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A: during IMT, basic combat training (BCT), one station unit training (OSUT) (red/white/blue phases), and Basic Officer Leader Course A (BOLC A)

• 65. Para 2-5 What is the purpose of the sustaining phase?
• A: to continue physical development and maintain a high level of physical readiness appropriate to duty position and the requirements of the unit’s C- or
• D-METL as it applies to ARFORGEN

• 66. Para 2-5 When are the Sustaining phase activities conducted?
• A: in unit PRT throughout the Army

• 67. Para 2-6 What is the objective of reconditioning?
• A: to restore physical fitness levels that enable Soldiers to reenter the toughening or sustaining phase safely, and then progress to their previous levels of conditioning

• 68. Para 2-6 When may Soldiers participate in reconditioning?
• A: after rehabilitation and recovery from injury or illness, and then re-enter training in the toughening or sustaining phases

• 69. Para 2-7 What factors can cause Soldiers to move from the toughening or sustaining phases to reconditioning?
• A: extended deployment, field training, block leave, and recovery from illness or injury

• 70. Para 2-8 What principles does the conduct of Army PRT follow?
• A: the principles of precision, progression, and integration

• 71. Para 2-9 What is Precision?
• A: Precision is the strict adherence to optimal execution standards for PRT activities

• 72. Para 2-9 What is Precision based on?
• A: Precision is based on the premise that the quality of the movement or form is just as important as the weight lifted, repetitions performed or speed of
• running

• 73. Para 2-9 What does the Adherance to precise execution standards in the conduct of all PRT activities ensure?
• A: the development of body management and fundamental movement skills

• 74. Para 2-10 What is Progression?
• A: Progression is the systematic increase in the intensity, duration, volume, and difficulty of PRT activities

• 75. Para 2-10 What happens if proper PRT progression is not followed?
• A: the Soldier is unable to adapt to the demands of training, the Soldier is then unable to recover, which leads to overtraining or the possibility of injury

• 76. Para 2-11 What is Integration?
• A: the use of multiple training activities to achieve balance and appropriate recovery between activities in the PRT program

4. Recovery from injury, illness or medical condition (physical profile)

• 154. Para 6-9 What is an Injury?
• A: any intentional or unintentional damage to the body resulting from acute or chronic exposure to mechanical, thermal, electrical, or chemical energy, and
• from the absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen