Holistic Health and Fitness
FM 7-22 replaced the old physical readiness training manual with the Holistic Health and Fitness system. It covers physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep readiness, plus how to build and run a unit physical readiness program. Changes have been issued against it since publication, so download the current file rather than a saved copy.
Open the official recordWhat to take from it
- H2F covers five readiness domains: physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep.
- Supersedes chapters 1 through 6 and appendix D of FM 7-22, Army Physical Readiness Training, dated 26 October 2012.
- Provides the exercise standards, drills, and programming leaders use to build unit PRT.
- ATP 7-22.01 carries fitness test administration; FM 7-22 carries the training system.
These points are our summary, written for recall. They are not a substitute for the publication and they will not cover everything a board can ask. Read the source.
Board questions from this publication
What publication is the Army's physical readiness training doctrine, and what system does it describe?
FM 7-22, Holistic Health and Fitness. It describes the H2F system and the five readiness domains: physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep. FM 7-22 is the training system. ATP 7-22.01 carries the testing procedures.
FM 7-22, Holistic Health and Fitness
What are the three components of a physical readiness training session?
Preparation, activities, and recovery. Preparation readies the body for the session, activities are the training itself, and recovery brings the Soldier back to a resting state and reduces injury risk.
FM 7-22, Holistic Health and Fitness
What are the three principles of physical readiness training?
Precision, progression, and integration. Precision means exercises are performed to standard. Progression means the workload increases in a deliberate, systematic way. Integration means multiple training components are combined in a balanced program.
FM 7-22, Holistic Health and Fitness