This is the official Army Combat Fitness Test or ACFT

[@seanmoran9608]

My girlfriend just graduated BCT last Wednesday at Fort Jackson and she received the highest score of all the females. I am so proud of her.

[@jeeannajuarez4117]

i need to talk with this girl! is she in ait now?

[@seanmoran9608]

@@jeeannajuarez4117 yeah she is now, which is just as tough as basic but she gets her phone at night.

[@trthorson]

Nice! Did she meet the minimum standard for men ?

[@alexandriaramirez6722]

Yesss we love to see it !!! We are all proud of her!! Tell her make a KZbin channel there are very few girls in army doing it and to share how she scored so highly that is queen behavior ❤❤

[@jeeannajuarez4117]

@@trthorson in most events the minimum standard for men is either the minimum or very close to the minimum for women. since she surpassed the minimum for women yes she did. 🙂

[@ghilliedupgamingandtech]

In my opinion, one leg tuck is an astronomically easier task than a 1:30 plank for a passing score. A 3:30+ plank is definitely a challenge that folks are going to have to really train for.

[@TheRisible]

Bro facts I struggle to even hit 1 minute for plank

[@Obsessedwithcoding]

Leg tucks are harder to max imo

[@ghilliedupgamingandtech]

@@Obsessedwithcoding I definitely think it’s very dependent on the person. For me, I don’t train enough for endurance, so I struggle with those types of challenges, but can perform more power hungry movements like a leg tuck easier than others. I think a key for the acft and the army in general is finding a healthy balance between power and endurance in your training.

[@dasnas2843]

No offense but most women kept failing the leg tuck which is why they traded it with the blank.

[@coolman54061]

@@dasnas2843 smh yet they want equal rights

[@MariNate1016]

Thanks for being one of the only channels to actually post the standards. Thinking of doing to OCS since I have a master’s degree. Just need to get my weight down and get into better shape.

[@TheRisible]

I’ve been doing my research for the past two months and glad I watched this video cause I didn’t realize the leg tuck was replaced by the plank.

[@kaiya9599]

Yes they changed it a few days ago.

[@555125kevin]

Hand release pushup should've been replaced too, problem has always been soldiers not going all the way up.

[@russejones]

My daughter started basic training at Fort Jackson last week. She worked with a Marine reservist trainer at a gym for 6 weeks before she started Basic. Praying this helps her pass the ACFT.

[@Sacrede1]

She should've had to pass one before even going to basic. So should be fine

[@jeeannajuarez4117]

SMART! i’m going back for the second time 10 years later. and i’m gonna do this. thank you and i hope she stays healthy and passes everything!

[@Homes-sf5br]

It’s not hard to pass at all, but it is hard to if you want to pass with a high score

[@russejones]

She passed it all first time. They did a practice test a few weeks before they had to go on record.

[@MariNate1016]

Congrats to your daughter. I’m sure you’re proud!

[@benjaminponzer4448]

Deadlift is dumb to not be by weight category a 5'3" max weight 145lbs is forced to lift 200lbs more to max but a 6'2" max weight is 201lbs only has to lift 140 lbs extra.

[@Fucev]

To be fair in combat I doubt the enemy cares about how strong you are per pound.

[@benjaminponzer4448]

@@Fucev yeah you should be able you move your own body mass

[@benjaminponzer4448]

@@Fucev if you use the minimum deadlift weight of 140lbs to pass that is a 5'1" dude having to lift his max allowed weight and a 6' dude only has to lift his minimum allowed weight. Get rid of height weight standard if you want to use deadlift you are fucking short people cuz they are not allowed to have the mass to move the weight

[@jeffreylardizabal3964]

You can practice the plank and administer it anywhere; whereas, the leg tuck requires you to have a pull up bar. This probably factored into their decision to go to the plank, as it already heavily depends on an array of equipment to conduct.

[@spencerdorsey4122]

The 2 Mile run. Running is my problem. Not worried about anything else

[@SueN1965]

So close to 100,000 subscribers, maybe this video will get you there, great job explaining

[@peta333]

This is great news. I teach English PE overseas and had to do the sit-up as part of the APRT, which I always maxed out. The problem was that I developed a click in my spine (back). The schools here still use pushups, sit-ups, and run for their evaluation. Go USA!

