U.S. Army Capt. Anthony Williams, a physical therapist with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, presented a 90-minute lecture on proper running technique to an audience of Kuwait National Guard soldiers, new recruits, and physical trainers, in order to help soldiers run efficiently and prevent injury.
Col. Marla J. Ferguson, Medical Activity commander, identified a need to train Soldier instructors. In addition to the ACFT Training, they received training on the Pose technique of running.
Teaching Soldiers from the Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital BJACH and Delta Troop 1-509th the Pose Method of Running and the ACFT.
The main purpose of the ACFT is twofold. First, the test ensures soldiers are ready for combat. Second, preparation for the test improves physical fitness as it relates to injury prevention.
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The Army Combat Fitness Test will better connect fitness with combat readiness for all Soldiers.
Army leaders are touting the test, which is gender- and age-neutral, as a generational change in how soldiers approach physical fitness.
A better understanding of human performance is part of the impetus behind H2F, Frost says.
“As the Fitness Training Unit commander, I see Initial Entry Training Soldiers from across the installation sustain injuries and fail their Army Physical Fitness Test due to running,”…
…the most common injuries she sees among runners are shin splints and patellofemoral syndrome, or chronic knee pain. However, Linares said that the Pose Method class has had 95% treatment success.