text: Chapter 14
  * Begin the Strength Training Circuit with one minute per station that includes time to move
  between stations, so it is a muscular endurance activity. Modify the time per station to target other
  components of physical readiness.
  * Progress the Landmine Drill 1 (a Free Weight Training Drill) based upon physical training goals
  of the unit.
  * Use Running Drills 1–7 on recovery days to promote optimal running activity—Release Runs,
  Terrain Runs, and Hill Repeats.
  * Attach Suspension Training Drill 1 equipment to Climbing Pods or bars to improve a Soldier’s
  balance, core, and upper body strength.
  * Use Medicine Ball Drill 1 to improve coordination, dynamic balance, and upper body endurance.
  * Schedule trained AIT units to regularly complete 40 or more exercises during one 60-minute
  session. An example would include Preparation Drill, Shoulder Stability Drill, Conditioning Drills
  1-3, Climbing Drills 1 and 2, Sprint-Drag-Carry, and Recovery Drill.
  * Understand AIT running activity times are faster than BCT. Ability Groups are A, B, and C. There
  is no D Group.
  * Schedule speed running at least once per week. Repetitions increase from 5 to 10 for 30:60s,
  60:120s, and Hill Repeats and up to three repetitions for the 300-Meter Shuttle Run.
  * Monitor the sustained running goal of all Soldiers to pass the ACFT and the HPDTs of their MOSs.
  If the MOS program of instruction requires sustained run distance goals beyond 2 miles, the speed
  (in minutes per mile) of those runs should not be faster than the goal pace for the ACFT.
  * Determine Foot March training based on the length of the AIT cycle, MOS requirements, and the
  program of instruction. Army physical fitness uniform (known as APFU) and ACU modifications
  assist with the exercise progression. See ATP 3-21.18 for information on foot marches.
  14-36. Leaders conduct the ACFT in accordance to AR 40-501, using information in ATP 7-22.01, and the
  course program of instruction. During AIT, leaders schedule the ACFT in week 14 (see table 14-9). During
  OSUT, leaders schedule the ACFT in week 22 (see table 14-10 beginning on page 14-27). In both cases,
  leaders may move the ACFT earlier in the cycle especially if a cumulative FTX is proposed for the
  penultimate week of training. A practice ACFT scheduled at the beginning of the two-week peak period
  precedes the record test. For longer or shorter AIT courses, leaders can adjust the pattern of train-peak-test
  around other program of instruction requirements.
  14-37. Preparation for the ACFT is built into the schedules for IMT. Frequent, repeated practice of the
  ACFT or its separate events is not likely to improve pass rates or readiness. This schedule has event-specific
  practice once per week in the weeks leading up to the record ACFT. Soldiers must train into physical
  readiness. They cannot test into physical readiness. The ACFT validates the physical training program. It is
  not the physical training program.
  14-38. Practice and record ACFTs should be scheduled on Mondays so that Soldiers are properly recovered
  prior to the test. A practice ACFT is an exact rehearsal of the record test event. If the record ACFT is not
  conducted on a Monday, then no physical training will be scheduled on the day before the ACFT.
  14-39. If the ACFT passing standard for 2-Mile Run event is 21 minutes (10:30 minutes per mile), then the
  standard for passing a 3 mile run cannot be faster than 31:30 minutes (10:30 minutes per mile).
  14-40. Soldiers in AIT, OSUT (Black and Gold Phases), and basic officer leader course-accessions add the
  following drills and activities:
  * Conditioning Drill 3.
  * Climbing Drill 2.
  * Military Movement Drill 2.
  * 60:120s.
  * Hill Repeats up and down.
  * Sprint-Drag-Carry as a drill.
  * Suspension Training Drill 1.
  * Medicine Ball Drill 1.