FitForce™ Courses
Training may very well be the cornerstone upon which all agency programs are built. Starting at the top, command and administration staff must be on board with the program. A thorough understanding of the issues will point the agency in the right direction. Top to bottom all parties - applicants, recruits, and incumbents need to understand the relationship between physical readiness and the job. Finally, as there is no such thing as an institutional memory, the need for ongoing education will always exist. With this in mind, we have attempted to meet the spectrum of physical readiness training needs a public safety agency may confront.
Attending a Course
For a complete description of our course offerings please check out our current catalogue. If you are interested in attending one of our courses, please refer to our training calendar. Larger agencies in particular contract with us for courses specifically for their own personnel or as part of a longer standing relationship with FitForce. Still other agencies, academies, and institutions have chosen to host courses.
Hosting a Course
If you or your agency is interested in hosting or contracting arrangements, please contact us directly or call the office at 978.745.3629. You can also use this document: Hosting a Course , for easy reference.
FitForce™ Coordinator Course
This intensive 24-hour course emphasizes physical fitness, in addition to providing information about nutrition, weight management, stress management and other fitness lifestyle areas. The course provides the training that will help to improve officers' overall fitness, officers' performance and health while potentially reducing the agency’s liability, disability and health care costs. Full Description
FitForce™ Administrator Course
The public safety administrator is tasked with ensuring job-preparedness and performance, budget management, compliance with the prevailing legislated and litigated mandates and generally tending to the welfare of the department and its officers. This four to eight hour seminar demonstrates how a well-designed fitness program can contribute to meeting these goals. Full Description
FitForce™ Tactical Fitness Course
This intensive, physically demanding 24-hour course emphasizes the motor-related physical fitness parameters – speed, power, coordination, balance, agility and reaction time. The course develops an understanding of the role of and need for motor fitness in law enforcement physical fitness and defensive tactics training. Full Description
FitForce™ Tactical Fitness Instructor Course
The basis for this course is the Tactical Fitness Course (TFC). This 16-hour course continues to build on the foundation of motor-related physical fitness developed in the TFC. The instructor course presents additional training modalities to the participants with a specific emphasis on resistance training. The courses must be taken in sequence, individually or in tandem. Full Description
Physical Training (PT) Instructor
Group exercise leadership, particularly in a military or paramilitary environment requires a distinct skill set which builds upon a body of information. Included in this body is information about the physical and physiological demands of training, general conduct of the training session, overview of individual and group program design, as well as safety and motivation. Therefore, this program is intended to be delivered along with or as part of an overall plan that includes the FitForce™ Coordinator Course. The format is variable and may be delivered in one or more eight hour blocks depending on the needs of the client agency. Full Description
Advanced Exercise Prescription
There are many variables to consider in designing activity or exercise plans for apparently healthy people in a non-clinical setting. The information and guidance comes from long-standing institutions such as the American College of Sports Medicine. Competencies in health screening, principles of fitness, safety, and monitoring are all necessary. This program is intended to be delivered along with or as part of an overall plan that includes the FitForce™ Coordinator Course. The format is variable and may be delivered in one or more eight hour blocks depending on the needs of the client agency. Full Description
Resistance Training Course
Training for muscular fitness – strength, power, endurance, or general fitness can take many forms. The resources many instructors rely on for guidance come from the popular press or just handed down from the ‘strongest guy on the job’. This course is intended to present clear, comprehensive, hands-on instruction in resistance training. As such it builds on the science and practice of physical training introduced in the FitForce™ Coordinator Course. Full Description
Custom Courses
Many of our clients have inquired about and requested training programs designed specifically for their agencies. The programs can take many forms and have ranged from simple one to two hour presentations to comprehensive in-service programs for 4000+ man departments to include train the trainer instruction and custom video. Strategic alliances in the publishing industry, principally with Healthy Learning/Coaches’ Choice allow us access to state of the art resources that can include trade books and videos with custom covers, production capability, as well as the design of inter- and intranet based training resources. Full Description
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