' Health
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors
Fitness and Disease Reduction
Summary
Chapter 2. Fitness and Law Enforcement
Fitness and Job Performance
Officers' Fitness Status
Officers' Health Status
Law Enforcement Agencies' Involvement in Fitness Programs
Legal Concerns About Fitness Standards and Programs
Summary
Chapter 3. The FitForce Program
FitForce Background and Objectives
The REDI Process
FitForce Program Resources
Success Factors for Fitness Programs
Fitness Coordinator's Roles
Summary
Part II: FitForce Implementation Procedures
Chapter 4. Health Screening
Purpose of Screening
The Screening Levels Process
Health and Medical Screening Procedures
Increasing Officer Involvement in the Screening Process
Summary
Chapter 5. Physical Fitness Assessment
Purpose of Fitness Assessment
Types of Testing
The National Law Enforcement Fitness Test Battery
Test Administration Planning
Test Procedures
Summary
Chapter 6. Goal Setting
Establishing Fitness Goals
Determining Agency Norms and Standards
Fitness Profiling Procedures
Setting Goals
Increasing Officer Involvement in Goal Setting
Summary
Chapter 7. Exercise Planning
Principles of Fitness
Cardiovascular Endurance Training
Anaerobic Training
Resistance Training
Flexibility Training
Warm Up and Cool Down
Starter Programs
Exercise Plans
Increasing Officer Involvement in the Individual Plan
Development
Summary
Chapter 8. Fitness Lifestyle Area Planning
Nutrition
Weight Management
Stress Management
Smoking Cessation
Substance Abuse Prevention
Increasing Officer Involvement in Plan Development for
Fitness Lifestyle Areas
Summary
Chapter 9. Motivation Strategies for Changing Behavior
Behavior Change
Beginning the Fitness Plan
Adherence
Social Factors
Programming Factors
Motivation Strategies
Increasing Officer Involvement in Contracting
Summary
Part III: FitForce Program Management Procedures
Chapter 10. Initial Planning Procedures
Planning Steps
Establishing an Agency Fitness Task Force
Assessing the Need for a Program
Defining the Mission, Goals, and Objectives
Defining the Fitness Program Components
Defining Program Resources and Budget
Defining the Organizational Structure
Determining How to Phase In the Progrdelines
Emergency Procedures Guidelines
Summary
Appendix A. Screening and Fitness Assessment Protocols
Screening Assessment Protocols
Fitness Assessment Protocols
Appendix B. FitForce Norms
Physical Fitness Norms
Law Enforcement Sample Norms
Age- and Sex-Based General Population Norms
Appendix C. FitForce Forms

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Hoffman retired from the United States Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1991 and is now director of FitForce. During his 22 years in the military, Bob completed assignments around the world. He commanded a Brigade Headquarters Company in Germany, a Ranger Company in Vietnam, and a Special Forces SCUBA Detachment at Fort Bragg, NC. He also commanded the 4th Ranger Training Battalion at Fort Benning, GA, where in addition to working with Rangers, Bob trained U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents who were being deployed to South America.

Bob spent 3 years as the director of training for the army's Soldier Physical Fitness School and brought the army's fitness program from the Dark Ages into the 21st century by helping to develop the army's Total Fitness program. He also spent 4 years as a professor in the Department of Physical Education at West Point. While there, he was an assistant cross-country and track coach and a junior varsity basketball coach.

Bob holds a master's degree in physical education from Indiana University. He is certified as a fitness instructor by the American College of Sports Medicine and as a Master Fitness Trainer by the U.S. Army. He is a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. Bob is the author of Running Together: The Family Book of Jogging, and he helped write the army's Physical Fitness Training field manual. Bob lives in Champaign, IL.

Prior to serving as the technical adviser for FitForce, Thomas R. Collingwood worked at the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, TX, for 13 years. While there, Tom initiated the institute's involvement in law enforcement fitness and created the Police Fitness Instructors Course, which he used to train more than 7,000 police fitness instructors. He has helped more than 200 law enforcement agencies design fitness programs and standards and has also conducted more than 30 fitness standards validation studies within federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Tom was a military policeman with the U.S. Army, a police psychologist for the Dallas Police Department, and training director for the Kentucky Department of Justice. He has served as the national fitness director for the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and as a special consultant/clinician on law enforcement fitness to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

Tom holds a master's degree in exercise science from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has been recognized for his work in the field of law enforcement fitness by the IACP, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the U.S. Secret Service. He is also the recipient of the Healthy American Fitness Leaders award presented by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the National Jaycees. Tom resides in Dallas, TX.

Patricia Sammann is a professional writer specializing in health and fitness. She has worked as an editor and writer at Human Kinetics for 9 years, much of that time working with the national YMCA of the USA on its program manuals. Pat has a master's degree in education from the University of Illinois, and she is the author of the YMCA Healthy Back Book and coauthor of the Y's Way to Fitness Walking.

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