Posted on Apr 13, 2014
Should Height/Weight be Disregarded if the PT Score is High Enough?
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We all know that the Army's Height/Weight system has it flaws, and something I believe that could fix part of it would be making it invalid if the PT score is high enough. My personal opinion is that if you can achieve a 270 with a 90 in each event you shouldn't have to worry if you have too small of a neck for your waistline. I'm interested to see how others feel about this.
APFT
Standards
Height and Weight
Fitness
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If you can pass the apft weight should not be an issue. Most of your overweight soldiers cannot pass, the test. Those are the ones that need to be taped.
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Nope. The Standard is the Standard. Period. No does the AR need to be reviewed and changed, maybe. But until then. Suck it up.
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Its a great idea until you have a bad day and then your just overweight and chaptered.
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Height and weight is a joke. All that is is how you look like in uniform. If you look like a soldier than you are a soldier. I was always a big guy and could do my job without and problems
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The Marine Corps has already implemented something like that. If you score a 285 or above on BOTH our physical fitness test (PFT) AND combat fitness test (CFT) then you can have as much body fat as you want (still get taped but no negative if over the limit). If you score a 250 or above on both then you rate an extra body fat percentage.
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I feel your pain Sir, but surely you must understand two things:
uniform standards across the board and officer setting an example of discipline and excellence.
uniform standards across the board and officer setting an example of discipline and excellence.
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I agree something should be done, but standards must be met. If you say they cannot pass the tape yet make 270 on the test. You would have to say the opposite also you failed the pt test but passed height and weight
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Muscle weighs more than fat, so yeah if you have a low badly fat index and score high on PFT then height /weight shouldn’t matter
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