[@carte202]

Thanks for sharing and breaking it down

[@jacobrivera6691]

Just graduated BCT, but the AFCT is easy as hell and I’m fat.

[@inferno_gang5248]

Lol are u sure I'm studying for the army test I already passed the practice test I'm just worried for the running

[@MariNate1016]

Fr?

[@Elijah_Johnson]

It’s easy if you strive for the minimum

[@TheElvenKeys]

I used to be worried about the pushups and the run, now I'm worried about the sprint drag carry, and the plank

[@njasanie23]

They could have left the option between the leg tuck or the plank had no reason to drop it

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

I prefer the Plank. the most I could hold my plank is 5 mins.

[@njasanie23]

@@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423 the problem I have is they just took out one and left the other I can do plank and leg tuck I prefer leg tuck why couldn’t they keep it as either options

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

@@njasanie23 true. but that's the Army. It only takes practice. when I started doing Planks my body use to shake and know is a normal thing. your body and mind changes.

[@christopherchaos]

The study they did on the ACFT said “The leg tuck was not useful in predicting performance on combat tasks,”

[@MrWilson812]

@@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423 The leg tuck was my best event, i definitely prefer it over the plank. I could max it in a shorter amount of time.

[@rongrant6953]

Wow! Wish they had this test in 2007 when I was in the army. I love it

[@nathasix3334]

So is the army officially saying that there is a difference between men and women?

[@njasanie23]

Pretty much right gotta satisfy the sensitivity group

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

He Officialy said in the beginning of the video there is no difference if is a Male or Female. is just the number of timing that's all.

[@joseywales4874]

@@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423 there’s a huge difference in men and women

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

@@joseywales4874 of course it is that's why God gave strength the men. but I find it so disrespectful and so sexless that they always come up with the excuse that a woman is not strong or we don't belong in the Military. us woman have strength also our Mother's carry us inside for 9 months they protect us. me as a woman I have accomplished so much I'm a High School Graduate came up top Student with a 4.0 Average in all North Carolina achieve my Associates Degree I even graduated Chef Cooking School I serve and volunteer in the Military Coast Guard I'm a side cook there and I'm on the process of joining the Army. but that does not allow me or give me the right to say oh men are trash or men can't cook etc etc even thought my sexual orientation is Lesbian I won't ever disrespect a men because we also need them in the world they have alot of strength.

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

@@joseywales4874 and there are alot of powerful woman out there. we have Soccer Players we have Military females who have higher MOS Woman that Graduated and pass Airborne School. Olympic Medalist. or if we go back in history we have Rosa Parks Harriet Tubman. and I also have a brother and he is enlisting to join the Navy and he goes to the Gym 6 times a week workouts for 2 hours but Saturday's every Saturday we go running and you think he keeps up with me no in the 1 lap he slows down meanwhile I do 2 miles in 15 Mins. everyone has a talent everyone is not the same. is about damm time they realize that. a men does not go through the changes that us females go and I'm talking about Science our Menstraul Cycle the Pain giving Birth Breast Feeding. Cramps my point is a Woman is also strong. yes is fuck up that many Females in the Military do stupid shit in uniform in IG or Tik Tok and in that point I agree when wearing the Military USA uniform you respect it. that's why I always say I will always have respect for men and woman serving and for my Vets and those who left us.

[@TheXerosyn]

I may have missed it in your video, but didn't hear it. Those on permanent profiles are only require to complete the alternate aerobic event, though highly suggested to complete all able events per profile. Profiles are a Go/NoGo scale, score/points only matter when going for promotions.

[@ehliace3796]

I just got out of basic a couple weeks ago and took the old ACFT right before they changed it lol

[@jthavorn]

Geez and I thought my high school SATs we’re complicated.

[@devincooper8739]

They really should have just kept the plank as an alternate to the leg tuck. I'd much rather knock out a few leg tucks in like 10 seconds and be done instead of plank for a minute and a half or more just to get the same score.

