I have posted a ton on that topic here over the years. My general thoughts on "tactical athletes" as found on EliteFTS. My other stuff published in LE publications (Police Magazine, etc) was Tac LE specific.
https://www.elitefts.com/education/t...ical-athletes/
There's a diminishing return to body mass and strength for mil, but it's also well established that those who can carry a wounded person, ammo, and the M240 who don't perform well, get crapped on in standard testing, which (finally) seems to be heading toward more "job specific" testing. It seems the Marines are ahead of the curve on this. Per link above:
Marine Corp. developing the Combat Fitness Test (CFT); Marines must pass in addition to the standard Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT). The Marine Corp. Times states:
“Unlike the familiar Physical Fitness Test, the Corps’ new Combat Fitness Test is designed to assess Marines’ physical strength, endurance and agility where it really counts: in battle.”
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