Find out where you sit against the real PFA standard.

No. I am not a recruiter and I have no involvement in your application. I cannot submit it, speed it up, see its status or speak to anyone about it. What I can do is make sure the physical assessment is not the thing that stops you, and that you arrive at initial training durable.

For Army General Entry Combat and Officer Entry: 8 push-ups for women and 15 for men, 45 sit-ups with feet held, and a 7.5 shuttle run. Combat Support is 4 and 8 push-ups, 20 sit-ups and 6.1. Air Force is 20 sit-ups and a 5.1 or 6.1 shuttle. Navy only tests Divers. Standards differ for some roles, so confirm yours.

It depends on the starting gap and which component is short. Aerobic gaps usually move faster than push-up gaps. You sit the PFA 12 weeks before your enlistment day, so that is often the real window. The Readiness Check gives you a per-component gap, which is the only honest basis for a timeline.

Not for the assessed components. Push-ups, sit-ups and the shuttle run need floor space and a measured 20m. The strength base that carries you through initial training is better with a barbell, and I program around what you actually have access to.

Then the test is not your problem and we skip straight to the part that matters: load carriage, strength and durability for initial training. A 7.5 shuttle clears Army General Entry, but initial training will ask for a great deal more than the floor.

Yes, as expectation-setting rather than anything clinical. I brief you on the routine, the correction, the tiredness and the team assessment, because most early struggle comes from surprise rather than from fitness. It is not counselling or psychological assessment, and I say so plainly on this page.

The programming is built on your logged data rather than on a template, and the person making the calls served 14 years as an Army officer. That is the whole difference, and both halves of it are checkable.