An Evaluation of Physical Readiness Training in Armor One Station Unit Training
Abstract
This research effort compared the effectiveness of a recently developed physical readiness training program with the standard readiness training. The existing program had soldiers do as many pushups or situps as possible in 2 minutes on alternating days. The new Kersey program, which is based on behavior modification principles, had each soldier repeat a gradually increasing number of sets of pushups, with each set being 50% of his maximum number. Soldiers also recorded their own performance data individually. Soldiers who used the Kersey program showed greater increases in upper body strength. When the program was implemented brigade-wide, there was a substantial decrease in the number of failures on the Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT). The report also examiens the relationship of a variety of demographic and performance factors to physical fitness performance, as well as discussing the relative importance of the pushup, situp, and 2-mile run subtests in the APRT. Keywords: Armor; Army training; Behavior; Modification; Muscles; Performand (human); Physical fitness; Predictions; Training.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA169672
Entities
People
- Barbara A. Black
- Douglas Kersey
- Scott E. Graham
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences