U.S. Army’s New Fitness Test Ditches Gender-Neutral Scoring
Leg tucks are out. The plank is in. And gone is the gender- and age-neutral scoring when the U.S. Army’s new combat fitness test becomes compulsory this fall.
The scoring was initially envisioned to be age- and gender-neutral. But just like the old test it replaces, the ACFT is adopting scoring that fluctuates for different age bands and gender, according to Brig. Gen. Scott Naumann, the director of training.
For example, women between the ages 17-21 will have to lift 210 pounds in the deadlift to score 100 points, the maximum, or 120 pounds to score 60 points, the minimum, according to the Army’s scoring scales.
Men in the same age group will have to perform deadlifts with 340 pounds for the maximum score, and 140 pounds for the passing score.