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Let me cut to the chase and tell you the LAPD physical fitness test is no laughing matter. In fact, over half of all prospects will fail the police fitness test. The LAPD fitness test (also know as the physical abilities test) is not for the weak for sure. Other than NYPD's intense physical agility test, LAPD has one of the toughest police fitness requirements in the country. If you're not in superb shape going into the test, you might as well stay home and save yourself the embarrassment. You'll be eaten alive if you're out of shape.
The fitness test was designed to measure a recruits physical ability to perform the varies task of a police officer. That's why doing wimpy cable exercises and fluff workouts will not effectively prepare you for the LAPD fitness test. You need a police specific workout program that will develop, and improve the following fitness categories:
Muscular strength and endurance (sit-ups, push-ups, and pull-ups)
Aerobic Capacity (1.5 mile run)
Anaerobic Power (300 meter sprint)
Developing the above fitness categories are absolutely critical if you want to successfully pass the Physical Abilities Test (PAT). The fitness test is set up in two components. The first portion is designed to measure strength, agility, and endurance. The second portion measures aerobic capacity and it will be administered usually at the time of the medical evaluation.
It is a pass or fail test. If you pass the Physical Ability Test (PAT) there is no guarantee that you'll be able to make it through the physically demanding academy. That is why it is critical to continue training well after the PAT.
You should know that If you pass the PAT, and subsequently get sent to the police academy the fitness test there is even tougher. So don't get lax-ed if you pass the PAT because down the line you'll be challenged even more.
I know I've mentioned it before, but I want to emphasize that doing steady pace workouts will not get you nowhere in terms of getting you into elite shape. You must follow a law enforcement specific workout plan that encompass the three major fitness categories I mentioned above.
