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The Navy Physical Fitness Test: A Proposed Revision to the Navy Physical Readiness Test
Strength and Conditioning Journal
  • David D. Peterson, Cedarville University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2015
DOI
10.1519/SSC.0000000000000122
Abstract

The Department of Defense mandates that each branch of the Armed Forces develop and use annual Physical Fitness Tests to assess the physical readiness of their service-members. In an attempt to improve test validity and better predict battlefield performance, most of the services have made significant changes in recent years to their physical fitness tests. However, the Navy's Physical Readiness Test has remained relatively unchanged since 1986. This article introduces a revised Physical Fitness Test, the Navy Physical Fitness Test, that offers significantly improved validity and operational relevance.

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Keywords
  • Physical fitness,
  • armed forces,
  • military training,
  • validation studies,
  • performance evaluation
Citation Information
David D. Peterson. "The Navy Physical Fitness Test: A Proposed Revision to the Navy Physical Readiness Test" Strength and Conditioning Journal Vol. 37 Iss. 4 (2015) p. 60 - 68 ISSN: 15241602
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-peterson/11/