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ACFT

Tactical Training: The OFFICIAL ACFT 3.0 has arrived!

Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022

It’s official, the LEG TUCK is dead. After a lengthy battle on life support, the plug has finally been pulled and the ARMY is burying the Leg Tuck once and for all. I’m not sure where you can find a Bugler outside of the Army Band, but if there was a time to hear Taps […]

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How to Max the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Plank

Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

I got an email from a soldier last week who was asking for help with their Plank (PLK) on the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). They were curious if I had a training program specifically designed to help them improve their plank, specifically how to hold it longer. As a man of the people, I […]

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Tactical Training: The ACFT 3.0 – Time to walk the PLANK!

Posted on June 24, 2021October 6, 2021

Is the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) becoming the ARMY’s version of the iPhone? No seriously? When is the new-new version coming? Do we have to wait until 2022 or are we getting a fall release? I feel this is the going to be the new yearly, if not semi-annual thing until all the kinks are worked out.

Strength & Conditioning

What is the GPS TACTICAL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING online Training Team?

Posted on September 12, 2020May 19, 2021

GPS TACTICAL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING is one of our 3 current online training teams offered through the TrainHeroic platform. You’ll get everything you need delivered to your phone on a daily basis to help get you in the best shape to perform on the job. By partnering with TrainHeroic, we are able to offer our […]

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Tactical Training: ACFT 2.0 – Everyone Passes!

Posted on June 16, 2020May 19, 2021

Well, well, well, it looks like the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) is rolling ahead as planned on October 1 2020. I’m sorry, correction, the ACFT 2.0 is rolling ahead on Oct. 1. And guess what? You don’t even need to pass it! That’s right, sit back down on the couch, kick your feet up […]

Exercise

Tactical Training: Getting Back in the Gym Post-Quarantine

Posted on June 9, 2020May 19, 2021

It looks like there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And hopefully it’s not a freight train filled with COVID-19 coming our way. But with more states loosening restrictions on businesses opening back up, gyms are close to being back. Granted it’ll be at a limited capacity, but it’s a start. Hell […]

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Tactical Training: The ACFT has been cancelled due to a lack of hustle…deal with it.

Posted on April 3, 2020May 20, 2021

Get 1-year of access to our 12-Week ACFT Train-Up plan offered in the TrainHeroic app for $75. SIGN-UP TODAY Ok, technically it has only been suspended until further notice, but that just isn’t as fun of a title. Plus, who doesn’t love Ben Stiller in the classic Disney movie Heavyweights as Tony Perkis! If you […]

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Tactical Training: The ACFT 2-Mile Run

Posted on February 26, 2020May 20, 2021

12-Week ACFT Train-Up Plan on TrainHeroic! Hey, before you go any further, if you’re someone that needs help, I got you. My ACFT Train-Up Plan is now only $75. If you’re looking for an ACFT specific train-up program to follow, to get coaching, feedback, questions answered, exercise modifications as needed and to train virally with […]

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