SAF soldiers' IPPT likely to change from next year

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The Singapore Armed Forces is looking to change the Individual Physical Proficiency Test, or IPPT, for the first time since 1982.

Key changes are expected to include the scrapping of the standing broad jump station and adding push-ups as a testing criterion, The Straits Times has learnt.

Servicemen will also have to run 3.2km instead of the current 2.4km to test endurance over longer distances.

The changes could kick in as early as next April.

The current IPPT has five stations: the chin-up, standing broad jump, 4x10m shuttle, sit-up and the 2.4km run.

Sources say military top brass is finalising the changes, though senior SAF ground commanders have been told of likely tweaks.

Many servicemen will breathe a sigh of relief if the broad jump is axed.

The latest IPPT revision will put the SAF test in line with its Australian and US counterparts.