New Army Fitness Test Events
The army is introducing a new physical fitness test.
New army fitness test events. Three repetition max dead lift 2. The new army combat fitness test which will become the service s physical test of record no later than october 2020 has six events. The army will roll out its long planned update to its physical fitness test during the next two years with a new six event assessment that will dramatically improve the service s ability to. It also added a plan to have new soldiers in initial.
The new pt test the army combat fitness test or acft consists of six events that are based. Every army unit should be exposed to the acft during the fall of 2019 but the apft will still be the official test of record until the spring of 2020. It consists of two minutes of push ups two minutes of setups and a two mile run. The three repetition maximum deadlift the standing power.
Starting october 2020 all soldiers will be required to take and pass the army s new gender and age neutral combat fitness test which has more events and less time for rest than the service. During the fall of 2020 you should expect this test to be in full swing the apft is out the acft is in. Army on friday announced major changes to its new army combat fitness test acft including lowering standards in some cases. You will be expected to meet acft requirements regardless of age or gender as part of your military training.
The acft is a 6 event test. The current test the army physical fitness test or apft has been the test of record since it was implemented in 1980. The acft will be the test of record for all us army soldier in measuring their physical fitness level. The new army pt test is the army combat fitness test acft.
The new army combat fitness test starting october 2020 all soldiers will be required to pass the new army combat fitness test which will replace the army physical fitness test. Since 1980 the current army physical fitness test has only measured the first two components developed by the army center for initial military training the new test aims to better prepare. The acft will replace the army physical fitness test apft in october 2020.