Distance Runners try the US Army Fitness Test
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2024
- Am I fit enough to beat the US Army physical fitness test (APFT) as an endurance athlete? I must complete 2 minutes of pushups, 2 mins of situps and a 2 mile run #APFT #TheAthleteSpecial
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That’s great, but that’s the old PT test. I would love to see you guys try the new one that has 6 events. I’m sure yall would do great also 👍🏾
Actually the army just changed the standards once again! The apft is once again the standard as Congress and DOD said they would no longer fund the cpft. It may not have started but here in tradoc land privates are already back at apft!
@@jasonmaxwell7558this is as of 21 Dec 23: The NDAA removes efforts to reinstate the previous Army Physical Fitness Test as the test of record, which had been added over the summer to the draft version of the NDAA.
Well I hope we keep the new one, way better test of overall fitness than the previous one!
@@jasonmaxwell7558 This is incorrect. The reversal to the APFT has halted and the ACFT is here to stay. Compromise has been found to overhaul the ACTT to meet congressional standards for each level of fitness/appropriate limitations due to physical features (age sex, etc)
Rule #1....don't give anybody who breaks 4 minutes for a mile crap about their push ups unless you can break 4. Allie doing 56 push ups....Impressive!
"Are you telling me you can't give me one measly 4-minute mile?! You're a disgrace to the corps Private Curly!"
"Sir, trust the process, sir!"
She didn't down all the way a no go
Love the content and as far as the run goes I was in National Guard and Army Reserve and even with that running time hack you will be surprised how many people fail that run I have a track background myself so I always maxed out the PT Test then you have to take in account also the army training for running in general is a joke compared to actual track training but tips with the push ups to max it out try moving your hands in and out it distributes the weight and with the push-ups you have to burnout from the start time is against you since the longer you down there the longer it hurts as for the sit-ups relax the first minute and get between 38-40 and scorch the last minute as hard as you can with these methods it got me a 300 my best push ups was 89 best sit-ups was 100, and my two mile was 10:17 but keep in mind I train as a 800 meter runner and have a PR of 1:47.54 so that might have helped a lil bit but love the grind and hustle 💯
Did you go to the army navy game
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Allie’s beast mode flex at the end was the best. Loved the participation challenge. Fun content to view.
This isn’t the fitness test anymore. The new test is called the Army Combat Fitness Test and consists of deadlift, a medicine ball throw, sprint/drag/carry, plank, T-pushups, and a 2-mile run
Lol appreciate the new content, but the Army doesn't use this test anymore. The new test is more intense, it has deadlifts, a shuttle run with a weight sled, and a few other things. It's called the ACFT my guy
That sprint drag carry will get ya every time😮💨
ACFT is the new test this is old 😅 but good Job !!!
My old p.t. Test scores ., 10 flat 2 miles., 95 pus ups in 2 minutes., 95 sit ups in 2 minutes. I was a lot younger then!
lol at Allie in the end of the video, hulkin out.
This was a fun idea. Also really like watching you run 5K races in a costume. 🎉
Murph Challenge next!
(Skip the vest & cut the exercises in half for a more fierce competition)
damn, you know allie ostrander that's really cool
Let’s gooo love your vids!
Very cool of y’all. I’ve had to do PT tests regularly in law enforcement, the tough part about them is the lack of recovery between events (5 - 10 min).
Allie’s push-up did not go break the plan. She needed to go a little further down to count. When she was doing her sit-up you put your knees on her feet. You are not supposed to do that, only your hands are to hold her feet. You sir did not go all the way up during the sit-up. The base of your neck must be past the base of your spine. When in the ground your shoulder blades can touch the ground and you can move towards the top. Don’t get me wrong Allie is in good shape but do it to standard.
Y’all should definitely look into the Air Force Physical Fitness Test! Same concept just slightly different. Great work!
I absolutely love this! When I was in high school, my P.E. coach kept asking me to run track, because I would be good at it. I never did. When I was a freshman in college and in R.O.T.C., as a female, I made a perfect score by the male standards on the P.T. test. The Lieutenant Colonel wanted to show me off, so he had me run the local 10K road race to support the track team. I won the women’s race, so the track coach said, “Come see me.” So, I ended up with an R.O.T.C. scholarship and a track scholarship. Great job on the perfect score, Allie!
