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Army Recommends Holistic Health Approach
Former physical fitness training manual is updated.
By Shirley Archer-Eichenberger, JD, MA
Jan 11, 2021
The U.S. Army has updated its former physical fitness training field manual to the FM 7-22 Holistic Health and Fitness manual. The new version reflects a more integrated approach to well-being and revises the previous doctrine of physical readiness training. The new Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) System includes five readiness categories: mental, sleep-related, nutritional, physical and spiritual.
To learn more, go to https://bit.ly/36Qu7nL.
See also: Training Needed by Army National Guard
Shirley Archer-Eichenberger, JD, MA
Shirley Archer, JD, MA, is an internationally acknowledged integrative health and mindfulness specialist, best-selling author of 16 fitness and wellness books translated into multiple languages and sold worldwide, award-winning health journalist, contributing editor to Fitness Journal, media spokesperson, and IDEA's 2008 Fitness Instructor of the Year. She's a 25-year industry veteran and former health and fitness educator at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, who has served on multiple industry committees and co-authored trade books and manuals for ACE, ACSM and YMCA of the USA. She has appeared on TV worldwide and was a featured trainer on America's Next Top Model.
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