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The purpose of physical fitness training (PT) Physical fitness is taken very seriously in the MCJROTC program. Overall, PT constitutes 30% of a cadet’s overall grade. Physical fitness is not just about ‘being in good shape.’ It’s about diet, health, weight, and self-improvement, regardless of age. Therefore, the physical fitness portion of the JROTC curriculum is demanding. With such demands, a medical physical is required to participate in JROTC (Physical Evaluations Form). This is designed to protect everyone and make aware of a cadet’s general health and any underlying conditions to the JROTC instructor. PT involves strength, endurance, agility, balance, and teamwork elements. The bottom line, you will sweat, breathe hard and experience soreness. Cadets are issued warm and cold weather PT clothing. Cadets are required to take the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) twice a year.
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Collectively, the program will strive to optimize our Marines' health, prevent/reduce injury, increase physical fitness, build and engrain individual confidence, and contribute to a unit’s esprit de corps through positive, yet challenging, total fitness concepts. Each physical fitness session will be approached as an opportunity to improve each Marine, make them stronger, and demonstrate the positive benefits of conducting physical training the right way. Lastly, to ensure unity of effort, we will examine the various fitness and health-related capabilities existing today across the Corps and identify the best way to integrate these resources.
In CCPS MCJROTC, we PT twice per week. Tuesday is focused on group PT, and Thursday is geared toward individual.
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