Physical Readiness Training Flashcards
Where do the tasks, conditions, and standards for PRT activities derive from?
From WTBDs, core mission essential task list, and directed mission essential task list
Who’s program is the PRT program?
The commanders program.
Who is essential to the success of PRT programs and why?
Senior NCOs because they are often the most experienced trainers in the unit
What is the principle that all army training is based on?
Train as you will fight
How should PRT be conducted?
Should be tough, realistic, physically challenging, yet safe in its execution.
What are the fundamental skills that PRT activities include?
Climbing, jumping, landing, sprinting. Because all contribute to success in the more complex skills of obstacle negotiation, combatives and military movement
What are the 8 components that make up mobility?
Agility, balance, coordination, flexibility, posture, stability, speed, power
To prepare soldiers to meet the physical demands of their profession, a system of training must focus on what?
The development of strength, endurance and mobility, plus enhance the body’s metabolic pathways
What are three training phases of PRT?
1) initial conditioning
2) toughening
3) sustaining
What are the types of PRT training?
On-ground, off-ground and combatives
What are 3 fundamental components within the types of training?
Strength, endurance, mobility
What principles does phase training follow?
Precision, progression, and integration
What do MMDs improve?
Running form and movement under direct or indirect fire
What do guerrilla drills develop?
The strength and skill associated with casualty evacuation and combatives
What is mobility?
The functional application of strength and endurance
