He didn't obliterate the push-ups. That was terrible form, and he didn't do them by military standard. Straight back, and arms must be parallel with his back at the bottom. Which the instructor didn't explain properly.
Imagine caring that a 39 year old adult whose over 200lbs and 6 foot 5inches, never trained for the seals and had zero prep outside of whatever daily routine didn't have army form 🤣🤣 catch yourself on and get a life
@@danieljosephmchugh7889 why even make the video, or set some kind of standard, if they are just going to do it wrong. Also, I would expect anyone that height to be over 200lbs, so not sure what that has to do with anything.
@@gregpenismith8884 his height and weight matter cause its going to affect how well you can do pull ups. They did set standards...the standards set but the seals, he also did one task with, what you say it incorrect form which they could easily teach a recruit so it's not even an issue.
@@danieljosephmchugh7889 I stopped watching at sit-ups. Most of those weren't done to standard, either. He weighs more, but has more muscle to move said weight. Have you ever taken a military PT test?
Keep in mind to go through seal training you need to be ages 18-29, so that fact that a 39 year old is crushing it in a lot of these evolutions is awesome.
Appreciate this man's ability! Sure he's a former Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champ but, he's pushing 40 and all of the people who do this test are about 20 years younger than him. Incredible!!!
My 14 year old daughter is a competitive swimmer. I called her to watch the swim. She knew exactly who Dr. Marcus was and that he beat Ryan and Michael and how many times he beat him. She said his swim would be under 6 min. So he is inspiring kids today! She’s a distance swimmer and backstroke is her 2nd favorite stroke. Thanks for inspiring my daughter and so many more kids!
He literally would have been DQed on the Swim (arm broke surface) Push Ups (chest not touching the deck) Sit ups (not high enough) and Pull ups... gross...
I appreciate that Austen was so honest with the pull ups not counting a bunch of them because they weren't done properly. If he had also been as honest with the push ups they would not have counted at least half of them. Still impressive strength, especially doing all this without much preparation beforehand.
Yeah, push-ups were just utter crap. That's what happens when you go with quantity over quality - try doing quality push-ups, you'd do way less because you'd be doing them properly, all the way.
@HealthandExercise-ht1zl i probably wouldn't attribute his lackluster performance to anything malicious like cheating. It may be that he really doesn't know good and proper form. It may be that I am too trusting😅 either way he tried!
Not to mention resting for the sit ups is only authorized in the up position. Never allowed to rest on your back. Disqualified after the first warning.
Not really... He is hugely fit for his age, probably more then even any olympians, but there is a reason why people can only waiver to do this test to enter while max 30-31. Even if you keep a body as in shape as you can, age does not change that it would be difficult to keep up the requirement. He could pass it, but crush it is really too much. Imagine that people who lived breathe for this a big part of their life, the elite of this training cannot do it at this age. So an olympian who didn't train for most of thoses categories is not managable in a 4 week prep. Maybe in a few month he could yeah probably a year to actually get the right forms
@1 for his age his run was pretty solid. He hit 9 Kipling pull-ups. He’s an Olympic athlete, give him a month and a great pull-up workout and he’d meet/exceed the standard. I don’t think he prepared specifically for this. He just did it based on his current workout regimen which clearly includes a lot of swimming. But if he concentrated on pull-up, push-ups, and run he’d do really well.
@1 like I said I think he got 9. I think he’d be good for 12-15 strict pull-ups in a month. Run could have been faster but ain’t a spring chicken either. Most guys trying out for BUDS are 22-26 years old. It’s a young mans game.
I always laugh out some "neutral description" of a person or an event. It cracks me every time when sentences like this coming out of a host or a random person mouth 😂
I was surprised about the Pull Ups. You’d expect the raw size of the lats on a Swimmer would still be able to get 10. If he’d done that in his prime he’d have easily hit 20 I’d wager.
