Army Combat Fitness

Barbell Medicine teamed up with a team of past and present military personnel to create a training program for the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). The program is designed for individuals who are new to training for any of the ACFT events and who are not already well-trained. The program also includes recommendations for experienced trainees who want to prepare specifically for the Army Combat Fitness Test.

What’s Included?

The template includes the following:

• 12 weeks of programming including 3 workouts per week
• 30-page eBook describing the template’s design principles
• Nutrition recommendations

Many individuals who are accustomed to the traditional 3-event ACFT do not have experience with lifting weights, sprinting, or other skills such as pull-ups. A substantial fraction of individuals are therefore essentially untrained with respect to the new 6-event ACFT, and experience significant difficulty with several events – in particular the trap bar deadlift and leg tuck.

This program will expose the trainee to the necessary skills in a progressive fashion, such that a passing score will be achieved at the end of 12 weeks of training. The program is designed in order to balance the dose of training stimulus against fatigue and injury risk for individuals who are untrained in many of the events.

Equipment Requirements

The program is made to be versatile equipment wise and many substitutions can be made. At a bare minimum, here’s what we think you’ll need:

• Trap bar
• Plates
• Pull-up bar
• Bench press and rack
• Weights to squat, press, and swing e.g. a barbell with weights, dumbbells, kettlebells, etc.
• Something to carry, e.g. dumbbells, kettlebells, etc.
• Something to pull, drag, or push, e.g. sled, tire, vehicle, or similar.
• Something to throw, e.g. medicine ball or similar

Try a 1-Week Free Sample of the program:

Product Support

• Customers receive lifetime access to support for this program via our web Forum or through E-mail
• No refunds are available for downloadable products at this time
• Program file downloads are only available via purchases made on the Barbell Medicine website. File downloads are not provided for purchases made within the Barbell Medicine App.