The planning and executing of unit physical fitness are typically delegated to junior leaders based on their rank and duty position rather than expertise.
In the Army environment facilities also need to meet a wide-range of work schedule demands in order to be available to all soldiers.Ĭertified fitness experts have traditionally not been involved in the US Army’s physical fitness training ( 7). Flexible, adaptive, and well-designed training programs are more likely to be successful with appropriate fitness facilities that make a wide range of equipment available. Fitness programs should address the needs of a diverse soldier population, ranging from new recruits to those approaching retirement. The US Army is working to enhance physical training programs with the goal of improving performance and health while reducing the risk of overuse and acute injury ( 16, 27). Members of the United States Army participate in rigorous physical activity as a part of required training and mission demands ( 24). The traditional company performed significantly better on ACFT muscular, anerobic and aerobic endurance focused events the TAP-C company performed significantly better on muscular strength/explosive power events and mobility assessments. Analysis of covariance was used to compare main effects of company on ACFT measures, controlling for covariates of pretest score differences and sex. We assessed performance on the ACFT events, and grip strength, standing broad jump, overhead squat, and 90/90 switch assessment. One company participated in traditional physical training designed to excel on the Army combat fitness test (ACFT, includes deadlift, power throw, push up, sprint-drag-carry, core strength, run) developed and led by OCS soldiers with standard resources. One company participated in a fully resourced PT program designed by fitness experts to improve overall fitness and mobility (TAP-C). This retrospective cohort study compared 228 OCS soldiers (179 male and 49 female ) in two companies for 12 weeks. This study compared an expert supervised, fully resourced physical training (PT) program compared to a traditional physical training PT plan on Army Officer Candidate School (OSC) soldier fitness outcomes.
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