One tip for the run. As soon as you are done planking, go for a light jog and warm up. Don't just stand there. Maybe a few 50 to 100M runs at pace. You need to work out the lactic from your previous events.

This guy is a real deal savage. I went through SFAS with him this past January and he absolutely crushed it. Can’t believe I found his KZfaq channel lol

"This test exploits your weakness!" Facts 💯💯💯💯

Singing the Alphabet & backwards in your head, Our Father's, Hail Mary, etc, just to avoid thinking of the pain had me going 7.5 mins in the plank. Got me the CSM coin, edging out everyone else, last one was an Officer & about 15 mins of enduring through a splitting aneurysm type of a headache from all the pressure, but all worth it-Enlisteds for the WIN!

Had my legs like rubber just this morning, sprint drag carry is not for the uninitiated.

Waaaaaaay....back in the day 1983, a small group of us would do the old push-ups sit-ups 2 mile run as a warm-up before a workout. Max out our fitness test every time. Always practice your event and you will score high when it is time to get it. This new testing.....awesome, wish we had that back then. These tips here should help everyone. AIRBORNE!!

Your tip to shift weight during the plank is spot on. I max it with little effort, and I do not plank in my daily workouts.

This year marked 30 years since I left the Army. Things have changed so much! I still think about the Army now and then, and how much I wish I could go back in time.

I am retired now…wish we had these videos when I was in. One thing I learned from the medics, drink some Pedyalite the night before. That really helped me push thru the APFT. Learned that trick on my 11th year. Best hydration ever. Good luck to all you young troops.

BROTHER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I've got an ACFT about two hours from now and since I can't sleep I might as well see what right look like. Also when I heard you say you quote scripture, I was like that's my bro/guy! God bless you brother, hopefully see you someday in a gym here or in heaven. 🤙☝💪

You just helped me pass and improve my score on the ACFT. Thank you.

As a 10 year fitness coach/natural movement expert, this man knows what he’s talking about. I’m 31 and joining the Army Reserves Friday. Ship out Nov 12. Great advice and breakdown of the ACFT. Will be training these tests specifically until then. 🇺🇸

At 41, I must say I’m impressed by your performance.

Thanks for the video! I’m going into the army after an enlistment in the Marine Corps and this really helped me learn the fitness test. The sprint, drag, carry reminds me of the CFT a bit and I hope to crush it!

This is mad helpful, I ship out to basic at Sill in a month and I'm so glad I found actual comprehensive tips for this. Thank you sir!

Hey, man, I wish you would have "fully demonstrated" the 2-mile. I'm still unclear with that event. LOL. But seriously, thank you for sharing the tips. Especially pointing out the importance of hydrating before the event...younger Soldiers think they're indestructible. I did pretty good in my last ACFT. These tips will help me improve next time in the fall. Take care!

Sir, thanks for posting that ACFT card, that is by far the best scores I have ever seen! I’ve watched this video several times for motivation and training, thanks so much!

One HUGE tip for the test: join the Air Force.

Wow these were some awesome tips! I’m going to Fort Jackson next month for BT. The sdc is the most difficult part for me.

Thank you so much of the incredible details you demonstrated. My ACFT is coming up on soon on March 4th and can imagine all the mistakes I could've made if I didn't watch your video. Please keep making more and can't wait to take my fitness test!!!

Solid breakdown with good tips! Thanks James

Best discussion I have seen on tactical analysis and techniques for this test. Also the most fit man of the cloth I have seen in a while....

Thanks man this is helpful as it can get I'm joining back after a 5 year break i just honestly wasnt ready for the military at 17 and this seems like it can be pretty rough so ik what I need to prepare for. Stay dangerous.

Great tips to push me over the edge. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

THANK YOU!!!! Joining the Natonal Guard soon and needed this

Watched this video the night before and got a 578 lol. The tips definitely helped a lot

I especially like the tip about reciting Scripture in your mind! Way to go brother! From a sister in Canada

I like your positivity.

This was very helpful! I’ve been looking for the best little variations within limits.

Nice job especially the scripture reference!

Very informative thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!

Great tips! However, the command has the last say and is very subjective. I took two ACFT diagnostic tests before leaving the Army National Guard in 2022. The first was in October 2021, and the second was in April 2022. The proctor for the test, who attended an ACFT administration course, stated that for the MDL, both hands must be centered on the bar and emphasized that hands cannot be offset. HRP, the instruction given was hands must be in contact with the ground in and out, with no adjusting of the hands under the shoulders. SDC instruction given is that both feet, with emphasis on both feet, must cross the line at the 25-meter turn-around point before touching the ground with the opposite hand of the lead leg; he emphasized there is no swinging of the arms during the Laterals; the Laterals are performed exactly as MMD 1, elbows bent 90 degrees and palms facing out. Any swinging of the arms is one warning; the second time, SM is informed will terminate and start the SDC over from the beginning. He further instructed during the PLANK, there is no movement; any movement, even the slightest, is immediate termination of the event.

In the National Guard just give your readiness NCO some fire football 50 yard line tickets if your in the good ole boys club.

Pretty good for 41. The trick is keeping fit into your 60s.

Great job SGT, great video. I really tried, but acft is no joke, kicked my butt, as an older NCO. Glad I passed my last record APFT, before retirement.

