Does anyone deviate from PRT?

I believe in having to start off with doctrine so that everyone knows the standard. Once thisnis established, NCOs should be able to build the art of if and make it challenging but fun at the same time. Everyone will complain about a program no matter what it is, but will they complain about the NCO driving it?

Yes

We ensure our soldiers know how to conduct PRT but try to stay away from it as much as possible.

I'd have to do PRT to deviate, the warm up stuff is the only thing worth anybodies time. The old PT worked just fine, just need people to man up and quot going to sick call for every stupid thing. My plt apft average is 265 before everyone starts telling me I'm all jacked up for not pushing it.

The Navy has different rules but when I laid my sessions I do 45 minutes of aerobic activity and 15 minutes of core. Sometimes we play kickball group runs volleyball something to keep everyone moving then end with the basic sit ups push-ups planks etc.

Sure. Have to break up the tediousness of it and keep PT fun and interesting.

We do the warm up and cool down portions of PRT but for pt we create our own routine involving circuit training with weights, body weight exercises, cardio ect. And mandatory gym time after lunch. My squads last PT avg was 289. Never used PRT as the main body. Not saying PRT doesn't work, but what we do works so we use it.

Prt hurts soldiers to have your neck strained like it is during a lot of these exercises can't be good medically. Also it takes valuable time from actually doing pt rather where you could stretch on your own instead of doing the prep drills and get right into it. Some of the conditioning drills are good though I will admit but some aren't. I do however like the climbing drill although we don't do that much at my unit. I was told when I got to Campbell list of the 101st doesn't really do the prt but unit is pretty strict with atleast doing the prep drills.

Conducting prt on a regular basis and emphasizing to your soldiers how important it is that they learn the exercises plays an important role in how they perform at NCOES schools. I'm at ALC right now, and you wouldn't believe how many of the guys and girls here don't know the exercises. They need to know proper technique and every drill, to go with alternate exercises. But to your original question, creativity and deviating from prt every now and then never hurt anyone. I do it too, bringing something new to the table keeps it alive.

We "SELF"-PT. :P lol