New Army ACFT

Your chest has to hit the ground, and your hands come off the ground. Same lock out of elbows at the top like a normal push up. 70 is max score and I think 30 is failing. Time limit is 2 mins.

If they can't even make 40s on the ASVAB then they should at least have to be better than trash when it comes to fitness.

Also lmao at women being held to the same standard being unfair.

It’s widely recognized as a “loophole” that senior generals are using to keep women out of combat roles.

The time standards for the sprint-drag-carry will eliminate pretty much every woman from serving in a combat arms unit. During trials I watched every single female in my unit fail by at least a full minute.

Shuttle sprint 25m and back. Drag 90lb sled 25m and back. Side straddle 25m and back. Farmer carry 40lb kettlebells 25m and back. Shuttle sprint 25m and back. I ran it in 1m30s, then jogged it just for kicks in 2m30s. Failure is like 2m50s.

Or maybe its an indicator tht women arent fit to serve in some capacitys

When will this deluded patriarchy end

good, when do we get fitness exams like that for the air force? The female scores are all a joke.

Finally, army fags will do real push-ups.

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Look at the Canadian forces test, we implemented something similar years ago. We still have different standards for women and men...

Any tips for maxxing on the new one? I'm a skinny mofo so I get 300s on the APFT easily but when I tried the sprint-drag-carry I was slow as fuck and could barely jog by the last sprint. I know I can almost deadlift 3 plates but does normal deadlift strength convert to trap bar deadlifting? Also what movements can I do to improve on the medicine ball throw w/o throwing out my back?

Prior infantry Marine here.

TOP FUCKONG KEK YOU POGS AND WOOKS ARE SO FUCKED JAJAJAJAJAJA

>It’s widely recognized as a “loophole” that senior generals are using to keep women out of combat roles.

I sure as shit wouldn't trust serving alongside a female if I knew that if I was wounded she would be fucking useless in dragging me to safety or being able to get me to a plac where I could be medivacced.

That and what kind of full retard shit would the politicians demand the army do to rescue some roastie who is captured and raped on video by muslims. What the fuck has this country come to.

Who cares they already have guns

Fucking kek

>I can’t effectively look out for my fellow many if they fall during battle
>Why can’t I be in combat roles?!!!

I love the delusion

Wheres my gun!

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Glad I got out of that shit... worst 6 years of my life (not including all the stupid ass shit taught in ROTC)

If you’re gonna join the military, go in as medical or ancillary healthcare- you’ll promote if you do well or not with the fitness test

All the other occupations are essentially filling a giant ass wheelbarrow full of dirt all day, then dumping it at the end of the day, and doing it all over the next day.

>t. Former infantry CPT

>if you're gonna join the military,
Join the real military, aka USMC.

I'm kind of torn about this. On one hand I like how the test is realistic and will eliminate almost all women from combat roles.

On the other hand, my base gym only has two deadlift platforms and this guarantees I'd never use it again, or will be stuck working in with some dumbass Men's Fitness workout involving a single plate.

yeah but it's canada lmao

Trap bar is easier than straight bar.

Sounds like someone wasn’t very good at the job.

Did you get OSB’d out due to your shitty OERs? Were you that one lone infantry officer who LOM’d ranger school and walked around with no tab?

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The cf force test is a joke

>tfw a cardio Lanklet and can DL 250 for reps on a straight bar

I think the only issue I’ll have is the hand release push ups but that should go away once I’ve been training it for a bit. Honestly I’m excited for this new test but I just know it’s gonna take allllll fucking day to do.

pls be kg

Nope, I am a fucking beanpole. 250 pounds only, sadly. I can probably do more as a 1rm but I haven’t tried. Either way I’ll be working to max out the new pt test

Such an annoying pose.

Are there actually any women in units that see combat? I remember pics of a tranny (pretty sure she was considered a female) with dudes in full gear that looked like a front line squad. Is the casualty rate higher in these units? Are the women just there to get dicked all day when the unit is out of combat?

t. not a burger

Everyone is forgetting what makes this difficult is that there's only one-two minutes between exercises, so you are going non stop. The leg hangs will severely hamper your run time, and the rest of the events will drain you pretty quick. It's a lot different from the old apft since you had around 5-10 minutes to rest between events

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The thing is with modern combat, all parts of the army have the chance to see combat. A famous example is a woman in a transportation unit being captured after her convoy was ambushed in Iraq, the humvee turret barrels fell out, weapons jammed, and they got fucked up because they were told they would never see combat

if you have to train to deadlift 100 pounds you should just kys my dude

this looks like a pic of recruiters measuring a potential recruit. there were plenty of guys like this in the first couple weeks of boot camp, there were none in the last few. t. marine

It's going to be a pain in the ass. Instead of the PT test being something that is done in an hour for a whole company it is going to become an all day event. The logistics behind it, especially for national guard/reserve component is going to be terrible. I'm just happy I'm getting out before this bullshit.

l2read a score of 100 is 340lbs

(x) doubt

ah my bad. posting between sets so no blood in the noggin

As fit as the marines? There is no mention of pull-ups which are the number one indicator of ability apart from sustainable endurance running.

