PERFORMANCE TRIAD | MODULE 1
Module 1:
Being a Professional
Soldier Athlete
Welcome to the Army National Guard Performance Triad program. This content package is intended
to provide state facilitators with resources, such as articles, social media messages, discussion topics,
health tools, and infographics, to support the first module of the Performance Triad program. The
resources are provided as Suggested Daily Actions for state facilitators to strategically distribute
the content to Soldiers during the week to reinforce Performance Triad program learning objectives
and materials. Using the Performance Triad’s scientifically-proven principles of sleep, activity, and
nutrition to target changes in Soldiers’ daily routines will help build stronger, faster, and mission-ready
Professional Soldier Athletes.
For more information on how best to use these weekly guides, see our Performance Triad Getting
Started Guide (http://www.guardyourhealth.com/toolkits/performance-triad/getting-started-guide/).
Module 1 Learning Objectives
Professional Soldier Athletes must cultivate a strong mind, body, and spirit to achieve optimal
performance. The learning objectives for Module 1 are:
1) To help Soldiers understand what it means to be a Professional Soldier Athlete
2) To guide individual Soldiers to identify the areas of improvement needed to achieve peak
performance through proper sleep, activity, and nutrition
What is a Professional Soldier Athlete?
A profession is a calling that requires intensive preparation, specialized education, and continuous
learning and development of skills. A Soldier requires no definition. An athlete is someone who is
trained or skilled in events that require physical, mental, and emotional strength, agility, and endurance.
So…being a Professional Soldier Athlete requires Soldiers to make the same effort to constantly
improve themselves and their game – just as professional athletes do.
The Performance Triad helps Soldiers constantly improve as a Professional Soldier Athlete. The
Performance Triad’s scientifically-proven principles of sleep, activity, and nutrition work to target
changes in Solders’ daily routines to help them become stronger, faster, learner, and mentally sharper.
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Suggested Daily Actions
Below are suggested resources you can share throughout the week. Write your own or pick the
messages you’d like to share with Soldiers through social media, email blasts, and newsletters to
supplement the Performance Triad Challenge Guide. Suggested posts are broken down into daily
messages, but feel free to post in any order.
Suggested for Days 1-2: Help Soldiers understand what it means to be a Professional Soldier Athlete
by sharing The Profession of Arms Official Video (http://bit.ly/POA_Video). Ask Soldiers to share their
thoughts on what it means to be a Professional Soldier Athlete by posting the following messages and
graphic on your social media accounts or cutting and pasting them into an email:
Soldiers, the Performance Triad program is here! Watch the Profession of
Arms Official Video (http://bit.ly/POA_Video) and tell us what you think
it means to be a Professional Soldier Athlete #ARNGTriad
What does it mean to be a Professional Soldier Athlete? Watch this
video and tell us what you think: http://bit.ly/POA_Video #ARNGTriad
Suggested for Days 3-5: Share the messages and graphic below to help Soldiers identify areas they
need to strengthen to achieve peak performance. Ask Soldiers to share their goals on your identified
platform (i.e. website, blog, forum, or social media page):
Proper sleep, activity, and nutrition can boost your mood,
memory, and performance. Improve your daily health with
the free Performance Triad app: http://bit.ly/1CS0XiX via
@Army National Guard Health
Improve your daily sleep, activity, and nutrition habits
with the free Performance Triad app: http://bit.ly/1CS0XiX
#ARNGTriad cc @ARNGHealth
Suggested for Days 6-7: Encourage Soldiers to identify areas to strengthen and become the strongest
Professional Soldier Athletes they can by taking a quick, personalized APFT assessment by sharing the
messaging and graphic below on social media:
Need a quick fitness assessment? Enter your stats into this Army Physical
Fitness Test (APFT) calculator to predict your APFT score in 30 seconds
or less: http://bit.ly/1CJ2Mxs
Need a quick fitness assessment? Enter your stats into this calculator to
predict your APFT score in 30 seconds or less: http://bit.ly/1CJ2Mxs
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Additional Messaging
Please encourage Soldiers to follow Army National Guard Health on Facebook (facebook.com/
ARNGHealth) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/ARNGHealth) for daily health and wellness updates,
inspiration, tips, recipes, and more by posting the following messages on your social media accounts
throughout the Performance Triad program:
Need inspiration for a lean, mean 2015? Like our friends @Army National Guard Health on
Facebook for daily fitness and healthy living tips and tricks.
Ready to take control of your health and medical readiness? Follow @ARNGHealth for daily health
hacks and Soldier resources.
Little habits add up to make a big difference in your health. Like @Army National Guard Health on
Facebook for easy sleep, activity, and nutrition tips to get started today!
Follow @ARNGHealth for daily sleep, fitness, and nutrition tips to look and feel better this year.
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