Alaska Guardsmen participate in Master Fitness Trainer Course
Story by Pfc. Grace Nechanicky Alaska National Guard Public Affairs Twenty Alaska Army National Guard and active duty U.S. Army Soldiers are participating in the Master Fitness Trainer Course that was offered here by instructors from Fort Benning, Georgia starting July 14, 2019. The purpose of the MFT program is to train Soldiers in strength and resistance programs, enabling them to then train the Soldiers within their units. Every unit has an MFT, who is the individual responsible for planning and executing the physical readiness training for the unit. Trainers are required to complete this course in order to be fully qualified to train and design exercises for Soldiers in their units. “All of our training has some form of progression so we’re following our big four principles: specificity, overload, progression and variation,” said Staff Sgt. Mark White, Master Fitness Trainer Course NCOIC, “We’re trying to program an overload at a progressive level that can meet their s...