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Utilizing percentile data from the fitness tests of 2045 male firefighters and 218 female firefighters Dr. Bever has developed fitness profiles based on age and gender. Five categories (Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average, Poor) describing levels of officer fitness have been developed for bench press, push-ups, sit-ups, sit & reach, pull-ups, 1.5 mile run, and the work performance test.

Bench Press

Gender Age	Male ≤ 20-29	Female ≤ 20-29	Male 30-39	Female 30-39	Male 40-49	Female 40+	Male 50+
Excellent	118	120	122	125	116	85	127
Good	107	86	109	85	95	82	106
Average	100	80	100	82	85	64	100
Below Average	93	74	92	71	72	46	86
Poor	≤92	≤ 73	≤ 91	≤ 70	≤71	≤ 45	≤ 85

* Bench Press scores represent percentage of body weight lifted.

Sit-Ups

Gender Age	Male ≤ 20-29	Female ≤ 20-29	Male 30-39	Female 30-39	Male 40-49	Female 40+	Male 50+
Excellent	54	55	55	56	50	58	50
Good	50	50	47	49	42	39	45
Average	46	44	41	43	36	35	36
Below Average	44	41	36	49	30	29	29
Poor	≤ 43	≤ 40	≤ 35	≤ 38	≤ 29	≤ 28	≤ 28

Sit & Reach

Gender Age	Male ≤ 20-29	Female ≤ 20-29	Male 30-39	Female 30-39	Male 40-49	Female 40+	Male 50+
Excellent	41	48	42	46	39	49	38
Good	36	43	36	43	34	41	34
Average	33	40	32	37	31	32	28
Below Average	28	36	27	31	27	30	25
Poor	≤ 27	≤ 35	≤ 26	≤ 30	≤ 26	≤ 29	≤ 24

Pull-Ups

Gender Age	Male ≤ 20-29	Female ≤ 20-29	Male 30-39	Female 30-39	Male 40-49	Female 40+	Male 50+
Excellent	14	5	14	6	10	4	11
Good	10	2	10	1	7	1	7
Average	7	0	7	0	5	0	5
Below Average	5	0	5	0	3	0	3
Poor	≤ 4	0	≤ 4	0	≤ 2	0	≤ 2

Run

Gender Age	Male ≤ 20-29	Female ≤ 20-29	Male 30-39	Female 30-39	Male 40-49	Female 40+	Male 50+
Excellent	≤ 10:12	10:40	≤10:27	≤ 10:50	≤10:56	11:45	≤ 10:58
Good	10:13	12:00	10:28	12:14	10:57	12:35	10:59
Average	11:21	12:51	11:27	13:14	11:56	14:03	13:04
Below Average	12:00	13:49	12:11	14:16	13:01	15:37	14:34
Poor	≤ 12:39	≤ 14:59	≤ 13:08	≤ 15:58	≤ 14:27	≤ 18:36	≤ 16:00

FireFit Fitness Profiles

Bench Press

Sit-Ups

Sit & Reach

Pull-Ups

Run

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