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I read it, got my hopes up with the title, thought FINALLY the CF is learning and going to implement more then just running for PT...BUT clued in fast it was US Army.
The conclusions the Majow draws are nothing new, the real question is will the military (ours and the americans) ever make organization wide changes that are to be permanently implemented?
such as:
- a more well rounded PT test (for the CF)
- more relevant and/or well rounded PT, as well as actually having actual short and long term training/fitness plans and not just random PSP classes, thrown in with random CSM's/OC's/CO's PT.
Also makes me wonder why the CF doesn't give more points the better you do in every category above minimum pass like the US Army and USMC do (instead of just pass, fail, exempt), this in my opinion would foster/instill a good competitive nature which would also in turn help improve overall fitness levels of the entire CF.
I'm not saying we need to go as far as having height/weight restrictions like our southern neighbours do, but maybe there could be some kind of career/promotion repercussions in regards to obese mbrs, i'm not talking about the guys who could lose 10lbs...but the guy/gal who's gut is clearly vivible in CADPAT, and you can see rolls waddle when the move. I'm not advocating BMI, if anything we could do caliper tests for fat %. This combined with a more well rounded PT test(s) giving points for EACH category and adding it up for a final score, in my opinion would reward the fit troops, in the long run.
The conclusions the Majow draws are nothing new, the real question is will the military (ours and the americans) ever make organization wide changes that are to be permanently implemented?
such as:
- a more well rounded PT test (for the CF)
- more relevant and/or well rounded PT, as well as actually having actual short and long term training/fitness plans and not just random PSP classes, thrown in with random CSM's/OC's/CO's PT.
Also makes me wonder why the CF doesn't give more points the better you do in every category above minimum pass like the US Army and USMC do (instead of just pass, fail, exempt), this in my opinion would foster/instill a good competitive nature which would also in turn help improve overall fitness levels of the entire CF.
I'm not saying we need to go as far as having height/weight restrictions like our southern neighbours do, but maybe there could be some kind of career/promotion repercussions in regards to obese mbrs, i'm not talking about the guys who could lose 10lbs...but the guy/gal who's gut is clearly vivible in CADPAT, and you can see rolls waddle when the move. I'm not advocating BMI, if anything we could do caliper tests for fat %. This combined with a more well rounded PT test(s) giving points for EACH category and adding it up for a final score, in my opinion would reward the fit troops, in the long run.