Physical Training
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I hear PT has changed a bit from when I went in. They have something now called Standardized PT. It is set up to doing certain things at certain times. Well, when I went through, the drills did whatever they wanted to. They pulled things out of their heads and said "alright, do this." We did a variety of different calisthenics, push ups and sit ups of course being the popular standbys, and of course, doing a lot of running. We did PT every morning unless we had to go to the range for the day or if it was a Sunday or something like that. Usually they also alternated it between Run Days and Upper Body workouts. We did PT in the mornings. Sometimes we did it again in the evenings. We were always working out and builing up our strength. This was of course, all geared toward one thing which could make or break us as we made our way through Basic Training. That is the Army Physical Fitness Test. You take one of these every two or so weeks, just to see where you're at in Basic. What is it? Well, you have two minutes to do as many pushups as you can. Take a ten to twenty minute break. Then you have two mintues to do as many Situps as you can. Take another break. Now go run for two miles and get that done as quickly as you can. You just did a PT test. Some people come into Basic being able to do a handful of Situps and maybe they can't break the plane on the Pushup. The Drills will solve that real quick. They do that with PT.
Posted by Erickson on 13:15 : (((
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