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Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion  I am curious, what kind of height/weight requirements does the NYPD have? As far as advice, well, it would help to know more about your specific situation. What type of cardio are you doing? How much and how long? Are you lifting weights? What type of tests do you have to do to get in? |
I am not too sure about the requirements for NYPD but for New York State Police their requirements are at their website (just google New York State Police Heigt/Weight requirements) I would give you the link but apparently I am not allowed to do that yet until I have more posts. An example I will give as pertains to me is since I am 5'9'' my weight for a medium frame body must be between 142-156 pounds with no more than 18.9% body fat. As you can see from the chart the guidelines are very strict to be a state trooper. So far the cardio I am doing is a Tae-Bo DVD workout every morning which sustains my heart rate for 20 minutes, 50 pushups, 50 sit-ups, and then in the afternoon I go for a 30 minute jog. I have, as of yet, not lifted weights as my workouts are more isotonic than anything else. I would definitely like to but I am wondering if I am supposed to shed the body fat before I build muscle. Is this fact true or is it possible to kill two birds with one stone and do that at the same time? To answer your second question about what the fitness requirements to get in it is as follows for males:
Age Group: 20-29 30-39
Sit-ups (1 min) 40 36
push-ups 33 27
1.5 mile run (min) 12:18 12:51
Definitely any advice you may have for me in regards to meeting the fitness requirements will be fantastic!