God bless you brother for mentioning scripture

Never got to do the new PT test. We always used to say that anything under a 280 is unacceptable. Extended scale every now and then 300+

Did anyone catch this is a Chaplain? 56 series lead the way! 🙌🏻

I'm shipping out on the 26th and am worried I'll fail this test. I suck at running and planks. I've been working out like crazy before I leave 😂

Bro, I knew a guy that trains and races triathlons all the time and he told me that his lungs never burned more than after a sprint drag carry circuit

I've been out of the Army for 20 years now and maybe it's just me, but this physical fitness test seems so complicated. I kind of miss the days where it was just pushups, situps, 2 mile run.

Thank you very much.

Thank you James i will need this when i join the Army i want to be a Sniper or K9 handler and be in the Special Forces

I certainly appreciate the tips. But I am 46 years old and currently serving in the Army National Guard. I am having a little trouble building strength in addition to building speed. Before the ACFT, I had no trouble obtaining a 14:00 2 mile run and maxing out the pushups and sit-ups. However, with the changes to the new physical fitness test, I now have to incorporate weightlifting into my training regimen. I don't know if its my age or I'm just not a lifter. Nevertheless,, my last deadlift was 315lb. I'd just like to to be able to MDL 340, SDC 1:35 and still run a 14:00 or better. Any advice would be appreciated.

omg the hexbar grip is so helpful. I can deadlift 400+ on a straightbar but I have such a hard time holding the damn hexbar.

Quote as scripture. I love it!

Thanks, Chaplain. This has been helpful.

"Firework" by katy perry is the perfect song/length of song to max your plank to. Also twist a bit to engage obliques. Solid video with good tips.

These are great tips! Earned a subscriber!

Sir, I am out of shape grunt reclassing as 56M. Thank you so much for these tips.

I’m headed back in and this is EXACTLY what I need to know! I’m subbing immediately

You are awesome!

You are a beast sir !!🫡

This helped me out a lot. I improved in every event

Great video and tips!

I miss fort jackson gym

Great video! Thank you for sharing.

That's a nice gym.

Love and blessings

Отличный подготовленный урок,спасибо!

28. I get 600’s constantly but your scores are still impressive to me 😂

Lovely video

I ets before this went to effect. I was about a 85-90% avg on pt when I served. My best was 315. I was relatively active in work and every day life so I didn't have to train as hard as some of my battles but that shit right here just too much. Those guys are likely active but if you're in the guard you better workout to be fit enough to pass that.

My shoulder always get to tired during the hand release pushups. It's the arms out to the side that gets me. Lol

Sir!!! That's my Chaplain!

Great vid.

I have my feet touch during the laterals on the sprint drag carry and i have never been disqualified. I do more of a skipping movement and use my legs to swing to where i land without crossing them. My time in the event is 1.15s

Thank you so much for this tip 🙏

Thanks for this! I'm gonna practice this! Then give me advice for the 2 mile run

I failed the SDC my first drill back after 2 years of being out.

When you stepped over the line for the spring drag carry, I believe you have to touch your hand to your foot. At least that’s what my unit says and when I administered the AFCT for diagnostics that’s the way we did it. Great tips and tricks you have here thank you for sharing

amazing content

super duper helpful! thank you

So they don’t care if we drop and flop on the pushups. I just re-enlisted so Ive yet to take the new acft 😅. Thanks for all the great advice 😊

11:44 on the 2 mile?? Good lord

Very informative

11:44 … you crazy! Lol. I’m never getting that

I’m day 1 Monday to getting my ged and next step is the army

Thank you sir, God bless

Well done, and thank you :)

Just got 541 got to get too 600 ..

helpful video bro

When i am in the plank position, within 30s, i am ready to puke up acid reflux. The only time i dont is if i lower my hips so my back is not parallel to the ground. I wish we still did the leg tuck as an alternative.

Wouldnt recommend offsetting hands for the deadlift. If shifts the bar in weird ways and pinches at the waist. I ruptured a disc doing this (during the warm up sets no less) at BCAP and required surgery.

Really gotta try out that drag method, I’ve been stuck at 2 minutes

Appreciated

Ok but I am so pissed that our sled drag carry is just rubber plates on a string over rocky ground

You prepare for ACFT all you want, that sprint drag still gets you every time it sucks. I see dudes puck every time

Got a 560 still drunk on the ACFT it’s not hard to pass at all. To max it you have to be a specimen but overall the fitness standard dropped with the ACFT

Your running advices are more like sprinting tips. For most of the runners good advice is to increase up and down movement, becouse it's exactly oposite. "Gliding" is less efficient becouse it increasing power that muscles have to produce. Some up and down movement combined with high cadence increasing energy return from Achilles tendon.

Did they switch the leg tuck for planks? I took the acft 3 times in my career and scored in the 500s everytime. 2 out of the 3 I puked after the sprint drag carry lol that event is a real gut check, no pun intended.

Hands have to be no more than a fist width apart in the plank and fingers cannot interlock. There is nothing saying that your hands cannot touch.

Thanks

Great video and message! As an old, cold war era Army MP, I'm just recovering from a few physical ailments that have sidelined me for the past few years. I want to use the Army CFT as my benchmark for fitness recovery... can you suggest some alternative exercises to help condition a body to pass this test? I'm not looking to max the score - but at my age I'd be thrilled to pass it :) Blessings

"...I find that a 45 degree angle works for me on the toss." Dude!!! A 45 degree angle launch is mathematically the most optimal launch angle for any projectile! It's simple physics.

I ETS'd 2012, this is way way way way different than our PT test. No shade, no hate, im just like wow. Times have changed.

ACFT beast

this is so helpful thank you so much! also i recognized this gym from when i attended AIT 😂

Happen to know the weight of the sled & kettle bells? Distance of the drag/ run? Thank you!

You max your acft by doing the leg tucks. If you can’t do one can’t make the cut.