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Jan 5, 2022
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'Demonstration and trials of the new Army Combat Fitness Test performed by senior leadership from across TRADOC. The 50-minute test involves a strength deadlift; a medicine ball power throw; a set of pushups, during which soldiers lift their hands off the ground after each pushup; a 250-meter “sprint/drag/carry” event; leg tucks; and a 2-mile run. Soldiers’ test requirements will be based on their military occupational specialties or units, which will be classified in one of three categories, depending on how physically demanding they are: “moderate,” “significant,” or “heavy, The minimum requirements for each category will be the following: “Moderate”: Lifting 140 pounds; throwing the medicine ball 4.6 meters; completing 10 pushups; getting through the “spring, drag, carry” event within 3 minutes and 35 seconds; doing one leg tuck; and completing the 2-mile run within 21 minutes and 7 seconds. “Significant”: Lifting 160 pounds; throwing the medicine ball 6.5 meters; doing 20 pushups; completing the “sprint, drag, carry” event within 2 minutes and 45 seconds; doing three leg tucks; and finishing the 2-mile run within 19 minutes. “Heavy”: Lifting 180 pounds; throwing the medicine ball 8.5 meters; doing 30 pushups; completing the “sprint, drag, carry” event within 2 minutes and 9 seconds; doing five leg tucks; and running 2 miles within 18 minutes. (Video by Senior Airman Ericha Guyote) More: https://youtu.be/r1gXnO6Yg2I and https://youtu.be/GRcZcFxxyzM'
Tags: fitness , pt , demonstration , army combat fitness test , ACFT , TRADOC
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