Client Success Story - Kate Passed Her PT Test By Training LESS

My client Kate had applied to a federal agency but had failed her PT test several times. She came to me to get her ready for her last shot.

She struggled with her short distance running. She had plenty of endurance for longer distances, but found her legs DYING about 2/3 of the way through her shorter run.

In addition, her sit-ups were borderline. She had some back and tailbone pain and honestly just didn’t like doing them.

We prepped for a couple of months and she went back and blew her previous score out of the water and passed, finally landing the opportunity to train for her dream job.

Here’s what we did to land her this opportunity:

-          She had no experience with weight training. I suspected that overall hamstring weakness and lack of strength-endurance was hurting her fast running. We emphasized heavy deadlifting to build force production capability, then trained short distance sprints with incomplete rest to build specific strength-endurance and extend her speed to the distance that was required.

-          We didn’t train a lot of sit-ups, but we trained her core in a variety of ways that were similar enough to get some carryover (hanging leg raises, lying leg raises, etc). When it came to sit-ups, we did timed sets with short rest periods to practice speed and efficient technique.

We did a practice test a few weeks before her real test, and she passed, but barely. I decided that the work was done and she couldn’t show her fitness because she was fatigued from training, so we gradually tapered down and made her last few weeks of training super specific to the testing environment and demands.

Boom, she passed and headed off to training.

If you’ve got an upcoming PT test and aren’t sure if you’ll be able to pass, just book a free consultation below and I’ll be happy to help you work through your weaknesses and come up with a plan.

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