FM 7-22 Holistic Health & Fitness (H2F)

Question 1

What does PRT stand for?

Answer 1

Physical Readiness Training

Question 2

What FM covers Physical Readiness Training (PRT)?

Answer 2

FM 7-22

Question 3

What does C-METL stand for?

Answer 3

Core Mission Essential Task List

Question 4

What does D-METL stand for?

Answer 4

Direct Mission Essential Task List

Question 5

What does WTBD stand for?

Answer 5

Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills

Question 6

What is the principle that all Army training is based on?

Answer 6

Train as you will fight

Question 7

What is the objective of PRT?

Answer 7

To develop Soldiers’ physical capabilities to perform their duty assignments and combat roles in accordance with their units’ METL

Question 8

What fundamental skills do PRT activities include?

Answer 8

Fundamental skills such as climbing, crawling, jumping, landing, and sprinting, because all contribute to success in the more complex skills of obstacle negotiation, combatives, and military movement

Question 9

What are the critical components of physical readiness?

Answer 9

Physical components, structural capabilities, and movement skills

Question 10

What are the structural capabilities?

Answer 10

Load tolerance, flexibility, static balance, body composition, bone density

Question 11

What are the physical components?

Answer 11

Muscular strength and endurance, aerobic and anaerobic endurance, and power

Question 12

What are the movement skills?

Answer 12

Agility, coordination, dynamic balance, kinesthesia, pace, perception, reaction time

Question 13

What are the training phases of H2F?

Answer 13

Initial and sustaining

Question 14

What is reconditioning?

Answer 14

A PRT phase with the goal of restoring Soldiers’ physical fitness levels that enable them to safely progress to their previous level of physical conditioning

Question 15

What principles does PRT follow?

Answer 15

Precision, progression, and integration

HINT: Associate principles with the acronym PIP

Question 16

Discuss sleep readiness.

Answer 16

Soldiers should sleep as much as they can, whenever they can, as the situation allows. The vast majority of Soldiers require 7-8 hours of sleep per night to sustain performance; more sleep is better. Soldiers can maximize sleep and subsequent performance by timing sleep and caffeine use optimally. Finally, only sleep replaces lost sleep.

Question 17

What is strength?

Answer 17

The ability to overcome resistance

Question 18

What is endurance?

Answer 18

The ability to sustain activity

Question 19

What is aerobic?

Answer 19

Low-intensity activity for a long duration

HINT: Associate the phonetic ‘air’ in aerobic, with light activity for a long duration

Question 20

What is anaerobic?

Answer 20

High-intensity activity for a short duration

HINT: Associate ‘an’ in anaerobic with anabolic steroids; steroids = high intensity for short duration

Question 21

What is mobility?

Answer 21

The functional application of strength and endurance

Question 22

Who should be able to explain and demonstrate all PRT activities?

Answer 22

Officers, NCOs, and PRT leaders

Question 23

Tell me about our H2F program.

Answer 23

Unit specific. Know the location, names of coaches, and services available.

Question 24

What elements does a PRT session consist of?

Answer 24

Preparation, activities, and recovery

HINT: Associate elements and session with the acronym PAR

Question 25

What does H2F stand for?

Answer 25

Holistic Health and Fitness

Question 26

What are the principles of H2F and what do they mean?

Answer 26

Optimization, Individualization, and Immersion. Optimization is the proper combination of PT with health to achieve the best performance. Individualization means Soldiers receive personal feedback and coaching. Immersion means the H2F program affects all aspects of a Soldier’s life from PT, to duty hours, and off-duty hours.

Question 27

What are the five H2F domains?

Answer 27

Physical readiness, mental readiness, nutritional readiness, sleep readiness, and spiritual readiness

Question 28

Discuss spiritual readiness.

Answer 28

Spiritual readiness is a vital domain in the H2F System, and it directly impacts the resiliency of individuals and organizations. Encouraging Soldiers to connect and reflect on the worldview or value system that informs their core beliefs, principles, ethics, and morals can empower them to endure and overcome stress, hardship, and tragedy. Leaders have a responsibility to support spiritual readiness practices and create a climate where dignity and respect guide the process. Understanding common spiritual readiness practices enables leaders to support individual spiritual readiness development, sustainment, maintenance, and repair.

Question 29

Discuss mental readiness.

Answer 29

To optimize performance, Soldiers need to be mentally ready. Mental readiness is deliberately assessed and developed like any other skills through education, training, and practice. To use a computing analogy, addressing both physical and mental readiness is a 'systems check' on both the 'hardware' and the 'software' that makes an effective Soldier. The H2F System incorporates training techniques to develop individual and unit mental readiness.