Tennessee Academy

[Lefty_47]

In Ten's. acedemy what is the physical part like? Do you take power tests such as bench press. Also what are the physical components of the academy.

[JCT]

Here is the link to the academy in Tennessee that I plan on attending later this year. scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit next to navigate through the requirements. It lists some Tennessee P.O.S.T. standards, curriculum of the academy, physical requirements, etc. etc. I would imagine the physical requirements at this academy would be nearly identical to the academy in Greeneville, TN, or the TLETA in Donnelson.

http://www.clevelandstatecc.edu/acad...ng/Bpindex.htm

[jbardinelli]

In Ten's. acedemy what is the physical part like? Do you take power tests such as bench press. Also what are the physical components of the academy.

I went to the academy hosted by Walters State in Greeneville, TN. The bench press was cut out of the PT requirements recently. We had to do:

Max pushups in one minute
Max situps in one minute
Mile and a half run
300 meter sprint
Illinois Agility Run
Sit and Reach Measurement

I may be missing something but that's all I can remember right now. To meet POST standards, you also have to complete the obstacle course. But it's not that difficult for anyone in reasonably good shape. We had a couple porkers in my class that made it alright.

[JDCOP]

If you can manage the daily PT you will pass the tests. The only ones not to pass the obstacle course in my class were females who couldn't drag the dummy. Don't go into the academy not doing anything to prepare yourself.

[SgtScott31]

Be ready to run up a hill many, many times, and for pete's sake, don't step on Thomas' rock!! or you will be doing push ups for a year.

[powertest]

Tennessee requirements is running 5 miles in 35 minutes!

j/k...you dont want to be "that guy" who makes everybody do extra pt.

Like someone said earlier, prepare yourself before you go in. You will be happy you did.

[TN Cop]

Be ready to run up a hill many, many times, and for pete's sake, don't step on Thomas' rock!! or you will be doing push ups for a year.

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