Are you or someone you know getting ready to head
to Basic Training, OCS, or SOF? Then it’s probably a good idea to be in shape before you get there. Why? Because a major reason for attrition of recruits is that they can’t meet the physical performance
standards. And that’s not good because that just wasted a bunch of time and money for both sides (recruit & Service branch). Not to mention the demotivation factor of being the last guy to finish all the events, constantly barking up a lung, or blowing chow all over your cammies.
A recent study by Cuddy, Slivka, et.al. discusses the factors associated with military physical fitness test success (J Strength Cond Res 25 (12): 3486-34-94, 2011). The authors found that the key indicators of a candidate’s potential to successfully reach the standards (in 12 weeks) were as follows:
a) Enter the program being able to run 2.41 km< = 10:41min
b) Have a body fat <=12.9%
c) Participate in a minimum of 30 m/day of vigorous physical activity
So strap on those running shoes, drop some pounds, scrap the Xbox
and get out there and do something physical!
to Basic Training, OCS, or SOF? Then it’s probably a good idea to be in shape before you get there. Why? Because a major reason for attrition of recruits is that they can’t meet the physical performance
standards. And that’s not good because that just wasted a bunch of time and money for both sides (recruit & Service branch). Not to mention the demotivation factor of being the last guy to finish all the events, constantly barking up a lung, or blowing chow all over your cammies.
A recent study by Cuddy, Slivka, et.al. discusses the factors associated with military physical fitness test success (J Strength Cond Res 25 (12): 3486-34-94, 2011). The authors found that the key indicators of a candidate’s potential to successfully reach the standards (in 12 weeks) were as follows:
a) Enter the program being able to run 2.41 km< = 10:41min
b) Have a body fat <=12.9%
c) Participate in a minimum of 30 m/day of vigorous physical activity
So strap on those running shoes, drop some pounds, scrap the Xbox
and get out there and do something physical!
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