Love the Video !!!
Remember, it's the average male and female that the Army bases its scores on. Great video
The APFT no longer exists (as others have pointed out below already). Please research the ACFT and give that a try!
Except this isn't the current army pt test, the ACFT is
Highly entertaining content oh my god
Even at age 66 I would quite comfortably do the "pass" in each test. 40 push ups in 2 minutes is not difficult if you pace it sensibly. Sit up target is not difficult. And as for the running .....!!
Nice to know I could join the US Army if economic circumstances get a lot worse! Mind you, I have an allergy to being shot at!
Good shit!
It's funny how you guys can't even comprehend how hard it is for average people to run 2 miles in 13 minutes. 😄
Yall should do the NEW army fitness test
Yeah....its the ACFT now. This is phased out.
Solid vid. Might have to steal it 😳
Fun video!
20 minute two mile is crazy
20 minute two mile is slow af
Awesome awesome awesome. I always struggled with the run because of shin splints. I got the right shoes and started doing other forms of cardio for a best of 1415. What is your age that also plays a factor? Also there is an off extended scale that you can do. If you go over 300
I know for a fact I'll have a perfect score! I love push-ups and sit-ups and running! ❤
I'd say train for a perfect score, or maybe something with a weighted vest! Hope you heal up soon 👍🏼
Do a marine corps one next!!!
Great content but several things would have stopped yalls test lol. But keep at it and great work. Also try the updated test it's more of a challenge
20:30 is not disrespectful when you’re in your 40’s or 50’s. There is an age limit on the times, as well.
Go for 300!
Ali is a BEAST!
(but i wish she'd do a full pushup... 😅)
That’s what I was thinking
Who can get a perfect 300/300?
Not Me! :) I suck at push-ups
Would love to see you do a standard 20m beep test for a video. I'm sure you'd get a great score.
Whoever's gonna carry the boats
@@tinymahutahe has
First off, loved Allie saying the 20:30 minimum is disrespectful cause it absolutely is. Secondly for a first time APFT y’all did great. The only critique is that in my experience they wouldn’t count the sit-ups cause you’re holding each others ankles 😬
They definitely cost one another during the sit-ups. None of those counted because of the holder
Man last time I had to do that test was over 4 years ago. Lemme see that max deadlift and Sprint Drag Carry
Thats the old test....YOU CANT HANDLE THE COMBAT FITNESS TEST!!! (in my best Jack Nicholas voice) lol
At my fastest my time was 10:31 I dint realize I could push more then I got old, so now trying to get back in shape.
10:31 2 mile!? That's 5:15 per mile pace, that's incredibly fast, good job man.
The push-ups is easy to improve. I only got to 59 in basic, then I did 104 a few months later by using bench press at 130 lb and doing 2 sets of 20. For sit-ups, I got to 105. Doing 50 leg lifts and doing 70 sit-ups unsupported helped a lot. If you can do both those things, supported sit-ups really aren't that bad. The trick is to not stop. You can afford to stop in push-ups, but sit-ups really is just going at it the whole 2 minutes, although you can use a slower tempo. All you need to do is 40 per minute. It's a little easier to think of it like that.
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Loved this video! You both did amazing. Those sit-ups are no joke though :O Georgie needs to try the running section next time =D
Ha ha - that was a fun video - an why not, I guess going for the perfect score will not hurt your running (well, big arms must be carried around, so...).
If you spent as much time doing pushups every day as you do running I’d say the standards would be pretty equivalent
haha awesome. runners are so undervalued in the military, they make the best seal candidates, along w wrestlers and swimmers. I may be wrong, but I think you may have touch close to your knee with your elbows on the sit ups... maybe I'm wrong.
They actually try to recruit water polo players.
retired Army after 20 years 29 days. I spent my entire career the opposite of y'all. I would max pushups and situps in under 90 seconds then barely pass the run LOL
Life long runner here that was in the army and I used to get a 300 on the test. Now I could probably get a 260 because Im no longer disciplined through doing push-ups 😂. Always threw down in the 10min for the 2 mile tho. And sometimes sub 10 if I am in shape training for a race
Do the ACFT.
My 2 mile pr is 12:59, so nice to know i would barely get perfect score on that 😅
Allie's pushups are extremely impressive. She is the total package athletically.
