Army Begins Field Trials for Its New Combat Fitness Test

I hope everyone has their profiles ready because the Army Combat Fitness Test is coming to an installation near you:

Army Master Sgt. Shelley Horner grades a 128th Aviation Brigade attempting the hand release pushup portion of the Army’s new Army Combat Fitness Test during a demonstration of the new test on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 at Fort Eustis, Va.

The Army spent six years developing the ACFT to better align fitness standards to the physical skills soldiers need in combat, compared to the four-decade old APFT. The new, 50-minute test requires a soldier to perform three repetitions of a deadlift, throw a medicine ball backward over his or her head, perform as many hand-release pushups as possible in two minutes, complete a sprint-drag-carry course, perform as many leg tucks while hanging from a pullup bar as possible in two minutes, and complete a two-mile run in less than 21 minutes. Each of the exercises, Army officials said, correlates directly with common activities that soldiers perform on the battlefield.  [Stars & Stripes]

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Andy
Andy
6 years ago

Yeah, I’m sure a lot of the higher ranking obese soldiers will be trying their best to get a permanent profile, I doubt they will be able to take this new test by written/correspondence course only, lol, or if they do, unit members won’t believe it unless they see it, 😛

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

From the quoted part of the story: “throw a medicine ball backward over his or her head” and “correlates directly with common activities that soldiers perform on the battlefield.”

This throwing of the medicine ball as a combat maneuver intrigues me… I think I could do that multiple times. With or without a plastic straw.

From USA Today (March 30, 2017): “What is a medicine ball at Starbucks? The drink, which gained popularity through social media, is filled half with steamed lemonade and half with hot water, a Teavana jade citrus mint tea bag and a bag of Teavana peach tranquility tea, a packet of honey and an optional pump of peppermint.”

2ID Doc
2ID Doc
6 years ago

For Senior NCOs, MEDDAC (I was a medic) and the full time Guard/ Reserve staff they will still score well above the minimum although the equipment will never move from the storage area…funny how that works…

Ole Tanker
Ole Tanker
6 years ago

Backwards Medicine Ball, directly relates to throwing a Grenade while withdrawing. 2 mi in 21 Min, heck even I could do that when I was an out of shape Private at the beginning of Basic at 207 lbs.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 years ago

Caption This Photo:

“That’s right you little twink sissyboi… kiss the ground I walk on or you get the smack again. OK. Time is up. The next customer paid for the Nazi Mistress experience and I have to get changed.”

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