[@norskenorge8808]

Thanks for the Update Chaos.. HOOAH.. Interesting Army Combat Standards.. 12B10 Combat Engineer here, 1975-1978. Ft Leonard Wood, Mo, BCT and AIT.. 1st Duty.. Fort Greeley, Alaska, 172 Inf Brigade.. 03D20 Arts and Crafts Specialist Secondary MOS. Great Time in Alaska, Civilian Boss. Being a Air Force Brat i I new how to do Ceramics, and Ran That in the Craft Shop. PCS Back into Primary MOS to Ft Punk.. 2 Duty.. Ft. Polk, LA 7th Engineer Battalion. The Standards Are Really Different. 2 Mi Runs, in Combat Boots because that is what you will be Running in.. Not Tennis Shoes.. Push Up's , Sit Up's, Horizontal Bars, Monkey Bars, Rope Climbing, Run Dodge and Jump, Inverted Crawl, is what I remember for my Combat Fitness Testing. GI Bill, got me Three Degrees, and a Master's in Counseling Psychology, Helped Many of my Fellow Brothers doing 30 + Yrs. In Community Mental Health.. Specialized in. Substance Abuse, and Mental Health, Suicide Prevention. Thank You for Your Channel, and Service to Your Country.

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

Thank you for the Information. in a few more weeks I'm schedule to take my Picat Test then go to MEPS and take the Asbav Verification Test and then the Medical. could you please do a video on how to fold the clothes in BT. and could you demonstrate the types of workouts they make you do in MEPS.

[@norskenorge8808]

Nadia, Please Don't let Anyone Tell you that, You... Can't do that. Never Give Up, Always Try your Best. You can Do anything you set your Mind to Do. Best of Luck with what ever Branch of Service you Chose. Your Country Needs You and Serve with Honor. HOOAH.

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

@@norskenorge8808 thank you but I'm choosing the Army. thanks again and I really don't give a **** what other people think of me I Achieve so much and I'm still Achieving alot.

[@erichernandez2701]

@@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423 same I go to Meps in two weeks

[@erichernandez2701]

Good luck we got this I love the army family

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

@@erichernandez2701 he'll yeahh buddy you got this

[@joshuarankin1905]

I was in from '04-'10 as a 91W/68W & I championed for this type of PFT all along... I was alright at pushups but, sit-ups, & fast paced long distance running was never for this guy! I could lift heavier things then 90% of my crew at the time, I could plank longer, I could run a solid 2 mile & be useful if allowed 20 mins; my best 14:05! However, I'm pretty spent & not very combat effective (maybe a delivery message & drop dead from exhaustion). I feel that @ 37yo I could pass 4 of these events w/≥85% & the other 2 (running involved) w/ at least a ≥75%. With some training I could possibly get 85% + on all 6 events! I'm going to train till April 2023 to "re-enlist" myself back to good health!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@matt2much]

Sit ups often pull and strain the back back muscles I’m glad that’s getting put to bed

[@LoveFactorySweatShop]

man, just get rid of the 2-mile run, replace it with a 100-yard sprint.

[@MambaBlackOP]

I would prefer a 400m sprint so I could get off my permanent profile.

[@OHIOSIGMA2024]

I personally think they should have it based on mos, for example, some young people could be very tech savvy and do the normal acft, but then again someone wanting to be a cannon crewman, or in the cavalry should have to do more to be prepared for combat fatigue.

[@davidporter7051]

If a person can't pass the ACFT they simply don't belong in the Army. It's really easy to pass only a person who does no physical training will not pass. To earn a maximum score that is a different story.

[@MariNate1016]

@@davidporter7051 agreed. You pretty much have to try to fail tbh. Remember the army has to be accessible to everyone so it’s not that hard. Just mental.

[@halfrightface]

For now I think they're leaving that up to the units. I hear from my infantry buddies that they push their people to score 90+ in each event.

[@legendarybrando348]

@@halfrightface is there higher score requirements for infantry?

[@Joe_Dirtee]

I feel like the max deadlift scores should differentiate based on body weight..

[@Dawitness11]

36 years old, about to join the army reserves! Lets go!

[@cespinosa53]

Thanks for the info Chris 👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸🤠

[@Jezyra]

Any clue on where I can link up with someone that’s in the Army to train me to prepare for this pt test. I’m mostly worried about the SDC. I’ve been working out but it’s really hard trying to find at weighted sled and a hex bar. I’m due to go to Fort Jackson in 23 days! Pray for me y’all🙏🏽I’m 36 and my biggest fear is getting injured.

[@airless818]

How did it go?

