The new test is a lot more equipment intensive. Each company is going to have to have deadweight, medicine balls, chin up bars 90 lb. Sleds and kettleballs. The current pt test is limited only by the number of available graders. The new test will be limited by the number of sets of equipment, which will of course, have to be stored and accounted for, and packed up if the unit is deploying for any length of time. Without a ridiculous amount of equipment meant to be used twice a year, it’s going to take two days to administer a PT test to a company sized unit.
What I notice is that it will be hard to train to. Not many people have access to 90 lb sleds. Not sure how you practice throwing a 10 lb ball behind you other than getting a 10 lb ball and throwing it behind you.
Pull-ups, pushups, sit ups and jogging - that is stuff I can practice and know how I’m progressing.
The current goal is to complete the entire test in 50 minutes, from start to finish. With a range of 3 to 5 minutes rest between events, except the last one, which is I believe 10 minutes before the run.
I am currently in, and I fail to see how this can be logistically executed, at least compared to the current APFT.
This next year is supposed to be where they develop the point scale for units. The idea is that either by MOS or unit type, different scores will be the minimum.
Instead of having two different scales for gender, there is suggested to be one. Speculation is that minimum points by gender MAY be different. But the other theory is how the point scale will pan out, is that females are usually in support units and the such and the minimum standards in those will be more in-line with what is achievable by women, so men may have a much easier time passing in such a unit. Whereas a combat unit, the minimum will be much higher, therefore if a female can score high enough on the same scale, then “Ranger up”.
Not Safe For Work, but always great to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzbr6fPDmkE&index=1&list=PL73E69589A2023DE8
Without a ridiculous amount of equipment meant to be used twice a year, it’s going to take two days to administer a PT test to a company sized unit.
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