Physical Readiness training FM 7-22 Flashcards
What does PRT prepare soldiers and units for?
PRT prepares soldiers and units for the physical demands of combat.
What is physical readiness?
The ability to meet the physical demands of any combat.
Why is PRT a mandatory training program?
its essential for force readiness and it is a law.
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
What are the 7 principles of training that PRT is linked to?
1) commanders and other leaders are responsible for training
2) NCOs train individuals, crews and small teams
3) train as you will fight
4) train to standard
5) train to sustain
6) conduct multi-echelon and concurrent training
7) train to develop agile leaders and organizations
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 are NCOs 3 responsibilities to accomplish the PRT mission?
identify task that PRT enhances within the unit
prepare, rehearse, and execute PRT.
Evaluate and conduct AARs
What is the principle that all army training is based on?
Train as you fight
What does the toughening phase of training provide?
Foundational fitness and fundamental motor skills, which lay the foundation for all other activities in the sustainment phase.
How should PRT be conducted?
Should be tough, realistic, physically challenging, yet safe in its execution.
What is the objective of PRT being tough, realistic, physically challenging.
To develop the soldiers physical capabilities to perform their duty assignments and combat roles.
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 PRT components that make up strength?
Muscular strength and muscular endurance
What are the PRT components that make up endurance?
Anaerobic endurance and aerobic endurance
What are the 8 components that make up mobility?
Agility, balance, coordination, flexibility, posture, stability, speed, power
What should be the goal of all training?
Mastery, not just proficiency
What are 3 tenants of standards-based training?
1) leaders know and enforce standards
2) leaders define success in the absence of standards
3) leaders train to standard, not time
How do commanders intensify training experience?
By varying the training conditions
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 is the key to maintaining unit proficiency despite personnel turbulence and operational deployments?
Sustainment training
When you take the APFT, what is the minimum number of points you must score in each event?
60 points
What FM covers Physical Fitness Training?
FM 7-22
What are the three phases of physical conditioning?
Preparatory
Conditioning
Maintenance
how long is the preparatory phase?
2 weeks
how long is the conditioning phase?
until soldier is physically equipped
What is MFT?
Master Fitness trainer
and the class is 2 weeks
What is F.I.T.T
Frequency, Intesity, Type, Time
Da Form 3349
Physical Profile
What are the three periods of a normal daily exercise routine?
Warm-up
Conditioning
Cool-down
What are the commands to get a unit from a normal line formation into an extended rectangular formation?
Extend to the left, march Arms downward, move Left, Face Extend to the left, march Arms downward, move Right, face From front to rear, count off Even numbers to the left, uncover
What are the seven basic principles of exercise?
Regularity Progression Overload Balance Specificity Variety Recovery
What are the five components of physical fitness?
Cardio Respiratory Endurance Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance Flexibility Body Composition
How many scorers should be supplied for the APFT?
A minimum of 1 per every 15 soldiers
What is the DA form 705?
PT scorecard
Fitness tasks provide the framework for accomplishing all training requirements. The essential elements of fitness tasks can be cataloged into what four groups?
Collective Tasks
Individual Tasks
Leader Tasks
Resources required for training
Name the two physical fitness formations?
Extended Rectangular
Circular
