Ep 316: AFSPECWAR Initial Fitness Test (IFT) Deep Dive
Ones Ready
Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras
5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
In order to join the Air Force for one of the Air Force Special Warfare, or AFSPECWAR, career fields, you need to pass the Initial Fitness Test (IFT). The standards and numbers for the test are clear, but you might still have some questions. Don't worry, Trent and Aaron have got you covered. They provide tips and tricks for everything from proper form to managing your output and help you score your best on the IFT now and in the future.
We hope you found this information useful. Please let us know if we missed anything, except for Aaron's mistakes, of course. Also, feel free to share your latest IFT numbers in the comments section. If you're scared and don't want to, we get it.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Podcast Appreciation
01:08 Understanding the Initial Fitness Test (IFT)
06:10 Mastering Pull-Ups: Form and Technique
13:20 Achieving Success in Sit-Ups: Common Mistakes to Avoid
22:48 Building Endurance and Strength for the IFT
31:13 Mastering Push-Up Form and Technique
32:39 Pacing for Success in the Run
48:39 Training Appropriately for the Fitness Test
56:54 Mastering the IFT: Strategies for Success
59:08 Perfect Form: The Key to IFT Performance
01:02:50 The Swim Portion: Techniques and Tips
01:05:24 The Surface Swim: Building Endurance
01:08:36 Open Turns vs. Flip Turns: Which is Better?
01:13:07 Training Strategies for IFT Preparation
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| 0:00.0 | It's a high-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-cha! |
| 0:07.0 | He's just how you like that. |
| 0:10.0 | A little editing challenge, it's Trent, Ser, and we're here in the team room. |
| 0:13.8 | Go check out our channel. I want to start by saying thanks to everybody, every single person |
| 0:17.7 | that's ever listened to us. I would never dream to put a claim upon you to make you do something except for right now. |
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| 0:35.0 | It really helped. |
| 0:36.0 | We're just trying to get information out there. |
| 0:37.3 | We are, after all, the official, unofficial podcast |
| 0:40.8 | of the United States Air Force. |
| 0:42.1 | So, whether we like it or not at this point. |
| 0:45.0 | Whether we like, I'll tell you what, I never wanted to be it and now that people consider us |
| 0:49.0 | the official unofficial podcast, the Air Force, there's a whole bunch of inputs that I don't necessarily care about but hey it's been fun it's good to talk to old friends every now and again you know hey Trent let's talk about the IFT. What is the IFT? What is the IFT? It's the initial fitness test. We know that it used to be called something else what was it called back in the day? |
| 1:07.6 | It's called the past the something something something test physical ability and stamina test. |
| 1:13.7 | Wow, you were terrible. |
| 1:15.2 | How did you not bring that? |
| 1:16.8 | We knew what we were talking about. |
| 1:18.2 | Wow, show prep, negative one for Trump. |
| 1:20.4 | You know my own show prep. |
| 1:21.8 | This is my whole thing. I just show up. It is so we're going to talk I have to you today right initial fitness test we've done another episode on it. I'm going to link it right here to go and and we break down all three of the fitness tests but we've been gotten a lot of |
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