Bit rough making Allie do the outs on the run. 😊
Try the marine fitness test
Great work both, but I think Allie has more chance of getting 300. It’ll be great to see you try
I suck at running.. the best I could do for the 2 mile is 14:23 on the new one is 15:44 (16:30 on my first acft cuz the sprint drag carry, ngl gave me jello legs lol)
Nice job, and great flex at the end by Allie. Next up, I want you two to do the Ryan Hall challenge. 500 lb deadlift followed by a 5 min mile. YOU CAN DO IT!!
She spread he hands wider (makes it more difficult )
Go for the max score, they must have lowered the standards when I was in the Navy reserve we had to run 1.5 miles in 8:10 for max on the run.
Dang Fr? That’s no joke for the average person
@@spicyclapnot like 13:00 for 2 miles is either. Thatd take me years of training :D (but we are of course talking about the perfect score, passing is more achievable)
Not me
Im impressed dude. That APFT is way harder than the GARBAGE ACFT, if that APFT with its standards were in place the Military would be cut in half.
How the hell did a girl beat you in push ups?
75 push ups in 2 minutes is not a difficult standard. Spence you still have noodle arms man hahahaha. I am a fan and respect you so deserve to be told the truth.
Sit ups is for sure the most difficult of the 3 standards but not too bad if you work specifically on sit ups.
I have zero doubt both of you could get a perfect score on the test and it wouldn't take either of you very long to train to do it.
Actually bro you wouldn’t have passed the push up event! As a tall person it way harder! Your elbows and arms must come completely parallel to your back! Like over half of your didn’t! Also sit-ups are counted from the down position not the up position. The fingers in the back of your head must remain connected/ or enter locked if you want. There are ways to help with sit-ups such as just falling back instead of controlling a slow down. Keep up the work!
20/30 for the female pace haha
I agree that the running standard is way too low. I almost joined the army after high school, and at the time the standard was even lower, a 13:30 2 mile to make a 100.
I’m not nearly as fast as you and Allie, but I ran an 11:46 for 3200 meters in high school. A 13:30 is a joke 😂
Thing is, almost everyone in the military hates running. During PT, the soldiers only run like 2-4 miles. It’s ridiculous 😂
The army is in horrible shape
Would it be different coming from a non-running background? Like if somebody could max out the pushup section but found the running harder as it went on. Genuinely asking because idk
@@dylandixon4058 Your fitness background shouldn’t matter.
When you sign up for the army, before you go to basic training, you do an easier fitness test to measure your current fitness. If you can’t even pass the easier version, you get sent to “fat camp”, where you just exercise all day for a few weeks until you can pass the easier test. Then you actually get sent to basic training.
Once you’re in basic training, you start almost every morning with a workout. The point of the workouts is to make sure the soldiers can pass the fitness test by the end of their training. They do dozens and dozens of pushups, sit up’s, and planks. But they only run like 2-4 miles. You’re training pushups and sit-ups a lot, but you’re not running enough mileage to improve at the two mile. So by the end of basic training the soldiers can do tons of pushups and sit ups, but their run is still horrible. That’s why these standards are so low. They aren’t running enough in basic training to improve.
@@dylandixon4058a very real possibility. Dont think youll find many non runners running a 13 minute 2 mile but they could well do the max push ups or sit ups with some preparation. Its just that probably most viewers on this channel are young male runners so most will find the running the easiest out of the three
I can do 13 continuous push-ups to failure, so maybe I could get to 20 in 2 minutes with brief rest periods. Probably about the same for sit-ups. My current 5k time is 27:00/8:40 pace, so *maybe* I could gut out 16:36/8:18 for two miles on a good day. This is what awaits you when entering the Geriatric years. You guys both slayed it, very impressive.... but I think due to running being your specialty, you've both become a little out of touch with how the average American relates to 6:30 pace. I could hold that for 10k when I was in my 30's, but that ability didn't come over night... it took a few years.
Allie is a BEAST mad respect to both of you but Allie destroyed
Neither of you did a single push-up to the Army standard.
Sorry spencer but 42 is not that good.
300 plus score for several years. 80 push ups, 80+ situps 13min 2 mile for the Army //// 26 pull ups, 120 sit ups 15:11 for 3 mile run for my old school military scores... What you two have ??? Yes that was a challenge...lol
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This whole test is a joke