General Fitness
Duty Ready — 8-Week Field-Test Peak
Five days, eight weeks, ending in a scored test rather than a deload. Six generic field-test events get baselined in week one, the weakest one gets the added volume, week five unloads without going soft, and week eight is the real thing. Barbell, rack and dumbbells; a bench or step and one cone, and a med ball only if you have one.
- Category
- General Fitness
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Frequency
- 5 days/week
- Est. session
- 50–70 min
Last updated: June 2026
About this program
Most training blocks end by tapering into whatever comes next. This one ends on a scoreboard. Eight weeks are built backwards from a single test day covering six events described by movement only — a three-rep deadlift, a standing power event (broad jump or medicine-ball throw), hand-release push-ups, a drag-carry medley, a timed plank and a two-mile run — with five training days that map one-to-one onto them. You baseline all six honestly in week one, then the events you scored worst on are the ones that get the added volume.
Written for service members, candidates, first-responder applicants and anyone who trains better with a standard and a date on the calendar. It assumes you already train three or more days a week and can run two miles continuously. It is not a base-building block: if you need one, start with Standing Watch — 12-Week Concurrent Base and come back to this eight weeks out from your test. It is also not a field-sport program — Athletic Power & Speed is general athletic preparation, this is preparation for a scored standard.
Grounded in our Volume Management, Fatigue & Recovery and Endurance & Conditioning frameworks. Strength progresses on perceived effort rather than percentages, because a percentage set on week one is stale by week six. Volume is allocated by measured deficit, not spread evenly, and the concurrent-interference rules are written out as explicit scheduling instructions in every single week rather than left implied.
Expect an estimated three-rep deadlift in week one, a real one in week eight, and six numbers you can compare directly across those eight weeks. Squatly is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any military, government or public-safety organisation, and no official scoring table is reproduced here — your target scores are goals you enter yourself.
General Fitness · 8 weeks · 5 days/week
Start to finish
- Frequency
- 5 days/week
- Per session
- 50–70 min
Who it's for
Four ways to tell at a glance whether this block belongs in your week.
- 01The goal
- Five days, eight weeks, ending in a scored test rather than a deload.
- 02The commitment
- A high-frequency week, most days in the gym
- 03The arc
- 8 weeks, 5 phases that build and reset
- 04The coaching
- Your coach drives the plan forward — it reads each session and moves you up the moment the work gets easier, so you keep progressing
How it progresses
8 weeks across 5 phases — your coach watches the effort in your logged sets and moves the weight up the moment a load starts getting easier, so you keep climbing instead of waiting on the calendar.
- Weeks 1–260Intensity
Phase 1 · Standard
Baseline the Six
Familiarise and score all six events honestly. The deadlift top set is an estimated three-rep max at moderate effort, never a true max this early.
- Weeks 3–462Intensity
Phase 2 · Accumulation
Feed the Weakness
The two lowest-scoring events from the baseline get the added volume. Everything else holds exactly where week two left it.
- Weeks 5–530Intensity
Phase 3 · Deload
Unload, Hold the Edge
Volume drops by roughly half, intensity is held. All six events get a technique dose so nothing goes cold during the unload.
- Weeks 6–782Intensity
Phase 4 · Intensification
Sharpen
Deadlift top sets move to a genuinely hard triple and the run moves to goal-pace intervals. Accessory volume comes back down to make room.
- Weeks 8–888Intensity
Phase 5 · Testing
Test Day
The full scored test, one event per day so every number reflects the quality you built rather than the fatigue you carried into the session.
Sessions in this program
The individual workouts this program schedules through the week — open any session for its full exercise list, sets, and coaching notes.
Why your coach builds it this way
Most training blocks end by tapering into whatever comes next. This one ends on a scoreboard. Eight weeks are built backwards from a single test day covering six events described by movement only — a three-rep deadlift, a standing power event (broad jump or medicine-ball throw), hand-release push-ups, a drag-carry medley, a timed plank and a two-mile run — with five training days that map one-to-one onto them. You baseline all six honestly in week one, then the events you scored worst on are the ones that get the added volume.
Written for service members, candidates, first-responder applicants and anyone who trains better with a standard and a date on the calendar. It assumes you already train three or more days a week and can run two miles continuously. It is not a base-building block: if you need one, start with Standing Watch — 12-Week Concurrent Base and come back to this eight weeks out from your test. It is also not a field-sport program — Athletic Power & Speed is general athletic preparation, this is preparation for a scored standard.
Grounded in our Volume Management, Fatigue & Recovery and Endurance & Conditioning frameworks. Strength progresses on perceived effort rather than percentages, because a percentage set on week one is stale by week six. Volume is allocated by measured deficit, not spread evenly, and the concurrent-interference rules are written out as explicit scheduling instructions in every single week rather than left implied.
Expect an estimated three-rep deadlift in week one, a real one in week eight, and six numbers you can compare directly across those eight weeks. Squatly is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any military, government or public-safety organisation, and no official scoring table is reproduced here — your target scores are goals you enter yourself.
The principles behind it
Common questions
The facts most people check before they commit a block to it.
01How long is the Duty Ready — 8-Week Field-Test Peak program?
Duty Ready — 8-Week Field-Test Peak runs 8 weeks at 5 days a week, structured into 5 phases so the load builds and resets on schedule. In Squatly, the coach tunes it to you, so the plan keeps moving with your training.
02Who is Duty Ready — 8-Week Field-Test Peak for?
Five days, eight weeks, ending in a scored test rather than a deload. It sits in the General Fitness category, and the coach reads your training to tell you whether it's the right fit before you commit a block to it.
03How does Duty Ready — 8-Week Field-Test Peak progress over the weeks?
It opens with baseline the Six and finishes with test Day. Each phase has a job — accumulate work, push intensity, or back off to absorb it — and the coach moves your load when your logged sets earn it, not on a fixed schedule.
04Does the coach adjust Duty Ready — 8-Week Field-Test Peak to me?
Yes. The program is the starting structure; the coach reads your e1RM trend, your weekly volume, and your effort on each lift, then tells you when to push — when a load is getting easier, it's time to add weight. It shows you the trend lines behind every call, and you accept, edit, or reject it. With every workout, the plan gets more yours.
Keep moving forward.
The program sets the structure. Your coach drives it forward — reading your numbers and pushing the weight up as you get stronger, so the plan stays yours and you keep progressing.
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