1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:00,450 Yeah , 2 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:12,680 yeah . Mhm . Hello . I'm Sergeant First 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,624 Class Brent Powell , with the 76th 4 00:00:14,624 --> 00:00:16,791 Operational Response Command coming to 5 00:00:16,791 --> 00:00:19,013 you from Fort Douglas , Utah . With the 6 00:00:19,013 --> 00:00:20,958 Army's new combat fitness test now 7 00:00:20,958 --> 00:00:22,902 being the fitness test of record , 8 00:00:22,902 --> 00:00:25,124 soldiers need to prepare themselves for 9 00:00:25,124 --> 00:00:26,958 the challenges the test brings . 10 00:00:26,958 --> 00:00:29,180 Recently , some of our soldiers had the 11 00:00:29,180 --> 00:00:31,236 opportunity to conduct some physical 12 00:00:31,236 --> 00:00:31,050 readiness training to help them 13 00:00:31,050 --> 00:00:33,510 physically prepare for the new A CFT . 14 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,890 Let's go check it out . The first thing 15 00:00:36,890 --> 00:00:39,001 soldiers did was to conduct some warm 16 00:00:39,001 --> 00:00:41,001 up and stretching exercises to help 17 00:00:41,001 --> 00:00:43,057 prevent any muscular injuries during 18 00:00:43,057 --> 00:00:45,279 the physical training session . Warm up 19 00:00:45,279 --> 00:00:47,360 exercises consisted of a variety of 20 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,527 different stretches , all found in the 21 00:00:49,527 --> 00:00:51,471 Army's physical readiness training 22 00:00:51,471 --> 00:00:53,660 program . Once the warm up exercises 23 00:00:53,660 --> 00:00:55,716 were complete , the instructors have 24 00:00:55,716 --> 00:00:57,660 some valuable advice to share with 25 00:00:57,660 --> 00:00:59,438 everyone . Time will accumulate 26 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,860 injuries . You want to focus on your 27 00:01:01,860 --> 00:01:04,138 efficiency and the quality of movement . 28 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,662 Soldiers then broke into smaller groups 29 00:01:06,662 --> 00:01:08,773 and got down to business , conducting 30 00:01:08,773 --> 00:01:11,107 various exercises at different stations . 31 00:01:11,340 --> 00:01:13,451 One of the stations consisted of hand 32 00:01:13,451 --> 00:01:15,673 release push ups combined with a set of 33 00:01:15,673 --> 00:01:18,220 jumping jacks . Another station was 34 00:01:18,220 --> 00:01:21,030 focused on shuttle sprints . You go , 35 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:24,050 sir . Yeah , mhm 36 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,360 that okay ? Yeah . 37 00:01:31,130 --> 00:01:32,908 The shuttle Sprint station also 38 00:01:32,908 --> 00:01:35,370 included several repetitions of setups . 39 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,240 Each soldier had the opportunity to 40 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,184 rotate through the various workout 41 00:01:40,184 --> 00:01:42,073 stations several times during the 42 00:01:42,073 --> 00:01:43,962 training . The physical readiness 43 00:01:43,962 --> 00:01:46,129 training concluded with some cool down 44 00:01:46,129 --> 00:01:48,390 exercises and some encouraging words 45 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,060 from the leadership . 18 on away six 46 00:01:52,220 --> 00:01:54,331 and on the way . Seven . We just want 47 00:01:54,331 --> 00:01:56,553 to talk to you real quick about getting 48 00:01:56,553 --> 00:01:58,776 back after training . The training shot 49 00:01:58,776 --> 00:02:00,609 today is all about getting after 50 00:02:00,609 --> 00:02:02,720 reading this , making sure that we're 51 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,831 prepared to do the But we're doing it 52 00:02:04,831 --> 00:02:07,530 safely . All you command teams need to 53 00:02:07,530 --> 00:02:09,697 get after this . We need to figure out 54 00:02:09,697 --> 00:02:11,808 ways that we can do this and get back 55 00:02:11,808 --> 00:02:11,760 to the physical part of training 56 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,920 mainstream media who assert absolutely 57 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:16,976 the big thing is building that solid 58 00:02:16,976 --> 00:02:18,920 foundation of readiness , and that 59 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:21,087 starts with the great physical fitness 60 00:02:21,087 --> 00:02:23,309 program , Whether it's PRT or some sort 61 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:25,420 of program that you do back home , we 62 00:02:25,420 --> 00:02:27,642 have to get back after being physically 63 00:02:27,642 --> 00:02:29,920 and mentally fit for overall readiness . 64 00:02:29,940 --> 00:02:32,107 Sir , thank you for letting me be part 65 00:02:32,107 --> 00:02:34,329 of this team . Looking forward . Moving 66 00:02:34,329 --> 00:02:37,200 forward on away seven reporting for the 67 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,580 76th Operational Response Command . I'm 68 00:02:39,580 --> 00:02:41,690 Sergeant First Class Brent Powell