Talk:United States Army Physical Fitness Test

message: im pretty sure the minimum score for each event is a 50, not a 60.  look it up on their website.
It's 60 per event to pass once past Basic Training and Initial Entry Training check FM 21-20 for the scoring requirements and tables.  Ajkr925 01:38, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minimum score 

message: I'm confused by this article being notable.  If it is, then should there be a 'physical fitness test' page in Wikipedia for every army in the world?  Not sure about this or whether pages for the major armed forces?  Please advise me as I'm a new Wiki editor, ta.
signed ````  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnscotaus (talk • contribs) 09:41, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: This article contradicts itself.
"Your fingers must be interlocked behind your head and the backs of your hands must touch the ground. Your arms and elbows need not touch the ground. On the command “go”, begin raising your upper body forward to, or beyond, the vertical position. The vertical position means that the base of your neck is above the base of your spine. After you have reached or surpassed the vertical position, lower your body until the bottom of your shoulder blades touch the ground. Your head, hands, arms, or elbows do not have to touch the ground."
So which is it?  Is it judged by your hands hitting or your shoulder blades hitting the ground?
--Srwm4 21:08, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The STARTING position is with hands in contact with the ground, each sit-up after that, only the shoulder blades must come in contact with the ground.  I see no contradiction.  Ajkr925 03:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Jersey John (talk) 12:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sit-Ups requirement 

message: something dictated by the army doesnt make any sense? impossible! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.29.227.2 (talk) 05:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What exactly are you refering to? Jersey John (talk) 12:57, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  welcome to the army 

message: Was this taken directly from the reg, or paraphrased? WordMachine (talk) 11:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  question 

message: here is link to SWCC requirements for pushups, pullups, situps, 1.5 mile run and 500 yd swim --Billymac00 (talk) 00:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SWCC 

message: This article needs metric units. Lightmouse (talk) 21:15, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does the article need metric units? The only people who use this test are US Army personnel, which doesn't go by metric units. Amnion (talk) 01:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not entirely true. Jersey John (talk) 12:57, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metric units 

message: I have changed the caption on the picture twice.  Anyone who has served in the Army knows that "regulation" APFTs often dissolve into gaggle f***s and do not follow all the guidelines.  I have been at many APFTs where soldiers were in varying forms of the uniform and who watched the events as they occured.  The original photo was captioned on the US Army website as an APFT, please stop changing the caption. Ajkr925 (talk) 21:18, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you tell us what it keeps getting changed to so we know what to look for?Amnion (talk) 01:08, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Check the history - it was changed to include the phrase "This photo does not depict an APFT because it depicts numerous regulation violations." or similar statements several times. I am in agreement with Ajkr925 regarding the captioning. Javertxiv (talk) 17:47, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture caption 

message: For Ranger, it's pullups, not chin-ups. Table is for recommended preparation. The Benning phase is more stringent.
http://www.military.com/military-fitness/army-special-operations/army-ranger-pftKortoso (talk) 22:58, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ranger 

message: The first new Army PFT in 38 years is coming. Read about it here: 
https://www.popsci.com/army-updated-physical-fitness-test
Phantom in ca (talk) 04:52, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  new Army PFT coming!