Public Service Fitness Tests (BTEC Spec)

New Army Fitness Test Compulsory for all Infantry from April 2019

Fitness tests

Flexibility

E.g.

Sit and reach strength/1RM

Grip dynamometer

Aerobic endurance

E.g.

Multistage fitness test

Step test

Maximal treadmill protocol

Speed

E.g.

Sprint tests

Power

E.g.

Vertical jump

Wingate test

Muscular endurance e.g. One-minute press-ups, one-minute sit-ups

Health (BMI, body composition e.g. Skinfold callipers, bioelectrical)

Job-specific public service fitness tests

Army

Fire

Police

Prison

Royal Air Force

Royal Marines

Test results

Public service requirements

Protocols

Sequence

Norms

Reasons

Assess current levels

Monitor

Progression

Set goals

Motivation

Feedback from training programme

Benchmark after returning from injury

Use of repeat tests to establish gains

Annual fitness checks