military physical training

[lowpro]

Im also an NCO. Trust me. I kinda went off on the guy incharge. Thats one reason im stuck on it. (I have a attitude problem) But, Im going to post up what we have been doing. Since we pretty much do the same thing it will be easy. I will post a little later today.

Look forward to it

 

[Bald Gorilla]

The overweights are all going to end up on profile...

 

[Longhorn85]

The army routinely overtrains because we put too much emphasis on running. Most field units do PT every day they are not in the field and and do pushups every time.

Things are getting better though. At my last unit I was in charge of PT for our staff and we went to the gym twice a week instead of running. Guys did whatever they wanted but most would alternate upper/lower body.

Bottom line is we train for the PT test which is Pushups, Situps and a 2 mile run, plus we all try to meet the Army weight standards.

Most here would be shocked by the Army weight standards.

 

[lowpro]

Most here would be shocked by the Army weight standards.

Especially since they were developed back in the late 50's (after the Korean war) when the average man was 5'8" and 150lbs

I get taped everytime, but my BF% is always low and 4-5% under the standard. Muscle obviously weighs more than fat - but, it still sucks to be looked at as "one who needs to be taped."

I've attended schools where I was getting ready to be taped and the NCO laughed and said, "no need to tape him, he's good."


Anyways, Armyrebel, keep us updated on how things progress or digress with your special pop PT program.

 

[Longhorn85]

I get taped everytime, but my BF% is always low and 4-5% under the standard. Muscle obviously weighs more than fat - but, it still sucks to be looked at as "one who needs to be taped."

It used to be worse. It used to be that if a soldier got taped you had to put an asterisk next to his ht/wt on his evaluation report. The note in the margin would say, "meets BF standards IAW army regulations".

We don't do that anymore. If you make tape you just record the score and ht/wt the same as anyone else who passes his PT test.

When we had to put that asterisk before it sent a message to promotion boards saying, "this guy is fat".