LOA (Limit of Advance)

At this point this blog will be placed on hold in order for me to focus efforts on another blog that I am in the process of making. If this upsets any of the few readers I did have rejoice knowing that I will still answer any fitness related questions via email. The new blog will be created shortly and will consist of short stories and such like that I write in addition to a daily writing prompt. You may be saying to yourself wow that seems like a radical shift from someone intent on paramilitary fitness. that is a justified conclusion to which I have to say, I have a back log of short stories that no one has ever seen and I have more passion for writing for the sake of writing than I do writing about fitness. If there are any questions please feel free to comment or email me.

-Jack

Designing a combat fitness test/ Shout out to Law enforcement

So I've been diggin through a mountain of field manuals and I think I've boiled down the components of fitness essential to livelihood in a hostile environment. Basically, a soldier needs to be physically capable of performing certain tasks in order to be effective on the battle field.  The list is fairly simple Ruck/Backpack with gear amounting to no less than 70 pounds uphill for 2-3 miles, drag an adult male weighing no less than 300 pounds a distance of 2-6m behind cover, repeatedly sprint distances up to 50m, rapidly regain a calm breathing rhythm after sprinting, and climb obstacles while maintaining a low profile. All of this is to be done wearing about 20 pounds of just body armor. Now that I have my list boiled out I plan on working on a comprehensive test specifically for soldier's. The problem I have is that I have no experience in law enforcement. If there is an officer out there who can provide me with a list of skills that could be commonly used I would appreciate it.