[@Jezyra]

@@airless818 it was an experience I’ll never forget! The pt wasn’t hard just challenging. I sprained my ankle just before the 2nd ACFT and still improved in every event except the 2 mile. The ACFT was a lot of fun to do. I only wish we would’ve went on group runs. The Forge is what got me though. I got my first blister the first night.

[@legendarybrando348]

So is there no higher requirements to join the infantry anymore? Like do you need to score more points or is it the same.

[@phuongdiepnguyen6217]

Thanks for sharing your experience. My son is at Fort Sill Oklahoma for basic training, this is his first week, but I don’t know what he’s doing there, i’m guessing like you said, he doing acft right now. How hard was it during acft for you? My son will be sent to Fort Carson after his AIT ! Hoping the best for him, thank you!

[@chancetaylor9749]

The acft is way easier than previous apft I’m not trying to be rude but this test is super easy if he can’t pass this test then he’s in the wrong place

[@MrPeterXiao]

Before it was the apft push-ups setups and a 2 mile run, only hard part is the run but if you run for a bit your good

[@phuongdiepnguyen6217]

@@chancetaylor9749 thank you !!

[@phuongdiepnguyen6217]

@@MrPeterXiao thank you for your sharing!!!

[@SamtheBOLD]

The standing power throw sucks I scored a 532 on my last ACFT and was only able to throw 9.2 😢

[@ariannasmithytc]

I found out about the plank at my first RSP drill. I was like “huhhhhh?” 😭 it’s okay though I pray the Lord will be with me.

[@davidcawrowl3865]

My brother's stepson completed basic training, however he came out of it weighing 15 lbs heavier than he did going in. As a former army reservist myself with 25 years, I find this troubling. It is supposed to be the other way around: come out more lean and fit, not heavier. He trained under the new ACFT standards. My impression is that trainees aren't running as much, which as you probably know, is the best way toward overall fitness. So yes, this is troubling news, first hand account.

[@christopherchaos]

Possible that he gained muscle and muscle weights more than fat. I joined weighing about 160ish and graduated basic in the 170s because I gained more muscle.

[@jonjones7137]

The old PT test was just fine. A two mile run afterwards is just stupid

[@Dawitness11]

How was you time in the army reserves? I'm looking to join.

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Overall good. I stayed long enough to get a pension (20 years) and have good health/medical coverage for life. I worked in the medical field -- Army hospital.

[@Dawitness11]

@@davidcawrowl3865 thanks!

[@MaCoop3r]

If you fail one event but exceed all others, do they make up for it or do you fail the entire test? Just curious to learn

[@christopherchaos]

If you fail any event then you fail the test as a whole. You have to pass every event to pass.

[@MaCoop3r]

@@christopherchaos sounds about right 😎 thanks for the clarification brotha

[@DayZeroChannel]

If your lacking in one area start training. However most of these are doable first try for minimum standard

[@delusionaldave5802]

Does anyone know if a linguist will have time to go to college or is it a job where it’s just too busy?

[@zeferinoguzman2099]

The only thing holding me back are my tattoos but I’m extremely fit and mechanically inclined. I hope they take me !!!

[@andrewcruz3837]

I just tried the plank 1:30 secs HA too easy!

[@leefruits7241]

22 minutes for a two mile run... wow. '92 to '96 my minimum time for the 17-21 was 16:34 I think.

[@christopherchaos]

But you also didn't have 5 other physical events to do before doing the run. You only had 2 events.

[@halfrightface]

The spring drag carry is a real smoker though. Don't knock it until you try it.

[@jethrobond6533]

15:54 close, though. I thought the same thing when I saw this. 22 mins seems like speed walking.

[@dogsareme100]

I feel that gender should not matter, BUT age should. I do not care what you do how fit you are as you get older your body is just not as good as it once was; whereas with gender yes there are differences, but the difference I see is that with gender even if women on average are weaker than men if a PARTICULAR female can meet the exact same standards she should be able to do whatever a man can if a man can meet those standards if either gender cannot meet a standard then they should not qualify; whereas with age I do not care who you are and what you do your body just gives out over the years. The only way age should not matter is if they are going to decrease the age range for which people can actually BE in the army (not enlist but be in at all.

[@emilyhanson140]

I agree with this! I've been talking to my mom about how I want to join. This is one of her concerns. My idea is that you aren't a man or a woman, you're a soldier (obviously, there's still differences but there shouldn't be a difference in standards). There's already a range. If you pass, great. If you don't, work harder and retake it.

