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  the physiological demands of the task and potential performance and injury issues the Soldier might have.
  Proper progression of the weight, repetitions, speed, and variety of exercises builds from the initial phase to
  sustaining phase. Initial phase training creates foundational fitness that Soldiers use to safely progress from
  the sustaining phase to higher levels of operational physical capacity. It is important to remember that all
  movement skill requires consistent revisiting of the basics before and after progressing to higher levels.
  INTEGRATION
  7-4. The integration principle focuses on tasks and drills Soldiers perform that enable them to fight and
  win. The Army trains Soldiers and units to fight and win in combat using a specific list of WTBD. Warrior
  tasks are a collection of individual skills linked to a Soldier’s ability to shoot, move, communicate, survive,
  and protect and treat. Examples include weapons training, tactical communications, urban operations, and
  first aid. Battle drills are group skills designed to teach a unit to react and survive in common combat
  situations. WTBD establish a minimum standard for all Soldiers independent of age, sex, and MOS. All
  commanders ensure that their Soldiers can execute all WTBD. Soldiers demonstrate this ability by regularly
  training and testing on the tasks to ensure they have been integrated into the Soldiers’ skill sets.
  7-5. Soldiers following this doctrine will become more physically fit, but it is not a prescription for
  recreational fitness or for fitness for fitness’ sake. This fitness aims to develop physical capacity to support
  the mastery of MOS and combat-specific tasks. Once Soldiers reach high foundational readiness standards
  in the initial phase, they continue to build foundational fitness and METL-specific physical capabilities.
  7-6. This doctrine integrates physical training with nonphysical training. Leaders consider the nonphysical
  domains integrating with the physical training plan. Training goals need to account for Soldiers’ ability to
  physically and mentally perform in extreme environments of heat, cold, and humidity, and while carrying
  heavy personal protective equipment. Recovery between training sessions must also be trained, measured,
  and scheduled. Leaders also manage obstacles to goal achievement. For example, a unit will not gain much
  from having 24-hour access to a gym if an assessment of the unit’s sleep readiness shows an average of below
  six hours per night. Similarly, if a unit readiness measure is a reduction in ABCP enrollees, then unhealthy
  fast food options in the unit’s life support area contradicts that goal.
  7-7. H2F drills and exercises balance different energy systems and components of fitness for each Soldier.
  That Soldier’s movement skill and physical capacity create the unit’s ability to deliver force. The Soldier’s
  goal for readiness will include the demands of the MOS, the unit’s METL, and the likely environmental,
  physical, and nonphysical challenges of the unit’s deployment mission. The physical activities of combat
  may include more than those listed in WTBD and must be trained for. Examples include repeated forcible
  entries, quick pursuits, close combat, sustained mountain patrolling, and sustained load carriage.
  7-8. A fully integrated Soldier can complete 16-mile ruck marches, load gun turrets, replace large tires,
  extract and evacuate casualties, move over and around obstacles, react to man-to-man contact, and load
  155-millimeter rounds onto a bustle rack. Table 7-1 illustrates the integration of H2F physical training and
  test events into critical combat tasks. The training activity and the test events are reverse-engineered from
  the combat tasks. Therefore, H2F training takes care of those test events as well.