Army promotion Board 2021: Physical Readiness training

PRT prepares soldiers and units for the physical demands of combat.

The ability to meet the physical demands of any combat.

its essential for force readiness and it is a law.

From WTBDs, core mission essential task list, and directed mission essential task list

1) commanders and other leaders are responsible for training
2) NCOs train individuals, crews and small teams
3) train as you will fight
4) train to standard
5) train to sustain
6) conduct multi-echelon and concurrent training
7) train to develop agile leaders and organizations

The commanders program.

Senior NCOs because they are often the most experienced trainers in the unit

identify task that PRT enhances within the unit

prepare, rehearse, and execute PRT.

Evaluate and conduct AARs

Train as you fight

Foundational fitness and fundamental motor skills, which lay the foundation for all other activities in the sustainment phase.

Should be tough, realistic, physically challenging, yet safe in its execution.

To develop the soldiers physical capabilities to perform their duty assignments and combat roles.

Climbing, jumping, landing, sprinting. Because all contribute to success in the more complex skills of obstacle negotiation, combatives and military movement

Muscular strength and muscular endurance

Anaerobic endurance and aerobic endurance

Agility, balance, coordination, flexibility, posture, stability, speed, power

Mastery, not just proficiency

1) leaders know and enforce standards
2) leaders define success in the absence of standards
3) leaders train to standard, not time

By varying the training conditions

The development of strength, endurance and mobility, plus enhance the body’s metabolic pathways

Sustainment training

60 points

FM 7-22

Preparatory
Conditioning
Maintenance

2 weeks

until soldier is physically equipped

Master Fitness trainer

and the class is 2 weeks

Frequency, Intesity, Type, Time

Physical Profile

Warm-up
Conditioning
Cool-down

Extend to the left, march
Arms downward, move
Left, Face
Extend to the left, march
Arms downward, move
Right, face
From front to rear, count off
Even numbers to the left, uncover

Regularity
Progression
Overload
Balance
Specificity
Variety
Recovery

Cardio Respiratory Endurance
Muscular Strength
Muscular Endurance
Flexibility
Body Composition

A minimum of 1 per every 15 soldiers

PT scorecard

Collective Tasks
Individual Tasks
Leader Tasks
Resources required for training

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