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The 6 Week Plan: Week 1

!

Start this plan with a baseline test to give

you a good idea of your current state of

fitness. At the end of week 5, we retest to

assess the progress you have made. By

the end of week 6, you are ready to rock.

Be sure to make the tough PT easier by

adding friends. And some ACRT never

hurts either. Good luck and good ruckin'.

DAY

1

DAY

2

Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT):

Baseline!

Push-Ups, max reps in 2 min!

Rest 2 min!

Sit-Ups, max reps in 2 min!

Rest!

2 mile timed Run

Body Weight PT!

4 Sets AFAP!

400m Run!

50 Squats!

40 Walking Lunges!

Rest 3 min!

Rest as needed!

!

Metabolic Circuit!

Set up 50m course!

Do 3-4 sets!

Sprint down and back x 2!

50m Bear Crawl!

20 x 4 count Flutter Kicks!

FLR x 1 min

DAY

3

Metabolic Circuit with Weight

Training!

Close Grip Bench Press ~65-75%

BWT, 1 min!

Squats, 1 min!

Step-Ups, 2 min!

Jog, 3 min!

Strict Military Press, 1 min!

Lunges, 1 min/leg!

Push-Ups, 1 min!

Jog, 3 min!

Push Press play, 1 min!

Burpees play, 1 min!

Run, 3 min!

!

For the Military Press and the Push

Press use an unloaded barbell or light

dumbbells.

DAY

4

DAY

5

DAY

6

R&R

Interval Runs!

4 x 400m Run!

Rest 2 min between each 400m!

8 x 200m Run!

Rest 90 sec between each 200m

Cross-training!

Bike/Row/Swim for 30-40 min at low

to moderate intensity !

!

GRC Simulation – Log PT!

Sandbag reps, 80-100 of shoulder-toshoulders play. Left to right, right to

left = 1 rep. Do in as few sets as

possible. For every break, drop the

sandbag and do a 50m Bear Crawl.!

!

Suggested sandbag weight!

Male 30-50#!

Female 20-30#

DAY

3

Ruckout!

Ruck 1-2 miles with 20-30#

The 6 Week Plan: Week 1

DAY

7

R&R

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The 6 Week Plan: Week 2

!

You got your feet wet last week. Now it's time to dive in because changes are, if there

is water on your Challenge course, you'll be getting soaked. This week gives you a

taste of...