CPAT Ready

About this app

What CPAT Ready does

The Candidate Physical Ability Test is the gate between you and a fire service career: eight events, back to back, in ten minutes and twenty seconds, wearing a 50-pound vest. It opens with three minutes on a StepMill at 60 steps per minute under 75 pounds — and that stair climb eliminates more candidates than any other event. Twenty to thirty percent of first-timers fail. Miss by a few seconds and you can lose an entire hiring cycle. CPAT Ready turns the official protocol into a training tool you take to the gym. Every event is broken down the way proctors run it: the course layout, the pass criteria, the most common way people fail it, and exactly how to train for it. No more guessing whether your gym session translates — the app knows what the test demands. The stair climb gets special treatment. A built-in cadence metronome clicks at exactly 60 steps per minute with audio and haptics, a 3:00 countdown, and vest-weight ramp presets, so your StepMill sessions match the real thing long before test day. Single-event timers show you the benchmark you need to beat, and full-course simulation mode runs all eight events in sequence against the 10:20 clock, capturing per-event splits so you know precisely where your time goes. Behind it all sits a 12-week periodized plan that counts backward from your actual test date: stair endurance, work capacity, grip, and drag strength, arranged in blocks the way fire service strength coaches program them. Check off workouts, log your sessions, and watch a readiness score climb as your splits close in on passing pace. When the date arrives, a test-day screen gives you the countdown, a gear checklist, and a pacing card for the course. Everything works offline — in a concrete stairwell or a basement gym, no account, no ads. Whether it is your first attempt or the retake you refuse to fail, CPAT Ready makes sure the clock never surprises you again. • All eight CPAT events with layouts, pass criteria, and failure points • StepMill cadence metronome at exactly 60 steps per minute • Single-event timers with pass benchmarks • Full-course 10:20 simulation with per-event splits • 12-week periodized plan anchored to your test date • Readiness score and weighted-vest progression tracking • Test-day countdown, checklist, and pacing card • Fully offline, no account, no ads