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Jump Start Your Army Career with Army Basic Airborne Course (BAC) by: Stewsmith.com
If anyone is preparing to become a
member of any Special Operations Group (Army SF, Rangers, Navy SEALs, Marine
RECON, Air Force PJs, EOD units, and others) they all must graduate from the
Army Basic Airborne Course (BAC) in
To prepare for BAC, you need to pass the Army PFT with a score of 180 and be able to hold a flexed arm hang for 10 seconds*. At age bracket 17-21 that is only a score of:
These scores are below average for the caliber of student who easily graduates Airborne without any trouble on the daily runs and PT. I would recommend getting closer to the 80 – 100% on the APFT so you can enjoy the training and better concentrate on the mission at hand – jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. The 80-100 range is:
If your goals are to one day become an Army Ranger or soldier in the Special Forces, you definitely want to be able to ace the Army PFT with a 300 or better. The following training for any SF school will require much more out of you that Airborne, but Airborne is a great first step to “jump” starting your career. Many of my favorite PT programs to train for the Army PFT can be found in the following StewSmith.com links:
The
StewSmith.com Fitness eBook Store can
help you prepare for the next phase of your training.
Email
fitness author and former Navy SEAL Stew Smith your questions and
he will answer and may use them as part of this column. There is a new
Airborne Workout in the store now and an Air Assault School Workout in the
works. Click the link to go straight to the Airborne Workout:
The Army Airborne Workout
For more on the administrative, physical, and medical requirements check out: http://www-benning.army.mil/airborne/airborne/index.htm
Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL and fitness author
certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National
Strength and Conditioning Association. If you are interested in starting a
workout program to create a healthy lifestyle - check out the StewSmith.com
Fitness eBook store and the
Stew Smith article archive at StewSmith.com. To contact
Stew with your comments and questions, e-mail him at
stew@stewsmith.com.
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