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    •  Mobility – movement proficiency; the ability to move quickly                    t
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    •  Poor motivation – doing the minimum to pass the APFT standard                  A
                                                                                       
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    •  Poor flexibility – never stretching before and during exercise                 n
    •  Poor hygiene – not taking care of yourself by washing, grooming,               e
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    •  Poor body composition – staying at the edge of the Army body fat               a
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    •  Drug use – use of illegal drugs or misuse of legal prescription drugs          y
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             Unhealthy Physical Fitness Scenario
    Leader:  Read the following scenario                                               y
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    You are SPC Blake.  While on AT, you notice that one of your team                  M
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    to lose weight.  She tells you that she has been eating one meal a day             t
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    increased her physical activity and admits to running  with her polypro            A
                                                                                        
    top under her PT gear to “sweat it out.”  During the day, she has been             l
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    she has to lose weight for the upcoming APFT and weigh in.  She says,              e
    “if I fail, everyone will think I am a terrible Soldier and my career will         M
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    never go anywhere.”  You notice that her work performance has been                 l
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    declining and she has been on edge.  When you express your concern                 c
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                   Scenario – The Problem                                              y
    Leader:  Ask your Soldiers what they perceive the problem to be (discuss for       a
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                  Scenario – “Thinking Traps”
     Leader:  Describe “Thinking Traps” listed below. Then ask which thinking                                     y
     trap(s) PVT Atkins may have fallen into.                                                                     a
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     Jumping to Conclusions:  Believing one is certain about a situation despite having little or no               
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     Me, Me, Me:  Believing that you are the sole cause of every problem you encounter                            A
                                                                                                                   
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     Always, Always, Always:  Believing that negative events are unchangeable and that you have                   M
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     Everything, Everything, Everything:  Believing that you can judge one’s worth/character based on a           c
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