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In brief
This paper reports the findings of the effect of an eight-week starter fitness program on the first 1,362 people enrolled in it. The subjects were tested for cardiorespiratory fitness, body fat and weight, 
O2 max, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility, using the YMCA physical fitness test battery before the program started and after eight weeks of training. The classes met for one hour, three times a week. Both men and women reduced body weight, body fat, and resting heart rate, and increased O2 max, flexibility, and muscular strength and endurance. Improved fitness was related to compliance and whether the subject or his company paid for the program.
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Notes on contributors
Michael L. Pollock
Dr. Pollock is director of the cardiac rehabilitation program and human performance laboratory
Dr. Pollock is a life fellow, Dr. Foster is a fellow, and Mr. Salisbury is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Carl Foster
Dr. Foster is coordinator of the human performance laboratory of the cardiovascular disease section of the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School (Milwaukee Clinical Campus). Mt. Sinai Medical Center, in Milwaukee.
Dr. Pollock is a life fellow, Dr. Foster is a fellow, and Mr. Salisbury is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Robert Salisbury
Mr. Salisbury is the physical director of the Central Branch YMCA of Milwaukee.
Dr. Pollock is a life fellow, Dr. Foster is a fellow, and Mr. Salisbury is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Robert Smith
Mr. Smith was director of physical education at the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Inc, and is now executive director of the YMCA at Midland, Texas.