| Regardless of your age, all soldiers in the Active | | | | endurance of your hip-flexors and abdominal muscles. |
| Army, Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard | | | | Again, depending on your age, there is a standard |
| have to take the Army Physical Fitness Test, also | | | | amount of sit-ups you will need to do in that |
| known as the "APFT." The Army Physical Fitness | | | | two-minute time frame. |
| Test is a three-part event that will access your | | | | 2-mile event - This cardio event will challenge the |
| physical ability and test your endurance and cardio | | | | endurance of your respiratory system and legs, and |
| fitness. The APFT will put your major muscle groups | | | | of course there is a time limit depending on your age. |
| and respiratory system through the ringer to see | | | | There are many different exercises you can do to |
| how you effectively move and maneuver. How you | | | | get yourself ready for these fitness tests. Make sure |
| perform in the testing is linked to a soldier's ability to | | | | that you continue to do push-ups and sit-ups a few |
| perform tasks that have some fitness element to | | | | times a week, and always push yourself to the limit |
| them. There are alternate APFT events for soldiers | | | | when do these workouts. Another great workout to |
| who have permanent profiles or for soldiers who | | | | do to get your upper body ready for the push-up |
| have temporary profiles equaling greater than | | | | test is chin-ups. Begin to do chin-ups and pull-ups, |
| three-month duration. | | | | which will build your biceps and back. You can also do |
| Here are the three events that you will perform in | | | | some free weight lifting to get your upper body |
| the Army Physical Fitness Test. The events are listed | | | | ready for that push-up test. |
| in the required order. | | | | To train for your sit-ups, you will definitely want to |
| -Push-ups | | | | do as many sit-ups as possible, get used to the |
| -Sit-ups | | | | motion. Start involving extra weight when doing your |
| -2-mile run | | | | sit-ups, and make sure that you are timing yourself |
| You perform the events in the order listed above, | | | | too. Do not take this event lightly, because you |
| and you will have to take at least 10 minutes to | | | | might find it extremely difficult to reach your required |
| recover and no more than 20 minutes to recover | | | | amount if you do not prepare. |
| before moving on to the next event. | | | | When preparing for your 2 mile run, make sure you |
| Push-up event (2 minutes) - This event will test the | | | | time yourself so you know what pace you will need |
| endurance of your chest, shoulder, and triceps | | | | to run at during the actually testing. Besides running, |
| muscles. Depending on your age, there is a specific | | | | you can also do interval training and stairs to get |
| standard of push-ups you will need to perform in two | | | | your lungs nice and strong. Swimming is another great |
| minutes. | | | | way to build strength for your lungs, but make sure |
| Sit-up event (2 minutes) - Sit-ups will test the | | | | you get out and run as much as possible. |