APFT

Thursday brought along the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). All the males had to get their shots for SRP on Wednesday and then take an APFT the next morning. Thank goodness they had to wait for the females pregnancy tests to give us our immunizations seeing as I needed to get five and got them later that day. Anyways-here are the standards for the APFT: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/army/a/afpt.htm

The test consists of three different events: 2 min of push ups, 2 min of sit ups, and a 2 mile run. Each event is graded on a scale from 0-100 with a total possible scale of 300. In order to pass, you need to get a 60%. If you max all three events, you can go on the extended scale. We had a female here get a 370...insane!

I did fairly well considering I haven't taken an APFT in nearly a year. In ROTC, we take a minimum of two per semester. We will be taking another APFT during the last two weeks of class.