Physical Training Flashcards
When you take the APFT, what is the minimum number of points you must score in each event?
60
What FM covers Physical Fitness Training?
FM 21-20
What are the three phases of physical conditioning?
- Preparatory
- Conditioning
- Maintenance
About how long is the preparatory phase?
2 weeks
About how long is the conditioning phase?
Ends when a soldier is physically mission-capable and all personal, strength-related goals and unit-fitness goals have been met
What is a MFT?
Master Fitness Trainer
What does FITT stand for?
Frequency, intensity, time and type
Key factors in a training program
DA Form 3349
Physical profile form
What is the objective of physical fitness training?
Enhance a soldiers abilities to meet physical demands of war
What are the 3 periods of 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 AR covers the Army Physical Fitness Program?
AR 350-1 chapter 1 section 24
Soldiers 55 years of age or older have the option of taking the 3 event APFT or what?
Alternate APFT. Push-ups, Sit-ups and an alternate aerobic event(2.5 mike walk, 800yard swim, or 6.2 mile bicycle ride)
What are the seven basic principles of exercise?
- Regularity
- Progression
- Overload
- Balance
- Specificity
- Variety
- Recovery
What are the three phases of fitness conditioning?
- Preparatory
- Conditioning
- Maintenance