Adaptive Training Protocols (ATP)

Marine physical fitness is a core element of force readiness: “toward an end state of a healthy and fit force able to better answer the call in any clime and place” (ALMARS 022/116). Marine physical training programs must be tailored to individuals to maximize the physical potential of every Marine. To meet this need, Charles River Analytics proposes to develop and evaluate Adaptive Training Protocols (ATP), a scalable and affordable system to maximize the speed and effectiveness of Marine Corps physical training through automated adaptation of workouts based on data from commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) wearable sensors. ATP features: (1) a modular, wearable hardware suite based on cost effective, COTS sensors to collect data on physical performance; (2) enhancements to our proven, in-house physiological data processing framework, Sherlock™, to compute an individual Marine’s physical fitness and specific, evolving training needs; (3) automatic, adaptive high-intensity training workout and recovery recommendations to individualize training; and (4) a card-based user interface for mobile devices and web-based dashboards, based on Marine-specific use cases and training paradigms, to make the system accessible and engaging for targeted end users.