US military is for cucks anyways. Who literally cares what anyone who willingly signed up thinks?

>operation big mac

1. Gain weight, most of these events will be easier as bigger dude
2. Deadlift more. Trap bar is easier than straight bar but more leg dominant. Squats will help too
3. Do farmers carries and sprint workouts. If you can do sled drags do those too.
4. For any of the explosive movements look into oly lifts or basic explosive lifts like push presses

Marine test is way better

>logistics too hard
>American defense budget larger than most GDPs

It’s worth the effort. The “logistics” argument is what scared fat fucks latch onto. It will be worth it. If you can dedicate a day to SHARP and EO training, you can dedicate a day to evaluating your fitness for combat.

Pussy.

I'm laughing at all the e6 and e7s that have been hiding behind permanent profiles. Most of my unit will struggle when this new test hits, I will drown in all the tears as I mog everyone with my mediocre deadlift.
t. jaded E4

Ya but it won’t even take half a day. If you start at 0630, have 10 instructors, run 2 man lanes, you’re knocking out a platoon of 40 every two hours. So by 1300hrs an entire company is done, but the other two platoons were off doing maintenance or whatever while waiting to get tested.

Tfw your joining the AF

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You can knock out a battalion by 1300 if you centralize it at battalion instead of leaving it to the companies. Grab the 40 fittest dudes in the battalion (regardless of rank) and have them knock out their test the day prior and have those 40 dudes be the graders for the day. Sure, your need about 30 hex bars and 60 kettlebells and 30 sleds but that’s chump change for a battalion’s budget. A battalion spends like 2 million a month in replacement parts and ammo.

Ya congrats on that. Read this article about how an active shooter exercise + a woman who sprained her ankle led to a miscommunication that resulted in an Air Force dude shooting the doorknob off a hospital door:

airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/12/19/an-injured-runner-frantic-911-calls-and-confusion-how-exercises-spiraled-into-a-panicked-active-shooter-scare-at-this-air-force-base/

why waste the money on equipping them if they aren't effective in the role? i think you are the deluded one

>historically the least successful branch
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Ya ask the Nazis about that. The Marines led the beach landing into France that got the foothold into Normandy that won the war.

There’s no rest time in combat

>marines known for retreating constantly
>”FIRST TO FIGHT”
>never the first to fight
>lowest budget, shittiest equipment

Number one indicator? Yeah sure it is...Pull ups are great, but they are not a number one indicator of anything besides one's ability to do pull ups. I'm more interested to see how this new fitness test translates to battlefield performance. Will it help weed out the weak that do not belong in a line unit? One can hope but my doubts are still there.

Caring about the lives and safety of soldiers is patriarchy. Back to Tumblr slut.

can it pleb

t. Leonard Lawrence

At least in my experience, military gyms aren't run by retards. They'll get more platforms/ racks.

Lads I'm joining the Army soon and I have to be able to run a mile and a half in 14 minutes. Will I be able to do this without having gone jogging in a long time? I play rugby pretty regularly.

You should be able to do this if you aren't sedentary.
And it only matters when they actually do your tests at the end of boot camp.
The running requirement is by far the easiest of the PT test components.

I'm pretty strong on everything else, I passed the Jerry can carry really easily at my interview. I haven't gone on a run for a couple of years.

14 minutes is a really generous timing. Even 12 minutes would be easily doable for anyone who's active at all. I wouldn't worry about it but go ahead and start jogging anyway.

Yeah you're right, US military is REALLY good at gyms. Thanks for the comfy reminder bro.

Yeah it really is, I run it for fun when we have them going on so I can get out of doing real training

Wartime fitness preparedness =/= sports or recreational health fitness
As a soldier you have to be able to go for long periods of time on little to no breaks

Bro, the marines weren’t in Europe. The US Army did Normandy. The Marines, who exist for beach landings, weren’t even part of the largest most important beach landing in human history. All Army supported by Navy.

Is this sarcastic? The military really is good at running gyms. Most Army bases have a variety of gyms, from cross fit to massive selections of free weights to every dumb machine imaginable, all available in excess without wait. The Army gym I go to even had a swimming pool that leads up to a climbing wall. Kinda slippery but whatever.

Na I was serious. I'm in the navy and the absolute best part is stuff ran by MWR. Even the gym on my ship is phenomenal.