@@jannisjung6253 you're kidding right for one joining the Navy doesn't require any type of practice and almost no one practices anyting before joining the Navy you just join no one gets to practice basic training before they join they just join and go through it hopefully you're already an athletic shape but I've seen a lot of fat people join the military furthermore you definitely do not get to know what buds or even Navy SEAL screening is going to hold for you as every instructor is different and most syllabuses are not identical to the other no one gets to prepare the only thing you get to repair is your level of fitness and if this guy is supposed to be the swimming Legend stud dude he should already be at that Fitness level
He's not even an active athlete, right? He is now a psychologist! Amazing fitness, i believe he is where he is in life due to strict self discipline, phew! So much respect 🙏🏼
He would have blown away the world's best SEAL when he was 18. Even at 39 he could train for a week and show up competitive in every category. He is also a medical doctor. Damn, dude just get a law license and you can have the world. Total Chad. I am jealous.
And just think, he’s only 39! He could actually go to law school, graduate, practice, retire, and still be young enough to look back and truly enjoy all his successes. I mean, obviously he can do that now too, but like you said. Get a law degree and have the world.
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@@n.loadiing1917 yes i realized it after i made comment, but still.. he doesn’t need any of that , just couple of weeks (or less) of workout on push-ups and that’s it. He will nail it with that kind of athleticism even after 2-4 years
I like how the trainer keeps speaking words of motivation and encouragement to Dr. Marcus, to keep him fired up, to give a mental boost, etc. Well done.
I can't imagine how good this guy would be when he was in his prime Olympic speed. People also don't realize what it takes mentally to be an Olympian. There's a huge amount of pressure and mental strength that it takes to get to that level.
As Simone Biles has recently proven. Mental toughness is at a new world, where previously you only needed to contend with the media, but now with the entire social media universe.
@@rebeccafoster-faith6647 Just make sure the ordinary human takes drugs. Most Olympian’s use performance drugs so don’t tell me that doesn’t help them recover faster. They are able to fit in 3 to 4 workouts in a day just look at why Michael Phelps got where he was in his prime, because of drugs and also lots of good food. I’m not saying this dude used drugs, but the sport world is full of them so something to think before we put any ordinary human with the sharks
Agreed on the mental toughness thing. I have a pretty good friend, she was a neighbor of mine growing up, who is an Olympic gold medalist swimmer. I know how hard she trained from childhood to make it happen. She also failed to make the Olympic team several times before she finally made. It was heartbreaking to see her get so close every four years during the Olympic trials, but she never gave up. I remember watching the Olympic trials on TV when she finally made it, and watching the emotional outpouring was amazing (I was cheering out loud for her). Seeing her win gold a month later was so much fun. But yeah, the perseverance she had to keep going back and trying was inspiring.
@@ericfazekas1057 he has a doctoral degree in psychology, he didn’t go to medical school. So yeah it would be nice to see a doctor keep in shape, and while he is a doctor, he’s not THAT kind of doctor.
You beat Mickael P. twice... - Three times. That's the attitude 🙌 Love how he keeps asking about time left to make sure he'll not just reach the minimum but also the competitive mark. Very impressive.
I have a friend that was an Olympic swimmer. He never medaled or anything but he made it to the games and competed on a world level for years. We are about the age of Rogan now, maybe 4 or 5 years older. In everyday life he’s the most low key ever. But once you put him in some sort of athletic situation his training takes over (both mental and physical) and he’s usually the most naturally skilled one out there, no matter what the sport. He’s also ultra competitive, but not in a cocky dickhead way. He takes it more as a personal challenge to be the best and basically kicks into this mode of “unh huh, not today, you’re not going to beat me today.” It’s incredible - thousands of hours of training to build confidence and drive that will never go away his entire life.
The way competitive swimmers seem to effortlessly glide through the water and the propulsion they can get from catching the water correctly is something that even the fittest none competitive swimmers find amazing. That is what comes from 20 plus hours in the pool every week for several years. Great video.
Pull-ups are absolute ball-busters. You can be great at a lot of things, but pull-ups are brutal if you haven't been practicing. Amazing performance from Markus given that the Seals doing these tests in real life are about half his age.