[@bradcooper5667]

Gender should matter, women aren’t as capable

[@dogsareme100]

@@bradcooper5667 For the most part I agree, but if you have say mostly here I am talking about standards for MOS such as certain schools your 18 MOS for example. If a PARTICULAR female can meet those same standards then by all means allow her to be 11b ranger whatever if not then no. It is not like a woman maxs a standard for women they tell her to stop the PT test or slow down.

[@benjaminponzer4448]

Poush ups? Do you have to spread your hands out like that?

[@sithninjacowboyranger9803]

I guess and that is dumb to me they should of kept regular push ups

[@ck3125]

@@sithninjacowboyranger9803 No its not. It takes the stretch reflex out so you actually rely on muscular strength and not momentum. The ACFT is a massive improvement compared to the apft. Your heartrate is pounding nonstop, and you have to perform while carrying more and more fatigue from event to event.

[@kobesills3034]

So the standard don’t change at all for different mos? For example would the acft minimum for Human Resources and infantry be the same because I thought it was based on heavy, significant and moderate.

[@halfrightface]

Technically the passing standards are the same. However, just like the APFT days, if you're infantry and not scoring 90+ in each event, your NCOs are gonna be on your ass.

[@legendarybrando348]

@@halfrightface so you still pass on the 60 for infantry but the NCOs will make it harder for you in your actual training.

[@brucew7944]

I suppose unit PT training is changing, we well? Such that there will be more weight equipment used in training. I'd imagine pt no longer involves a bunch of people doing silly plyometrics in a dewy field. What a time to be alive.

[@2maywjeat]

Log pt every other day 😁

[@Number1Her0]

I just wanna kno when they gonna drop this 540 acft score to be exempted from ht/wt and tape. Suppose to drop in April but then SMA said he’d like it my Mar 2023. Any information on this at all???

[@erichernandez2701]

You gonna hit 100 k soon I’m so happy for you bro , military as family deserves everything good

[@lavapop1900]

so how many cumulative points do men need to pass overall?

[@christopherchaos]

At least 60 in each event. Even if you get 50 in one but 100 in the rest you still fail. You have to pass every event with 60 points or more or you fail the ACFT.

[@Trace0880]

so what im getting at is the physical test is harder now then it has ever been?

[@travispike8134]

Can you give me the time limits for 34. I am planning on going in February.

[@Dawitness11]

How dis you do?

[@joeshmoe6969]

If the skill requirements are different. Is there a difference in pay or jobs available

[@UsernameOG0]

I used to max my pt test when I was AD.. now I’m in reserves and have taken a few acft’s and PT isn’t my full time job anymore lol. Those max standards are insane. I used to run 11:50 2 miles, which slowed down to sub 13 minutes (still maxing), when I put on weight and began maxing my push-ups. The shuttle sprint on ACFT is rough… but I just think that’s insane to max this PT test. I’m currently working on my deadlift as it’s something I’ve never really worked on in my life.

[@halfrightface]

The sprint drag carry got me asking god for mercy 😅

[@danielw.4876]

I was expecting to hear something like 200lbs for deadlift. I’m a skinny tiny boy but 140 would be no problem

[@Vinicius-qg7vm]

what if i dont pass in one of them

[@christopherchaos]

Then you fail it all. You must pass in every event.

[@robbiewho4745]

No more leg tucks??!

[@sithninjacowboyranger9803]

How to practice with the medicine ball test

[@christopherchaos]

The Army web site for the ACFT has exercise recommendations for training for the ACFT.

[@Akira994]

I'm 28 is there a change in requirements

[@XxMARTINxX203]

I understand the Changing it with the age, but male or female? It should be the same

[@maxxcells]

How about permanent profile?

[@vR-HeavenzZ]

PVT Kan enlisted to PA Army National Guard 03/17 I’m getting shipped out to Fort Leonard Wood May 3rd. I am ready🫡

[@lmbarnes3]

What about the taping? What is happening with that.

[@christopherchaos]

They are testing new ways to check body fat but for now it's still the same tape test.

[@zacharygueck8923]

They should change the name from ACFT now

[@100megatonYT]

Do any of y’all know what exactly a Deployment Classification Code is?

