Aandstad Anders, Hageberg Rune, Holme Ingar M, Anderssen Sigmund A
1Department of Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, The Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway; and 2Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
J Strength Cond Res. 2014 Nov;28(11):3206-14. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000524.
The Norwegian Home Guard (HG) consists of soldiers and officers who primarily live a civilian life but are typically called in for military training a few days per year. Although full-time soldiers and officers are monitored annually on physical fitness, no such assessments are performed on regular HG personnel. Data on physical fitness of similar forces from other nations are also scarce. Thus, the main aim of this study was to collect reference data on physical fitness in HG personnel. A total of 799 male soldiers and officers from the regular and the rapid reaction HG force participated in this study. Between 13 and 19% of the subjects were obese, according to measured body mass index, waist circumference and estimations of body fat. The mean (95% confidence interval) estimated peak oxygen uptake from the 20-m shuttle run test was 50.1 (49.7-50.6) mL·kg·minute. Personnel from the rapid reaction force had a more favorable body composition compared with the regular HG personnel, whereas no differences were found for peak oxygen uptake. The physical demands on HG personnel are not well defined, but we believe that the majority of Norwegian HG soldiers and officers have a sufficient aerobic fitness level to fulfill their planned HG tasks. The gathered data can be used by military leaders to review the ability of the HG to perform expected military tasks, to serve as a future reference material for secular changes in HG fitness level, and for comparison purposes among similar international reserve forces.
挪威国民卫队（HG）由士兵和军官组成，他们主要过着平民生活，但通常每年会被召集参加几天的军事训练。尽管全职士兵和军官每年都会接受体能监测，但常规HG人员并未进行此类评估。关于其他国家类似部队体能的数据也很稀少。因此，本研究的主要目的是收集HG人员体能的参考数据。共有799名来自常规HG部队和快速反应HG部队的男性士兵和军官参与了本研究。根据测量的体重指数、腰围和体脂估计，13%至19%的受试者肥胖。20米往返跑测试估计的平均（95%置信区间）峰值摄氧量为50.1（49.7 - 50.6）毫升·千克·分钟。与常规HG人员相比，快速反应部队人员的身体成分更优，而峰值摄氧量没有差异。对HG人员的体能要求并不明确，但我们认为大多数挪威HG士兵和军官有足够的有氧适能水平来完成他们计划中的HG任务。收集到的数据可供军事领导人用于评估HG执行预期军事任务的能力，作为HG体能水平长期变化的未来参考资料，以及用于与类似国际预备役部队进行比较。
