Fitness at sea

Fitness is not about working out at the gym or running a marathon but it is important for coping with life’s emergencies, big and small, whether it is running to make an airport connection or fleeing a burning building.

Fitness is at the heart of the Marine Industry and there are also many reasons why it is important that ship board personnel maintain a high level of fitness:

• Improved fitness to fight and ability to cope with the physical demands of life at sea
• Improved confidence in own capabilities and in the physical robustness and determination of other members of the team
• Improved physical ability, which in turn maximises resistance to injury and extremes of heat; fitter people are also likely to recover more quickly from injury and physical stress
• Improved alertness and reduced levels of psychological stress
• Improved good health, now and in later life