[@user-xz1wy4to4o]

when the hell did they start using equipment wtf i thought it was all calisthenics

[@plumcrazypreston2797]

I don't like the Army's new PT program. The old three-event PT test with standard pushups, situps and two-mile run was fine by me. Nothing helped me more with pushups than working out with the bench press in the gym. Soldiers are now too obese to do situps, I gather, and that new two-mile run is really super slow by older standards! Aren't there less young soldiers in the Army that are smoking cigarettes nowadays?

[@rogerholt8536]

Walk and bike still harder than 2 mile run I’m 55 have to walk 2.5 in 32 min

[@zeferinoguzman2099]

I’m a 27 year male that’s really fit standing at 5’9 weighing 150. 6 min mile times still but would you say it’s too late to join ?

[@Dawitness11]

I'm 36, 5'9, 170 pounds and I just signed up! Waiting right now for the recruiter to give me the good to go signal since everything was done. I had to do an age wavier which took no time to approve and a moral wavier since I had a few misdemeanors. I wish I could go back and know what I know now and joined in my early 20s when I actually tried too. But better late than never. I would never be able to live with myself knowing that I didn't serve my country. Do it!

[@zeferinoguzman2099]

@@Dawitness11 good l luck you got this ! 100% always

[@quentenchalmers2239]

Do I need to be able to do all this going in? Or do they tain me to do it? I'm 25

[@christopherchaos]

You will take the test a couple weeks into basic.

[@edwardhughes1928]

thank god the 2 mile for my age has gone up lol

[@brotherhoodofsteelman1447]

Cant wait for them to change the ACFT again.

[@EnkaMexi]

no problems, only the 2MR scares me 😅

[@MrWilson812]

22 minutes to run 2 miles should be doable for anyone in the army.

[@MariNate1016]

@@MrWilson812 for anyone that’s not critically out of shape and obese tbh. Keep in mind the Olympic standard is around 2 minutes.

[@sprtngdwtalpwsicdgrr]

Hi ! My son is graduating from AIT this coming August. They just did the ACFT last week which they need to pass to graduate. Is that ACFT just diagnostic and he’ll have to do it again in October? He scored 470, is that a passing score? Thanks so much for your help.

[@marqueadams1983]

It is indeed a diagnostic & 470 is well beyond a padding score .I’m currently in the Army Reserves.

[@LavaLampLady]

@@marqueadams1983 Quick question. I should be wrapping up with basic training at the very beginning of February 2022. Would I be taking these new standards, the ACFT, to see if I pass BCT? What does it mean by diagnostic and record. I’m in the Army Reserves.

[@marqueadams1983]

@@LavaLampLady you’ll definitely be under the new standards & a diagnostics is pretty much just a test run ,it doesn’t count it’s just to see where you’re at

[@LavaLampLady]

@@marqueadams1983 So I WILL need to pass this 6-event ACFT to pass BCT?

[@marqueadams1983]

@@LavaLampLady last year when i went it was really just making its way into basic so then it was no… but now i don’t have the slightest clue,whether it is or isn’t your drills will still put an emphasis on passing regardless

[@MaCoop3r]

Also, is the ACFT replacing the APFT?

[@christopherchaos]

Yes

[@raymondjoseph7177]

This is sad. There's many senior soldiers who are broken from years of deployments and risk losing a career from ridiculous physical requirements. The knowledge that will be lost is going to be astronomical. But these requirements will change when unit strength and readiness is drastically affected.

[@levixsnyder]

Most battle broken soldiers have profiles and are authorized alternate events for their affected event.

[@pwilsonkelly]

Happening in every military establishment that I know of. Why? I can't even begin to comprehend.

[@A19csd]

If you can’t do the ACFT I don’t care what your knowledge is, you’re worthless on the battlefield. You can’t run? You can’t pick up a ridiculously light weight? If you’re that disabled you need to be med boarded. Stand aside and let the capable take care of it.

[@MariNate1016]

It’s not that hard.

[@laur9333]

@@A19csd Wrong.

[@mralexhernandez]

Good thing I’ve been practicing my planking haha

[@benjaminponzer4448]

Deadlift pass minimum is 140lbs that is the max weight for a 5'2" Male and the minimum weight for 6'0" male that is Bullshit

[@benjaminponzer4448]

Make deadlift correspond to height weight standard or get rid of them

[@ck3125]

@@benjaminponzer4448 Or just train trapbar deadlifts. Literaly had a 6'0 135 lb kid pull 280 with very minimal deadlifting experience (only on acft). Lifting weights so you're physically capable of moving heavy shit is important for a soldier, and Im glad the army is actually recognizing that instead of assessing a soldier's physical ability off two bodyweight exercises and a run.

