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The New Army
Physical Readiness Test For decades, the Army has assessed physical fitness through the standard fitness test that many branches of the military / law enforcement use: Pushups, sit-ups, 2 mile run (though most groups use the 1.5 mile run for cardio fitness test). Many have argued over the years that this test is not a good indicator of whether or not someone will be a good soldier. At best, the Army PFT is a Health and Fitness Test – not a job performance test. Now, after a decade of war, changes have been made to better equip today’s soldier with the skills that will be used in combat. Though the current APFT does not adequately measure strength, mobility, endurance, there is usefulness in standard PFT like the current Army Test. If you score the bare minimums on ANY fitness test, your chances of graduating or graduating without injury is very low. In some studies, graduation rates without injury are as low as 6%. However, coming closer to maxing the APFT leads to a far greater chance of graduation – up to 85% in some training programs. But, it fails to test a soldier’s abilities that are similar to combat. The combat skills should be tested as having the ability of assessing these NEW exercises could save lives and give commanders a better understanding of their unit’s combat readiness. The proposed Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) which is scheduled to be implemented later in 2011, expand from three events to five. These events are the following: See pics of all events - See free PDF for more info60-yard progressive shuttle run (5 yd, 10yd, and 15 yd round trips = 60yds) one-minute rower (non-stop) - aka atomic situp standing long-jump one-minute push-up (non-stop) 1.5 mile run These events will challenge and test a Soldier’s anaerobic and aerobic endurance and will be assessed 1-2 times per year. The leadership is discussing where the APRT is tested once or twice along with the new ACRT once per year.
The
Army Physical Fitness School Team of experts also created the
Army Combat
Readiness Test (ACRT). The ACRT consists of the following exercises:
The
Army as well as the Marine Corps have both created standard PFTs that
measure health and fitness as well as combat related
fitness tests that will assess a soldier’s ability in events he/she will
likely see again when defending our country in combat situations. The new
changes account for both the health and wellness of our troops as well as
their combat effectiveness.
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