{"id":42065,"date":"2019-09-27T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/27\/acft-standards-released-test-proponent-talks-roll-out-addresses-soldiers-common-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:25:30","slug":"acft-standards-released-test-proponent-talks-roll-out-addresses-soldiers-common-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/09\/27\/acft-standards-released-test-proponent-talks-roll-out-addresses-soldiers-common-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"ACFT standards released: Test proponent talks roll-out, addresses soldiers\u2019 common concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army announced Friday morning that it is officially kicking off the transition from its pilot phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/08\/as-acft-rollout-nears-leaders-talk-preparation-test-difficulty-and-how-to-train-without-exact-equipment\/\" target=_blank>Army Combat Fitness Test <\/a>to initial operating capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test standards are officially released, and can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/assets\/pdfs\/1569591120.pdf\" target=_blank>here<\/a>. In order to max out the gender-neutral, six-event test, a soldier would need to lift 340 pounds on the deadlift, hit 12.5 meters on the standing power throw, perform 60 hand-release push-ups, make a time of 1:33 minutes on the sprint-drag-carry, perform 20 leg tucks on a pull-up bar and run two miles in 13:30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=69K0bW3IdFY\" target=_blank>released a video<\/a> showing the modified ACFT for soldiers on permanent profiles that includes three aerobic test events.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/assets\/pdfs\/1569591120.pdf\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">The standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test <\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test is just for practice this year \u2014 unless you\u2019re arriving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/07\/19\/hundreds-of-recruits-got-into-the-army-without-passing-a-mandatory-fitness-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">basic combat training <\/a>beginning Oct. 1. All new officers and enlisted soldiers coming into the Army after that date will be training for and required to pass the ACFT before they graduate and report to the operational force, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/04\/26\/theres-a-new-general-in-charge-of-the-armys-efforts-to-revamp-basic-training-and-fitness\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maj. Gen. Lonnie G. Hibbard<\/a>, commander of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/09\/24\/slides-showing-high-failure-rates-on-new-fitness-test-are-not-official-cimt-documents-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Initial Military Training<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it will impact graduation rates; It\u2019s really going to impact how we train,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We\u2019re taking a high school student and transitioning him into a soldier, we just have to make sure he is competent in the ten components of physical fitness to be successful on the ACFT.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the course of the next year, all soldiers in the active-duty Army will take two ACFT diagnostic tests, while soldiers in the Guard and Reserve components will take one diagnostic test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in October 2020, one year from now, the ACFT will become the Army fitness test of record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After collecting data from 63 test battalions this past year, \u201cnow we\u2019re just telling the Army \u2014 all three components \u2014 that you need to start training for the ACFT,&#8221; Hibbard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practice tests will inform soldiers where their strengths and weaknesses are and teach soldiers how they need to change their <a href=\"https:\/\/armypubs.army.mil\/epubs\/DR_pubs\/DR_a\/pdf\/web\/ARN7938_FM%207-22%20INC%20C1%20Final.pdf\">Army physical readiness training<\/a>, or PRT, to better prepare. The diagnostic tests should help allay concerns that some in the force have about the new test, which focuses on functional fitness and core strength using exercises like the hex bar deadlift and knee tuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Scary slides<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leaked document was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usawtfm\/photos\/a.391474713605\/10157997506958606\/?type=3\" target=_blank>posted on social media<\/a> this week showing a roughly 70 percent pass rate for men and an 84 percent failure rate for women, with many of the failures attributed to the leg tuck event. The slides, which came from Army Forces Command and not CIMT, documented testing conducted by 11 of the 63 battalions tested this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat was a snapshot from those units,\u201d Hibbard said. \u201cI cautioned the Army senior leaders when I did a brief with the vice three weeks ago because when we start aggregating the data, people are going to make conclusions. The problem is, most of the time, when they did the diagnostic test, this is the first time they\u2019ve ever done it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of units hadn\u2019t trained for the ACFT prior to their first practice test, Hibbard warned. Most of the time, units were briefed on the exercises involved and then they scheduled the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of the naysayers and the comments we get are from people who really haven\u2019t taken it,\u201d Hibbard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More useful data will begin to populate over the next year, when the entire Army is gauging itself by the new standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"856\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ACFTsite.png.