Physical Fitness - U.S. Army Film - Part 1 (1967)

1967 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569755825?ie=UTF8&tag=doc06-20&link... Watch the full film: http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/10/physical-fitness-us-army-1967.html

The Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) is designed to test the muscular strength/endurance and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of soldiers in the United States Army. Soldiers are given a score based on their performance in three events consisting of the push-up (PU), sit-up (SU), and a two-mile run. Possible scores range from 0 to 100 points in each event. A passing score is a total of 180 or higher with a minimum score of 60 in each event. Army Field Manual (FM) 21-20 covers the administration of the APFT, as well as ways to conduct , squad and unit level physical training (PT) sessions and will be performed by close out formation.

A soldier is required to take a "record" (meaning for official records) APFT at least twice each calendar year. Army National Guard soldiers take one record APFT a year. If, due to a diagnosed medical condition, a soldier is temporarily unable to conduct one or more of the events in the record APFT, the soldier can be granted an extension to allow him or her to overcome his or her injury and return to an acceptable level of physical fitness. If a soldier has a permanent medical condition that keeps him or her from conducting the two mile run, an alternate aerobic event (2.5 mile walk, 800 yard swim, or 6.2 mile bike) is taken. There are no alternate events for the push-up or sit-up.

A physical fitness test is a test designed to measure physical strength, agility, and endurance. They are commonly employed in educational institutions as part of the physical education curriculum, in medicine as part of diagnostic testing, and as eligibility requirements in fields that focus on physical ability such as military or police. Throughout the 20th century, scientific evidence emerged demonstrating the usefulness of strength training and aerobic exercise in maintaining overall health, and more agencies began to incorporate standardized fitness testing. In the United States, the President's Council on Youth Fitness was established in 1956 as a way to encourage and monitor fitness in schoolchildren.

Notable tests - Singapore's NAPFA; see National Physical Fitness Award - Multi-stage fitness test - aka beep test or shuttle run - United States military o Army Physical Fitness Test, a test in the U.S. Army o United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test, a test in the U.S. Marine Corps o Physical Readiness Test, a test in the U.S. Navy o United States Air Force Fitness Test, a test in the U.S. Air Force - Work Capacity Test, a test for firefighters

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[edgaralfaro15]

I wish the Army was still like this....

[battery670]

@reaper69316 That was at Ft. Benning just so you know. All the Way!

[wkat950]

@cardinals929 talk to some guys who are already in. You may be able to get in if you can achieve the required scores on the AFPT even at a slender stature.

[wkat950]

Wow! Must be Congressman Paul Ryan as the drill sergeant! I agree but for any form of survival situation it's important to PT.

[wiicodman]

Wow this is the kinda stuff my First Sergeant at school had to do holy sh!t

[Anandaxp]

That was when Army was one kind of a thing!! only the brave stepped up!! now everyone want's to join 'cos they have high scores in video games and find it cool to kill some one!! just SAD

[SxyArmyJuggalo]

I may be Army fat but SOOO wish I could of been part of this Army. To many pussies and bitches now days.

[cardinals929]

@ThoughtTraveler Bro how could you say that they are gona be risking their lives.....but im thinking about joining my step father is retired from the national guard im 19 and weigh 100 pounds and im 6'2"

[ThoughtTraveler]

The army could NEVER be like this again. Too many soft drugged up video game playing couch potatoes join up now...

[samalia101]

it sounds like a looney toons show lol

[beesonit]

@TheProtocolsofzion Now you're going to post some bullshit, and include numbers? I can read dumbass, just because you put numbers next to the spelled out version doesn't say you're smart and could be right about your claims.

[beesonit]

@TheProtocolsofzion Get the fuck out of here. You might be six but not everyone is.