“I was not even doing that much dead lifting, I was just doing whatever the workout of the day was and then again, magically, I can lift 165, which is really big progress for me in just a couple of months.”Ĭharles, who has been in the Army for close to 13 years, shared Wiriyaskunpan’s fears about some of the ACFT events. “Magically, I can do 10,” Wiriyaskunpan said, smiling. The staff sergeant said she did not perform a single leg tuck in her CrossFit workouts, but after a month of dedicated training in her personal time she decided to attempt a leg tuck. “So I went to my first class by myself and then I started to lift and go to class every day, Monday through Friday … and it’s become my routine.” “Somebody told me about CrossFit, and then I was like you know what, I’m kind of scared because I don’t know what CrossFit is, it seemed to be really, really, extreme, but I decided to give it a try,” Wiriyaskunpan said. The staff sergeant said she tried training for the leg tuck-an exercise that requires a Soldier to hang from a pull-up bar and curl their body up to the bar, touching their legs on their elbows-by just “going for it” and trying to do leg tucks, but the approach was not working. The ACFT, which becomes the Army’s test of record in March 2022, has been implemented to transform the Army’s fitness culture and enhance Soldiers’ mental toughness and stamina. The native of Bangkok, Thailand, is 35 years old, and also thought that she was just too old to be successful at the Army’s new physical readiness test. “I was so worried that the Army was going to kick me out because of this, because I cannot do leg tuck, I cannot do dead lift-because I am only 120 pounds, to lift 140 is kind of hard to me-and I never that I would have ability to do it,” said Wiriyaskunpan. 1st TSC is responsible for sustainment operations throughout the U.S. Charles have been deployed here since June supporting 1st Theater Sustainment Command. CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - Two financial management technicians deployed here with the Kaiserslautern, Germany, based 266th Finance Support Center have overcome their fears about the Army Combat Fitness Test through dedicated training in their personal time.
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