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ACFTsite.png.png 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ACFTsite.png.png?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ACFTsite.png.png?resize=768,548 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ACFTsite.png.png?resize=1024,730 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers with questions about the Army Combat Fitness Test can click over to army.mil\/acft. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another common fear voiced about the new test is that it will increase injuries among the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have not seen an increase in injury rates based on the ACFT and the test battalions we\u2019ve done,\u201d Hibbard said, noting that on the deadlift in particular, a hex bar was chosen over the traditional straight bar in order to reinforce good form and curtail injures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s also the reason we put it as the first event,\u201d he added. \u201cYou haven\u2019t expended your energy or tired out your core.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Hibbard, that dials into another important part of the test: It\u2019s all about \u201cenergy management.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt 52 years old, I don\u2019t have the energy I used to and so I focus on my strength and try to make up the points where I can on what I\u2019m still good at,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hibbard said the easiest event for him is the push-up, because that\u2019s been part of the Army\u2019s standards for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe hardest, even for me, is the leg tuck,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Primarily because it\u2019s working core strength that a sit-up doesn\u2019t prepare you for, so you have to focus on that when you go to the gym or when you do PRT.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Concerns about equipment<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many soldiers, especially on the Guard and Reserve side of the force, have voiced concerns about getting the necessary equipment to prepare for the new ACFT in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those concerns are valid, Hibbard said, noting that the Army is working to address it by buying $70 million-worth of equipment that will be divvied out to units across the force in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service plans for all the equipment to be in place for active, Guard and Reserve units by May. That will line up for the Guard and Reserve units going into their summer training cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re about three months behind where we expected to be,\u201d he added. \u201cWe were trying to have the equipment out by Oct. 1. But you know how contracting goes sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-combat-readiness-test-2-1.jpg-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-combat-readiness-test-2-1.jpg-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-combat-readiness-test-2-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-combat-readiness-test-2-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-combat-readiness-test-2-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sgt. 1st Class Kimberlee Hilliard, an Army Reserve soldier and master fitness trainer with the Army Physical Fitness School, observes for proper form as soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington perform T pushups. The pushups measure upper body muscular endurance. (Stephanie Slater\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers don\u2019t necessarily need equipment to train for the test. There is a cottage industry of fitness experts who have shown that core and calisthenic strength can be developed in one\u2019s own home for relatively cheap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Center for Army Lessons Learned <a href=\"https:\/\/usacac.army.mil\/node\/2176\" target=_blank>published a manual<\/a> on how to train for the new fitness test, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/e2\/downloads\/rv7\/acft\/acft_training_guide_final.pdf\" target=_blank>other Army documents<\/a> also lay out ways to prepare using minimal equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ammo cans, water-filled jerrycans and sandbags, for instance, can be used as weighted items in place of a trap bar and plates, medicine balls and kettle-bells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI travel four days a week,&#8221; Hibbard said. &#8220;I can train in a hotel with no equipment. The equipment is really only needed for the test.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Holistic Health and Fitness<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concurrent with the new ACFT, the Army has been experimenting with a new initiative called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/09\/get-ready-for-dietitians-physical-therapists-and-more-in-every-army-battalion\/\" target=_blank>Holistic Health and Fitness<\/a>, or the H2F pilot program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H2F is being tested in about 30 battalions. It provides strength coaches to mentor soldiers and watch their form, as well as offer nutritional advice from dietitians and recovery assistance from physical therapists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville wants H2F to become an Army-wide program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an innovative way of focusing on the mind, the body, and a way of training soldiers through physical readiness, appropriate nutrition, sleep and other preventive care as we look at how we\u2019re changing the culture of physical fitness,\u201d Hibbard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pushing H2F out to more battalions will happen incrementally over the next five-plus years, according to Hibbard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the official standards for the Army&#8217;s new fitness 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