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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The physical fitness tests, from the biological point of view, are a scientific procedure performed under standard conditions that measure several characteristics in an empirical way, specifying the medical-biological measurements as essential indicators of the professional performance of army militaries. Objective: This paper is aimed at comparing the performance of the militaries evaluated in the coast and mountain regions using four tests (race, hip flexion, swimming and rope climbing) corresponding to the physical tests of the Navy staff in the first semester of 2015. Methods: The study was observational, retrospective, analytic and transversal, in which were evaluated men and women aged 18-30. Results: The statistical analysis reported that the male group of the mountain compared to the one of the coast showed a significant difference in the disciplines that evaluate strength (hip flexion and rope climbing). Conclusions: The study showed that the environmental factors (e.g: barometric pressure, temperature, humidity) have no influence in the physical tests of strength performed in the mountains. In addition, it is important to note that the male and female performance of the two regions in the swimming tests overcame the expectation of the evaluation charts. For that reason, as a recommendation, it is necessary to carry out a new study to standardize and determine the adequate cut off points for the respective physical tests.