[@benjaminponzer4448]

@@ck3125 if you use a standard that is "you need to pick up heavy shit" then it is unfair to have max weights for shorter people

[@ck3125]

@@benjaminponzer4448 I just dont understand why you think a 340 trapbar deadlift is all tbat difficult to achieve. There are plenty of guys who never train thst event and max it. Even if you're short, if you simply practice that lift with challenging weight (for you) once/week, within just a month, youll be significantly stronger at it from CNS/strength adaptation, and Id be surprised if you couldnt max it. If you dont actually hit the gym and incorporate tbds, then its silly to feel entlitled to max that event. You work for it duh

[@benjaminponzer4448]

@@ck3125 it is the fact that it is a single weight and not by your max allowed weight standard. Tall people lift a fraction of their allowed mass weight short people lift multiples. This is even worse for females. With body weight exercises you lift your own body so capping a person's mass is fine. Me a 5'3" deadlifting that Wright is easier at 170lbs than it is at 140lbs. But I get hassled for being 170lbs. I don't see how this concept is so hard for you to get. I presented the problem and suggested 2 solutions to make it fair. Either no weight standard or the deadlift is based off of a percentage of your max allowed weight.

[@AlexM-mg1cd]

Do you know about those of us who are in basic prior to the 10/01 date? I leave for basic 05/31/21 and will be done sometime in august. Do we just take the ACFT as a diagnostic instead of for record?

[@christopherchaos]

Yes. It will just be to get use to it but wont count against you if you fail until after October 1st. So you can fail and still graduate basic.

[@cyfranco7533]

I leave june 14th

[@nadiathearmyandcoastguardw6423]

Do your best try hard and don't give up

[@lelandgaunt9985]

That’s a hell of a day!

[@wyattpavey9217]

@Landon Fraley what are you? I'm June 21st

[@RooKangaRoo]

10 HRP is a joke… here I thought it was going to be much more than this.

[@MC-ExcaliburProject]

I weight 156 lb, would it be hard to lift 140 lb for me?

[@ATH_Berkshire]

If you can do a pull up then you are lifting almost your entire weight. Join a gym and I’m sure they will help you prepare.

[@pwilsonkelly]

I'm a skinny 148lbs at 5ft 11 and I have deadlifted 220 (one rep).......but I've trained it. 140 for reps is no issue for me.

[@MC-ExcaliburProject]

@@pwilsonkelly I'm skinny too, 156 lb at 5'8

[@stelloysl]

I’m 155lbs 5’7 and I lifted 160 for 3 with no practice at my recruiters office and I’m sure i can do more the problem is maxing it out you should be fine.

[@lukiakalibatanya8169]

No, 140 is below your body weight. Even without training, picking that up is light weight work

[@chris5483]

I think the ACFT is fair despite all the complaints that it is not. The issues I see with it are how it is being implemented without proper PT program design and true fitness professionals taking charge across formations. The Army cannot seem to provide the resources and training programs broken into fitness level groups for certain events to then train everyone during PT hours or a set time for remedial PT. So then individuals are less likely or unable to make time outside of a 10-12 hour day five days a week to train without professional trainers. Way too much equipment and time required to implement such a test. And so far we just seem to be lowering the standards for it to avoid the real issues with it not being properly addressed. So I could care less if the Senate scraps it. But whatever they do I would contract PT Program Design out to contractors hired to work full time for every company commander to designate fitness groups and training programs for them. No squad or platoon level PT, but instead fitness level groups across each company. This way some soldiers train twice a day and we meet everyone where they are at to get people where we desire them to be. It is a big mess and no easy solutions due to time and resources needed for it to be effective. Sadly, it is looking like a major loss and we will see what policymakers decide and what the President signs off on in due time. APFT was not very good. But where I will say it was good, required zero equipment and far less complicated to train soldiers for. The ACFT is basically a very dumbed down version of a CrossFit Competition with no professional trainers in sight. The Master Fitness Trainers and so on is not being run right and a soldier is not going to be a Master Fitness Trainer unless that was the person’s MOS which I do not think we have an MOS for. Perhaps they need one or hire civilians so we can easily fire and replace them based on their results.

