{"id":46636,"date":"2018-07-11T17:36:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/11\/got-questions-about-the-new-pt-test-the-sergeant-major-of-the-army-has-answers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:09:54","slug":"got-questions-about-the-new-pt-test-the-sergeant-major-of-the-army-has-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/11\/got-questions-about-the-new-pt-test-the-sergeant-major-of-the-army-has-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Got questions about the new PT test? The sergeant major of the Army has answers."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=56d5743a-40b9-4a33-bd1d-818310b5bacf\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-56d5743a-40b9-4a33-bd1d-818310b5bacf.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tired of doing sit ups? The Army is rolling out a whole new physical fitness test across the force in coming years that changes the game completely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The details of when and how have not been worked out yet, but the Army made an historic announcement Monday with the unveiling of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/07\/09\/a-new-army-pt-test-is-on-its-way-this-is-not-a-drill\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">new PT test<\/a> to replace the long-standing Army Physical Fitness Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service will spend the next year hammering out the details of grading and policy for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/26\/as-the-army-turns-to-functional-fitness-testing-is-the-end-of-gender-standards-near\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> gender- and age-neutral<\/a>, six-event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/26\/as-the-army-turns-to-functional-fitness-testing-is-the-end-of-gender-standards-near\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Army Combat Fitness Test<\/a>, but in the meantime, soldiers are bursting with questions about how this test will change not only their exercise routines, but possibly their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we know to be true, based on the amount of testing we\u2019ve done, is it\u2019s attainable,\u201d Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey told Army Times on Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s not unrealistic.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From hundreds of Facebook comments, Army Times gathered a few of the most common or popular reactions and brought them to the SMA. This is what he had to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>What about profiles?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat are they going to do with people with low back pain and are currently authorized alternative aerobic event and exempted from sit-ups?\u201d wrote Michael Spillane on the Army Times Facebook page. \u201cThe whole profile system will have to be redone as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Event alternatives are at the top of the issues to iron out, Dailey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPart of what the APFT does now is, it allows you to do an alternate event,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it also causes issues with maintaining standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a sit-up was not necessarily the standard for combat fitness, moving into a new, evidence-based PT test might mean less room for alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we correlate wartime tasks closer to our physical assessment \u2014 we say that being able to do this demonstrates your potential to be able to do your job at an acceptable level, for the type of job you must do in the Army \u2014 then the question comes: Do you have to do it or not?\u201d Dailey said. <\/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\/2018\/04\/09\/fitter-deadlier-soldiers-this-is-how-the-army-plans-to-prepare-you-for-tomorrows-wars\/\" 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\/ARM-SMA-cover-1-web.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\">Fitter, deadlier soldiers: This is how the Army plans to prepare you for tomorrow\u2019s wars<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Leaders are voicing their support for a push to re-think training and maintenance of soldiers themselves, and to treat them as elite athletes preparing for a high-end fight.<\/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\">Tweaks could be made to elements like repetitions or run-times when the test officially rolls-out, Center for Initial Military Training commander Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reality is, we do hurt people. I know that. Of course,\u201d he said. \u201cSo what\u2019s the standard to be a soldier?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd if you can\u2019t, then you shouldn\u2019t be a soldier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion meets directly head-on with the Defense Department\u2019s ongoing discussion about deployability, and a new policy that forces out service members who are in a non-deployable status for more than 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn no way, shape or form does the sergeant major of the Army ever [imply] that we\u2019re not going to take care of you,\u201d Dailey said. \u201cBut there is no right to wear the uniform that\u2019s guaranteed to anyone. If you\u2019re non-deployable, you\u2019re non-retainable. That\u2019s what our job is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The days of permanent profiles are on their way out, and fitness for combat will have a more narrow definition with a more rigorous fitness test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s an infinite number of places you can put somebody who\u2019s hurt, and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve learned,\u201d Dailey said. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a non-deployable unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>What does this have to do with combat?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThrow a medicine ball? Because that\u2019s [what] real combat [is] like,\u201d Joshua Johannes wrote on the Army Times Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Frost, the overhead throw engages similar muscles to lifting a casualty over the shoulder, or tossing a grenade 40 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a similar reason for the dead lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPick up a litter. It\u2019s the exact same movement,\u201d Dailey said. \u201cPick up an artillery round, the ammo cans, the water jugs.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Dead lifts cause injuries, right?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStopped reading at first event being the dead lift,\u201d Ryan T. Alexander wrote on the Army Times Facebook page. \u201cIt\u2019s like the VA said, \u2018We need to pay out as much disability pay as possible. What\u2019ve you got for us?\u2019 &#8230; \u2018Well, we can make every last soldier do a complicated, heavy lifting exercise with their lower backs.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=eaae2749-bb1b-4108-b7ef-da2098bd8516\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-eaae2749-bb1b-4108-b7ef-da2098bd8516.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville completed a 160-pound deadlift March 26 at the AUSA Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new test with new events will require a new PT program, officials have said, and taking a year to roll out the new test \u2015 after taking the previous year to create standards and finalize requirements \u2015 should give units an opportunity to train soldiers so they will succeed on the ACFT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frost and Dailey themselves admitted to needing to brush up on their skills when taking the ACFT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t do it,\u201d Dailey said Monday. \u201cI just don\u2019t do dead lifts.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That training should prevent lower-back or other injuries, because as soldiers become more aware of the lower body and core strength required for a successful dead lift, the risk of lower back strain should lessen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As far as going into the test, soldiers should have an idea of their max weight from their preparation, Frost said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers will get a practice lift, then do two reps with their chosen weight. But, Frost added, soldiers are not meant to start low for the first rep and then add on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>How long is this going to take? And much is it going to cost?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s go with a small unit of 100. If you get 10 sets of equipment, this test will take 10 hours,\u201d Stephen Moore wrote on the Army Times Facebook page. \u201cNope, don\u2019t see this one happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a 50-minute run time, Frost said, the test should take about a day per company of soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I was a battalion command sergeant major, it took me seven days to give them the PT test,\u201d Dailey said. \u201cSo what? I did a company a day,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ACFT will likely take a little longer, he added, but not much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the price I\u2019m willing \u2014\u2013 the chief, the secretary is willing \u2014\u2013 to pay, to increase the readiness of the United States Army,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the key to the APFT was its $0 cost to complete, which will change with a PT test that requires dead lift and pull-up bars, kettle bells and medicine balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis PT test for active duty alone is a logistical nightmare,\u201d Scott Atwell wrote on the Army Times Facebook page. \u201cLiterally impossible for an already cash strapped Army Reserve and National Guard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, according to officials, much of this equipment is already available at many units, and will become more and more common as Holistic Health and Fitness initiatives continue to develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it\u2019s true that the equipment involved will cost thousands up-front, leadership expects the overall initial cost to be about $3 per soldier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking it down, Frost explained that every battalion will get 15 lanes worth of equipment each, at a cost of about $25,000 each. If you estimate that equipment will last 10 years for roughly a million soldiers, you\u2019re down to about $3 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That cost, Dailey said, could be offset by a reduction in injuries, obesity and other health issues that the Army wants to tackle through these upgraded PT programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<b><\/b>It\u2019s completely and utterly negligible when you\u2019re talking about those cost savings and benefits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers had some questions about the new Army Combat Fitness Test, so Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey answered a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":53064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":88,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[15,88],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3344],"class_list":["post-46636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-military"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"EHFFCSRYONBFDOPYCW6Z7MOSKI","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-army\/2018\/07\/11\/got-questions-about-the-new-pt-test-the-sergeant-major-of-the-army-has-answers\/","remove_feature_photo":true,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Got questions about the new PT test? 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