"New Army PT test???????" Topic

Yeah, here is something near and dear to every GI's heart. The Army is coming up with a new PT test. I'm not sure what I think about it except… it's different.

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Then 10# ball toss sounds pretty wierd. At least the run stays in place.

Not particularly new. They've been talking about changing it for years – at least since they came out with PRT. The current iteration, or something similar, was first discussed two to four years ago. They did all the studies, ran trials, etc, etc, etc and appeared to shelve it. Apparently it's back.

I had to look up "hand-release pushup". I guess that's to make sure you get the full range of motion and don't try to use momentum?

It'll be interesting to see what the GO/NOGO will be to pass.

Not just the States, British forces are changing the tests as well. More emphasis on the "combat athlete" than carrying very heavy loads over long distance.

The 10# ball toss sounds very similar to what kids
in my middle school gym class used to use. We'd
stand in 4-kid groups about 10 feet apart and toss
these medicine balls (about 10 pounds) to each other.

I can remember my grandfather talking about his
'medicine ball' exercises when he was in college
(early 1920's)

Looks better to me

Looks good. I would have liked to see hand release burpees also. That is a killer.

But I wonder about the deadlift "tree repetitions of maximum". For me maximum is what I can dead lift once. If I lift it three times it is not my maximum weight but some pounds/kilos below my max.

Good tests though.