West Point cadets graduate with modern mental, physical skills from new Army program

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West Point cadets graduate with modern mental, physical skills from new Army program
By Todd South
Monday, May 2
U.S. Military Academy at West Point new cadets practice Physical Training and the Army Combat Fitness Test, as part of Cadet Basic Training at West Point, N.Y., July 14, 2020. (Matthew Moeller/Army)

FORT EUSTIS, Virginia – Army cadets at West Point are getting a healthy dose of training on all-around fitness that goes beyond sweating it out in running shorts by using advanced physical and psychological tools to ensure high-level performance.

Each cadet already must compete on an athletic team as part of their curriculum, but in recent years, leaders at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, have also improved basic fitness fundamentals, using the Army’s new Holistic Health and Fitness program. The H2F program looks at mental, spiritual and physical health, with added goals for exercise, nutrition and sleep.

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