Posted on Jan 22, 2014
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EDIT: Everyone, I KNOW what goes in the section of the APFT. I know what it says and I know that there are other things that pertain to that section besides the APFT. However, in MY experiences, people don't give a crap about anything that isn't APFT. Non-APFT stuff in that block is usually fluff, whether that's the way it's supposed to be or not. What I am looking for are SAMPLE BULLETS of an excellence that isn't based off an APFT score.

 

I am about to get my first profile really and certainly my first perm profile. At least until I receive my disc surgery in my back, I won't be able to run or do high impact things, or do situps.

 

However, I think it's unfair that people say "well 270+ = excellence". Because while it hurts like crazy on my back I can smoke most people that score that high.

 

I squat and deadlift about 405lbs, and bench about 315lbs. I am about 15% under body fat and you can see an eight pack of abs, and they're not skinny abs.

 

I say all that not to brag or seem full of myself but rather to ask - I know I am in better shape and clearly more physically fit than a ton of people I know that score 90 in each event. Yet I have no chance at ever having an excellence again?

 

What bullets have you seen to quantify an excellence when someone is on profile?

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I had an NCO that lost a 30 LBS in a year, it was outlined on his 2166-8-1 to lose 20 LBS and that will constitute an excellence. He lost 30, so i wrote it up like that. Checked excellence and it flew. He got picked up on the next board. So I believe that vast improvement despite hardships constitutes excellence.
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o Scored 100% on the push-up event and had the fastest walk time out of the company; profile in now way hinders work performance




Something to that effect. Max out what you can do on the PT test and be better than every other person on a profile, when it comes to the walk or whatever cardio event you have to do.
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I had a SNCO that rode a 30 Mile bike ride for an event and he put an excellent for that in his eval.
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Not bad, so basically like completing something like a Tough Mudder or something?
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Yes, something that will challenge you physically and mentally, like the Army 10 miler, a marathon or a tough mudder. Something that very few people can do physically. That is the way the MSG explain it to me.
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