{"id":21136,"date":"2022-04-26T19:25:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/26\/get-creative-with-pt-and-stop-doing-ancient-exercises-says-sergeant-major-of-the-army\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:14:18","slug":"get-creative-with-pt-and-stop-doing-ancient-exercises-says-sergeant-major-of-the-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/04\/26\/get-creative-with-pt-and-stop-doing-ancient-exercises-says-sergeant-major-of-the-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Get creative with PT and stop doing ancient exercises, says sergeant major of the Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT EUSTIS, Virginia \u2014 The sergeant major of the Army has a message for senior enlisted and unit commanders: it\u2019s okay to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/03\/18\/acft-update-no-official-update-timeline-consequences-unclear\/#:~:text=Davis%20Winkie%20is%20a%20staff,in%20the%20Army%20National%20Guard.\" target=\"_blank\">physical training<\/a> at hours outside the crack of dawn and you better read the new health and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/03\/23\/army-combat-fitness-test-debuts-with-major-changes-to-scoring-april-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">fitness <\/a>manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sgt. 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Michael Grinston told an audience of more than 200 at the second annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradoc.army.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Holistic Health and Fitness <\/a>conference and exposition that leaders need to get creative in training planning, scheduling and management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cImagine a world where you do some PT, do some other things, then go to the range,\u201d Grinston said. \u201cPoor training management means, \u2018I have to stick to a 0630 training schedule because I can\u2019t think past tomorrow.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/03\/23\/army-combat-fitness-test-debuts-with-major-changes-to-scoring-april-1\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6679807.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army Combat Fitness Test debuts with major changes to scoring April 1<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army also decided to eliminate the leg tuck event.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This creative thinking, along with adhering to new Army fitness standards, are steps service officials say they\u2019re taking to revolutionize physical, nutritional, mental and spiritual health for each soldier through the Holistic Health and Fitness program, also known as H2F. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has hired mental health specialists and contracted civilian physical and occupational therapists. Those positions, rather than being housed solely in medical facilities, now reside at the brigade-level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since establishing the H2F program in late 2020, the Army has fielded teams and equipment to 28 brigades with plans to fully field 110 such teams across the force by 2030. Equipment includes the devices used for fitness tests, such as hexagon bars for deadlifts, stations for powerlifting training, kettlebells and medicine balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sergeant major of the Army discussed the H2F program at the Center for Initial Military Training, part of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One audience member said that team members are seeing high use of their equipment, trainers and facilities between 6:30-8 a.m. across the units that have these items at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not so much the rest of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grinston pointed to work at the 82nd Airborne Division, which keeps a range open all day for use by its various subordinate units. Of course, that range has a marksmanship element, but soldiers are also challenged with mental puzzles before and after they shoot. They also do physical training as part of their range visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome units have done exceptionally well with this,\u201d Grinston said. \u201cAnd you\u2019ve got to be creative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5863503.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Command Sgt. Maj. 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Michel Sauret\/Army Reserve)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top enlisted soldier gave his own example from his days as a first sergeant many years ago. He recalled meeting with his brigade commander to get his training plan approved. Later, Grinston\u2019s own senior sergeant major told him to add another piece of training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grinston \u201ckindly refused,\u201d he said. And after doing his pushups he repeated back to his sergeant major that he had an approved training plan from the brigade commander, and until that changed, that would be what he\u2019d stick to for his soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe all have to do better with training management,\u201d Grinston said. \u201cWe have to manage our time better and leaders have to be comfortable training outside that window.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But first, soldiers need to know what they should be training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That gap was exposed when another retired soldier, also part of the H2F team at TRADOC, shared that he and his colleagues are seeing few if any unit leaders, enlisted and officer alike, who\u2019ve read the FM 7-22, which is the Army\u2019s H2F manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grinston said he\u2019d address that across the force to reinforce that leaders read and implement the manual\u2019s material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe I\u2019ve got to do better,\u201d Grinston said. \u201cThat starts with the senior sergeants major in the Army, maybe we start with a conversation about FM 7-22\u2033<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6119099.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.,&#8211; Thunderbolt Soldiers use their lunch time to take advantage of a combat mobility yoga session Feb. 26 at the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment headquarters.  Yoga sessions are designed to improve overall mental wellness and increase core strength and mobility. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Casey Hustin, 17th Field Artillery Brigade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He saw the same himself when, in an unannounced visit to do PT with a unit recently, soldiers started their session with a stretch that had been removed from Army regulations about 15 years previously \u2014 a calf stretch with toe pull, to be exact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six months after the Army Combat Fitness Test\u2019s version 3.0 was released, Grinston observed a unit that didn\u2019t perform the plank exercise as part of their session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been telling you to do this for six months,\u201d Grinston said. \u201cHow do you not know that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sergeant major also said that, if forced to choose, he\u2019d put more resources, focus and funding on more regular use of mental resiliency training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe mental 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