Yes, it's a very specfic movement. If it is not trained even fit people can't do 10 reps. I was good at doing them but also my weight was only 65 kg back then
I’m at 43. Spent the last 10 years getting fatter and fatter. Topped out at 113kg. Now 97kg. Watching these videos really does spur me on to get the next milestone.
He's awesome. That was crazy to watch. I'll say that I've seen many people, even in the military, who point their elbows perpendicular to their body, elbows straight out to the side. This is the most difficult way to do pushups and does not allow you to use other muscle groups and doesn't allow ease of full-motion so you tend to not go down all the way and have to use very few muscles to get back up. Many of the people I have monitored pushups for don't get past 20. Markus has thoroughly impressed me, and many of us. Well done!
Elbows in, back straight, chest basically touches ground, come up and lock elbows is by far the harder pushup when compared to flaring your arms out. If you did one of each back to back it would immediately be obvious which is harder.
Same with most situps, but that's why BUDS is a young man's game. He's still showing some steel for an older guy who didn't do 8 weeks of prep (that we're aware of).
@@jlbush8249 it's still good for that age. I'm 47 now but I was running triathlons, etc when I was 39, and I would have passed this. He'd have smoked me in the swim, but I would qualify. I used combat side stroke for my swims because I suck at free-style. And I was doing 750 meter open swims (without a pool wall to push off from) in about 14 minutes. 500 m in a pool would have taken me about 10 minutes. I think that I'd have him beat in everything else except maybe pull-ups. I don't know if I could have done 10 or not. I know that I can't now - or any of the other stuff. 39 feels old until you're 47 lol.
@@bminturn well to his credit, he was doing a pullup with 250lb on his arms I'm 6'0 145 and 10 pullups is light work, I cant imagine tryna do it eith another 100 pounds
the pull ups too but if he didn't prepare for the test specifically and has a different focus point in his own training its understandable and of course they are a bit more lenient here as its still supposed to be a fun event
@@6666Imperator Yes, but if you make test to specifically show how good he would be in real test... then why allow for incorrect form. Ofc he is great athlete and fit at his age but I wan't to see real performance not how much you can hack the training.
@@matisszilionis9863 because in the end it is still done in good spirits and not competitively. As long as he is lenient with other guests too it's fine
Yea I’m guessing if he went all the way parallel he’d be 65-70 not 83 but that he’d definitely still pass. And I would’ve gave him 7 of those pull-ups not 9 but if he took those 4 he half failed and put them into 1 or two full pull ups I think he could have had 9
I know he's an Olympic gold medalist but those push ups were horrendous. I know he's a swimmer and he's 39 years old. I just think Austen shouldve discounted more reps. Thanks for the likes btw.
40 is the new 20. 😅 Most people just get lazy and find excuses not to exercise as they get older. I know plenty of people in better shape in their 30s and 40s than some 20-somethings out there. Hell, half the people at my college are obese and they’re not even 22 yet cause they eat like 💩 and drink all the damn time. 😒🤦🏻♂️ Just because you’re older doesn’t mean you stop working out. 🙄
Impressive, especially considering he doesn’t compete anymore. Nonetheless, I doubt navy seals instructors would accept most, if any, of those push-ups and pull-ups.
@@MuriKakari Listen he didn't cheat. If you want him to count to 60 and bore us to death that's fine. But most of us don't want to watch him counting. Understand? Pretty easy, not difficult
The thing I liked most about Markus is that when Aaron Piersol beat him the Olympic 200 Backstroke, then was disqualified on a controversial turn (eventually the DQ was reversed), he told Aaron on the hot mic, "Hey, that DQ was BS, you oughta protest that". Essentially lobbying to change Markus' gold medal into a silver.
HAHAHA, your comment regarding calling a dr a dr but when referring to you "call me an idiot" made me laugh out loud big time. I appreciate how honest you are about being competitive. So down to earth and humble. Wonderful!
