Originally Posted by
MinnMan
Procrustean.
Some people, especially older, can't get their HR above 170 bpm even when they're totally maxed out. So the test favors old men (and women)?
Oooh, oooh, oooh, vocabulary! Yes, the bed of Procrustes, thanks.
Yeah, I could have passed it in my early 70s. Older males anyway, and disfavors young women. The theory of course in that your male FTP is maybe 250+, so 170 would be a long way from maxed out. IMO if you can carry the sandbag up and down the ladder, that should be good enough. Performance, not numbers. There's a bit of a shakeup going on in the NYC FD.