Ruckus46Gt

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Just wondering havet seen it anywhere listed. Whats the reg going to be for people returning from a deployment?

jayb53guy

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I haven't heard anything yet, but I bet it will be the standard 42 day (6 weks) thing just like everything else.

I will ping the HAWC and post back later.

Ruckus46Gt

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thanks was wondering about that. I'm due back in Feb and know will be up. You know you work out here, but just on tredmills and that, so figured it would be 30 or 45 days but have yet to see any guidence in any thing i've seen published

jayb53guy

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Confirmed, 42 days. Which is WAY more than enough time to get into shape to pass the AF PT ....

TXZ28LS1

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even if you are given that much time to prepare, i would go ahead and plan on taking the test sooner when you get back. dont be surprised if they say he you got a pt tommorow!! the new PT test is the same..its just that you need to meet a certain number on stomach circumference, certain amount of push ups and sit ups, and a certain amount on the run. if you fail any one of those, you completely fail the pt test.. its still pretty dumb.

Ruckus46Gt

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thanks for checking...just wanted to make sure i had a week or so to get back into a decent pace. This treadmill only crap sucks

Lonestarz28

Yea, the army has basically always done that "if you fail one, you fail them all" thing.

Ruckus46Gt

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army pt tests in theater

J2Pharren1

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Yea, I felt bad for the guys on my fob who had to take one at 8,000 feet.

BigT2002

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Air Force PT Tests in theater as well. Its just for the people who didn't pass before they left.

StoleIt

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http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/affi...ram/charts.asp


Google is your friend.

bballr4567

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So they are measuring your stomach circumference? That its pretty damn weird as it can vary as much as 2" when two different people measure. Strange.

Snootch

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Yeah, its pretty gay. A guy at my old base was half-samoan and he always failed the waist measurement. But that sumbitch could run a 10:30 1.5 mile though and max the pushups & crunches.

Daredevil_TA

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I've always been curious, what does an AF pt test consist of? PU's, SU's, and a 1.5 mile run?

Fastbird93

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Abdominal Circumference (TOTAL BS, doesn't account for height or body type) = 20%

1.5 Mile Run or 1 Mile walk (for those on profiles) = 60%

Push Ups, 1 Minute = 10%

Sit-Ups, 1 Minute = 10%

My personal thoughts. I'm all for the fitness program. The ideals behind it are spot on. Execution is the typical **** poor job though. The ab circumference thing is total trash. The AF has the mentality that you have to be thin and run a mile, and the ab issue doesn't account for any height, body type, or age variances. Age I could see being discounted, but height and body type are major players. You simply can not expect a guy who's 6'5" to have the same waist as a guy who's 5'4". Not going to happen. I for one will be fighting for my career come next year because I am a wide framed guy and at 6'3" at a disadvantage. Granted I'm carrying some extra weight right now, but even at a relatively healthy 220-225, my waist is in the 43" area as measured by the air force (though 38 jeans are baggy as can be). WAY back in the day when I was 170 lbs I STILL had a 35-36" waist. Just a wide frame, but that's potentially goign to cost me a 13 year career.

I see the PT test changes they made as nothing more than a subdued force restructuring program. Make the test performance based, ditch the waist, ditch the run, go to a timed 3-5 mile varying terrain hike with a 60lb sack on your back, since the AF keeps preaching about the warrior ethos and that's what we're becoming.

/rant.