Pull ups will only be done at Muscular Strength and Endurance PT (every other day when not in the field). It is not on the APFT. You will never be tested on it during CBT.
Sorry, brain fade on my part. I thought I had corrected that, yes, pullups are not part of the APFT, I was thinking pushups.
The part is conducted in one day. Actually, my outreach officer said that being in better cardio shape would be better than pure strength. And not really. A 14 min mile time is not necessarily bad. They score you based off of your times, # of pushups, situps in 2 mins. You still wanna shoot for the best time though. I personally have been running more in addition to lifting in preparation.
While the APFT is tested in a single day, you'll do extensive PT almost every day during beast. And not just during PT periods!!! Sometimes before you go to bed, while waiting, because you forgot to tuck in your boot laces, etc.
Based upon their scores they are separated in to various groups such as black, gold, white, ect. Can someone elaborate on how the grouping process works. As well as what 2-mile time you need to run for each group.
You are referring to the run groups. Cadets can comment, but from DS's input it's not a big deal.... you are just placed in groups based on running speed. It's primarily for logistics and keeping a good workout. Your run group has no impact on your military or physical grade. (other things do) Pretty much you just don't want to be in the last group unless you are a football lineman, and if you were ready for the 1st group you'd not be asking the question.
Depending on your speed you may even move up or down in the run groups during beast.
Is a 14 minute 2-mile considered slow or average?
For the regular Army it's average.... would yield an 86. 13:00 would yield 100.
But USMA is graded to a different scale. Maxing the Army APFT will not result in an A, it would be A- or B+.
And an 86 across all three (run, situps, pushups) would just be a C-.
So to your question- regular army "average" is USMA slow. Many cadets will max all three, and some will "supermax" to get an A+ rather than an A-/B+.
So a "max" on all three would be the target to shoot for. Which would allow you to move into A/A+ territory. You have to max all three (100's) to allow a better than max score to count. IE: in one or two of the three. The USMA scoring goes up to 125 in each category.
APFT is a key part of your physical grade. You have to pass it, but it also impacts your cadet rank, etc. Not a huge amount, but enough. And you'll need it to balance out the strict DPE grading on plebe PE classes.
But more importantly, if you can do well on the APFT you are also positioned to be a much less miserable cadet candidate during beast. Running on the hills, land nav in ACU's, getting smoked, etc.
