Shift-Based Program Scheduling for Firefighters
by John R. Bennett, MS, CSCS,*D
TSAC Report
April 2016
Vol 41, Issue 1
There is no argument that periodization is successful, and that different models can be applied with success in different fashions. The question of how shift work really affects a periodized program—more specifically firefighter shift work—is less clear.
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