Army ACFT Regulations and Limitations on Training Performance
Emilie Miller Emilie Miller

Army ACFT Regulations and Limitations on Training Performance

The army has altered their events over the years to provide inclusive and accomplishable tasks for men and women to succeed and be challenged. Currently, leg tucks or dead hangs were just swapped out for the dreaded plank to change measurement of core strength. With this change in effect, below are the Army reasoning for events and suggested training exercises. We have taken the liberty of finding possible performance limitations within these exercises and recommending further movements to boost your score.

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Balance and Plyometrics: Why you need BOTH.
Emilie Miller Emilie Miller

Balance and Plyometrics: Why you need BOTH.

Most people think of plyometric training as an “athlete only” exercise. However, many people do not realize the benefits of plyometric training on all ages of populations.

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Static Stretching: When, Where, Why, and How, a comparison of effects.
Emilie Miller Emilie Miller

Static Stretching: When, Where, Why, and How, a comparison of effects.

Everyone has seen or heard of static stretching… the quad-stretch prior to a run in a movie, the group stretch in PE or on the soccer field. Although demonized for time and place, it can be beneficial if the effects are properly understood. Excuse us while we educate you and NERD OUT.

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