Loadout Solo

Train for|4 training days a week by default

Train like a soldier: a military fitness plan with no test date.

No date, no board. Running, loaded marching and strength kept at a standard most infantry units would accept.

What the test is

No date, no board. This goal keeps you at a standard most infantry units would accept: a 1.5 mile run at or under 10:30, 44 press-ups and 50 sit-ups in two minutes, and an 8 mile march with 25 lb in two hours. The standards are a reference, not a published test.

The plan runs in rolling blocks: a build, a lighter week, a build. Standards are re-tested every few weeks and the next block is written from what you actually did.

The standards

Published figures at the time of writing. Confirm the current standard with the recruiting office before you set a target; you can edit every target on the goal screen.

TargetTest
10:30min:sec1.5 mile run
44repsPress-ups in 2 min
50repsSit-ups in 2 min
2:00:00h:mm:ss8 mile march (25 lb)

How the plan is built for it

  1. 1Four training days a week by default: a loaded march, an interval run, an easy run and a strength session, with a fifth day added when your history shows you can absorb it.
  2. 2Loaded marching progresses distance and weight on alternating weeks and holds at a sustainable level rather than climbing forever.
  3. 3Press-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups are kept as submaximal volume through the week.
  4. 4Each morning the plan checks your HRV, sleep and resting heart rate and scales, swaps or rests the day when you are not recovered.
  5. 5Every morning the plan reads your HRV, sleep and resting heart rate from your watch and proposes one change when you are not recovered: scale the loads, swap with an easier day, or rest. You accept it or keep the plan.

Questions

Is this a published military standard?

No. The standards are a reference set that most infantry units would accept as a baseline. Pick a specific goal if you have a test date.

Can I run this plan indefinitely?

Yes. It runs in rolling blocks, with a lighter week every fourth week and the standards re-tested so the next block is written from real numbers.

Do I need a watch?

No, but with one the plan starts from your actual history and adjusts each morning. Without one it runs as written with manual check-ins.

Give it your Train like a soldier date. The plan is written in about a minute.

Pick the goal, answer a short questionnaire, connect a watch if you have one. 7 days free, no card for the trial.

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