This course prepares future officers for their role as fitness leaders by equipping them with content and experiences that cultivate their ability to plan, implement, and assess unit physical training under varied conditions. Course material emphasizes basic concepts of human physiology and the mechanisms by which the body adapts to and benefits from physical readiness training. Cadets will apply their knowledge of the United States Army's Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) system in pursuit of optimizing unit (group) performance. Cadets must assess the physical requirements of units and Soldiers, program platoon level physical readiness training, and evaluate the efficacy of that training. Course graduates have the knowledge to enhance the health and human performance of the future units they will lead.
This course prepares future company grade officers for their roles as fitness leaders by equipping them with the knowledge to plan, implement, and assess unit physical training in a variety of conditions and by giving them opportunities to apply this knowledge.
