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Not much PT in the First World War I bet.

A lot of the soldiers that enlisted in WW 1 were farmers, ranchers, laborers etc. No need for PT - farming itself was PT.

Marksmanship training was probably easier - most would have known how to shoot.

There was always a need for PT.

“Are You Fit, Soldier?”: Fitness in the CEF during the First World War

Version française By Dylan Roy Are you fit, soldier? Do you have what it takes to make it in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)? War is upon the world since 1914, and we need brave young recrui…

thediscoverblog.com

Unfit to Fight: The History of Rejecting First World War Volunteers – An Excerpt

By Nic Clarke Nic Clarke is an historian at the Canadian War Museum who has researched Canadian Expeditionary Force policy concerning the physical fitness of recruits, and the implications of rejec…

activehistory.ca

It just didn't look the same back then.

Manual of physical training : Great Britain. Army : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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archive.org

While an emphasis on physical fitness in the military has increased, the old ways of doing things may be better.

The Old Army, It Turns Out, Was the Fitter One (Published 2000)

Army Physical Fitness School research finds today's soldiers perform poorly on test drawn from Army's 1946 training manual; findings bolster complaints about declining rigors of training; school officials hold focus of physical training doctrine has shifted away from 'core strengths' required...

www.nytimes.com

And as surprising as it may seem, the RCAF (original flavour) was once a world leader in fitness training.

 

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There was always a need for PT.

“Are You Fit, Soldier?”: Fitness in the CEF during the First World War

Version française By Dylan Roy Are you fit, soldier? Do you have what it takes to make it in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)? War is upon the world since 1914, and we need brave young recrui…

thediscoverblog.com

Unfit to Fight: The History of Rejecting First World War Volunteers – An Excerpt

By Nic Clarke Nic Clarke is an historian at the Canadian War Museum who has researched Canadian Expeditionary Force policy concerning the physical fitness of recruits, and the implications of rejec…

activehistory.ca

It just didn't look the same back then.

Manual of physical training : Great Britain. Army : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

26

archive.org

While an emphasis on physical fitness in the military has increased, the old ways of doing things may be better.

The Old Army, It Turns Out, Was the Fitter One (Published 2000)

Army Physical Fitness School research finds today's soldiers perform poorly on test drawn from Army's 1946 training manual; findings bolster complaints about declining rigors of training; school officials hold focus of physical training doctrine has shifted away from 'core strengths' required...

www.nytimes.com

And as surprising as it may seem, the RCAF (original flavour) was once a world leader in fitness training.

I hem and haw about starting 5BX every so often.