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Category: ACFT, Army Combat Fitness Test

311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) conducts ACFT training
August 5, 2020 — Soldiers from the 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) were given Army Combat Fitness Test training in order to be ready for the forthcoming fitness test standards set forth by the United States Army, in the 311th ESC drill hall July 7... MORE

No gym needed to improve fitness
June 26, 2020 — Maintaining physical fitness is an individual requirement for every service member. Training the body to be prepared for the rigors of combat takes dedication, motivation, and a fitness training plan that pushes your body to be tougher, faster and develop greater endurance. Traditionally, having access to gyms and company organized physical training helped Soldiers meet these goals by providing weights, cardio equipment, and workout programs... MORE

Army Reserve Support Command Soldiers prepping for Army Combat Fitness Test
February 13, 2020 — Medicine balls thud to the concrete floor while grunts of determination reverberate from the walls. Soldiers gathered in this unheated gym on a winter morning have no trouble keeping warm, owing to their incessant activity. An Army Combat Fitness Test is underway in "The Trench," First Army's unofficial gym adjacent to its headquarters building... MORE

Fit to fight: 81st Readiness Division first to receive ACFT fielding in Army Reserve
February 7, 2020 — Multiple locations across the 81st Readiness Division’s footprint received the initial fielding of the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) equipment beginning Jan. 15 and continuing throughout February... MORE

Fit to Fight: 81st RD first to receive ACFT fielding

ACFT app rolls out to help Soldiers get fit, protect their data
January 30, 2020 — The Army recently updated its physical readiness training -- or PRT -- mobile app to give Soldiers a leg up on the new Army Combat Fitness Test, as it continues to safeguard users' personal information on the go... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Command conducts ACFT familiarization

Army health experts offer tips to prevent ACFT injuries
January 29, 2020 — Over the past year, a selected set of Army units have been piloting the new six-test Army Combat Fitness Test as the first phase of replacing the three-test Army Physical Fitness Test... MORE

Minimize your risk of ACFT injury by training smart
January 29, 2020 — Is the new Army Combat Fitness Test stressing you out? There are all of these new exercises--dead lifts, power throws, hand release push-ups, sprint-drag-carry, and the leg tuck. How do you build the needed core fitness strength? Is it possible to train for the ACFT without hurting yourself?... MORE

Answers to top questions about ACFT equipment fielding
October 16, 2019 — As Army Soldiers start preparing for the new Army Combat Fitness Test, behind the scenes Army logisticians are also preparing to distribute more than 36,000 equipment sets to conduct the new test... MORE

Health experts: New AR600-9 encourages Soldiers to utilize performance

Training the trainers: Preparing to launch the new ACFT
September 3, 2019 — The Army is built upon the individual Soldier, and the battlefield of the future demands Soldiers who can excel under intense physical and cognitive demands. The new Army Combat Fitness Test breaks with over three decades of the Army Physical Fitness Test. The Army plans to roll out the test by October 2019 and replace the APFT as the Army's fitness test of record by October 2020. ... MORE

Health experts: New AR600-9 encourages Soldiers to utilize performance
August 26, 2019 — The same resources and expertise the Army is using to build high performing units and ready and resilient Soldiers can now be utilized by Soldiers, commanders and leaders in executing the Army Body Composition Program (ABCP) according to the updated version of Army Regulation 600-9... MORE

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