[@umami0247]

And this is why politicians shouldn't be involved with military training they can't even get their job right. I see the dead lift and the sled pull and kettle bell and Sprint and the run being useful but the over the head toss and that plank is ridiculous. What is becoming of the military is sad and in the future we will pay a price for developing whatever this is. We ran in boots and when in basic we ran everyday and did push ups and sit ups till we couldn't do anymore or threw up. I lost 20 lbs. When I was done with basic if kids today are coming out heavier that aren't working hard enough.

[@evianapronounceaseh-vee-ah9502]

Thanks Chris. Let's do it up team! Who wants to crush it and 5 min plank with me? Go, go, go! We got this! 🙂

[@josuel7309]

I honestly feel like a 5minute plank is harder or on par with one single leg tuck, try it right now, try holding a plank for 5minutes. Both the Leg Tuck and the plank are *core* exercises, the only difference is with one you're fully engaging your core for 5 minutes and with the other you're exerting your upper body just a little bit while you activate your core for **one single rep**.

[@evianapronounceaseh-vee-ah9502]

@@josuel7309 I do 5 min planking every morning. Start out at 1min or 2 mins @Josuel7. Then would add one min too that when you feel you're ready. Eventually you'll get to 5 minutes! 🙂 You got this! 💪

[@josuel7309]

@@evianapronounceaseh-vee-ah9502 mad respect. Appreciate your advice. I was just thinking “I can do a leg tuck, it just feels like way more of a mental effort holding a plank for 5minutes especially after everything before that point” but yeah, good luck everyone.

[@tiptonbrett]

I did Basic back in 1988. The minimum standards back then seem MUCH harder than these standards. It is nice they're including more events and testing more overall layers of fitness, but the standards need to be higher.

[@jonjones7137]

This is a silly form of physical fitness. It's like bad crossfit

[@LilLittleSmalls]

13.1 for the ball throw to max???? LMFAOOOO I've never even seen anyone throw that far

[@trinityfinke1796]

Thank you for the video! I have a quick question. My Tentative Contract says that I’ll graduate from Basic in August. Will I still have to pass the ACFT in order to graduate?

[@kaiya9599]

Pretty sure you do

[@seanmoran9608]

Yes definitely

[@ikeriascott7946]

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14❤️ Please don’t take this lightly guys repent today, no day is promised so do it now, here’s the sign you’ve been looking for. God loves you and so do I❤️

[@XIIXXVIII]

Wow nothing like the army in the early 2000s.

[@your1heelinamerica644]

I wanna throw up just thinking about the sdc 😂😂

[@halfrightface]

That shit got me asking god for mercy at the end 😅

[@maryestheraustin2505]

PLank is excellent for females recovering post partum.

[@jurban611]

Notification platoon.

[@Anonymous-yc9fl]

They've obviously lowered the standard since I was in to cater to women and queers Nobody can do sit ups in the modern Army now or what?

[@SethAKPI]

The enemy does care about gender and age. They'll chase you a little slower, or maybe attack slightly less.

[@timesquare4282]

Think they are doing this bc of low enlistment numbers. I heard they were talking about allowing people without a high school diplomas or G.e.d to enlist.

[@halfrightface]

That's why infantry units still ride your ass hard if you're not scoring 90+ in each event. I trust the NCO corps.

[@jonathanchacon3405]

It was 1 left tuck...you played yourself

[@alexieveron8549]

I'm in the future soldier program we were doing those exercises today

[@NgJackal1990]

No leg tucks, hell yeah!

[@WarChild0987]

I retired just in time, 22 years May 2021

[@Fullsendfilosophy]

Why did all the soldiers whine and moan about leg tucks? I'd prefer leg tucks over a plank anyday haha

[@tatsuyashiba5911]

Guess they couldn't pass all the genderless ACFT which was originally what was suppose to happen.

[@sharpshoota07]

Take that Russia! Bet you can't plank! USA!! USA!!USA

[@CozyButcher]

10 years later, we're still waiting on our "new" and "gender neutral" PT test. I'm kissing my DD2 and DD214 while thanking God I'm not dealing with this shit any longer.