Trained for and tried this test when I was 31. Just on my own with a stop watch. Felt like I was gonna die. Then think about adding the sleep deprivation training, cognitive tests, physical and mental stress tests, shooting, specialized skills, etc. And you realize Spec Ops are a whole other breed of men.
its admirable but also terrifying. I'd be in awe at them but only from a very safe distance away. Can't even imagine being in a relationship with one of em, the constant fear that they could kill you in literally a blink of an eye--
You make it sound like he's 59 😄.He didnt do the push ups or pull ups correctly.There are many profesional athletes at that age. Goggins is like 45 years old and i bet he can make the navy seals at his age.Swim was great but the rest mediocre
@@WeasolVonDiesel sorry to that you have back pain.Dont know if you got hurt or due to sedatary lifestyle and lack of nutrients from real food.There are people with bad teeth at 20 yrs old it's often not the age but self care and enviromental factors.
Technically though I would say that they are former Olympic athletes because they’re not training every day like an Olympic athlete, people can easily become fat or become athletes Either or
@@cheers1905 No. Making change for insipid mall-goers at a Hotdog On A Stick is a job. Filling envelopes for Publisher's Clearinghouse is a job. Living under a bridge with the sole responsibilities of accosting billygoats and making banal and vapid UA-cam comments is a job. Any trade or occupation that necessitates eight+ years of intensive study and internships, fellowships, and specialized (outrageously-expensive) schooling - yanno, the sort of activities that have a tendency to takes one's attention away from maintaining an OLYMPIAN-CLASS PHYSIQUE - is a _profession_ and a _career_ . A good rule of thumb to help one to distinguish the difference is: if you are so highly-trained and accomplished that you are entitled to a bunch of letters than follow your name, amd that society as a whole acknowledges so comprehensively so as to give you a different formal honorific... it's probably not just "a job."
@@grumblycurmudgeon you don't have to be a medical doctor to be doctor, and it's not that uncommon as you make it look. After they got the resources and time, lots of athlete get a degree or even a doctorate after they retire.
Because they're so disciplined and worked so hard all their life from a very young age to be a successful athlete and a champion. That's why they keep a low profile.
@@ryanchoo9427 you weren't lying, my football team got punished earlier in the month and it was either do it all with no water or quit the team. Was a very interesting experience
I appreciate this, I'm 40 and not in this shape, but still pushing myself. Too many people my age make it seem like walking a mile would kill them. Great job Doc.
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There is a difference between obesity and "big boned". I'm only 5"8 but my comfort weight is around 200 lbs or so, which is obese by BMI standards. I am really broad in the shoulders and have a pretty barrelled chest. I could easily put on another 20 lbs and still be in better shape than most.
@@Ferrari_champ that comes in phase 2 of BUD/s (selection process) This is the PST which is the test you have to pass to receive a contract so you can go to BUD/s
I had hoped to see him barking, clapping and trying to nose a ball through a hoop, in exchange for a mackerel. Alas, life is full of these wee disappointments.
Every single exercise was just so graceful and gorgeous, and Ioved how those boys worked together, as sportsmen and not as vicious competitors, beautiful, thank you!
@@user-ig8vm1ns4t Maybe you're right :) I'm not a sports person myself, so deffinitely not a trained eye, but I do enjoy watching every now and then, and I remember enjoying this video a lot :) Wouldn't mind hearing about your disagreement, one couldn't learn enough even if they tried ☺
@@user-ig8vm1ns4t I see, not sure what kind of exercise swimmers do to train, maybe not push ups and pull ups, or maybe he's just out of shape 🤔 wouldn't be able to tell either way
Even though he has not been professionally competitive for a long time, it's amazing to watch a professional athlete work how they can instantly get into a mental space and control their breathing and they're checking time and counts, it's like riding a bike for them.
Wow. My father is turning 70 tomorrow, and in the 80’s and early 1990’s he a Navy diver who would train SEALs in EOD and diving, and train Navy divers. He qualified to train as a SEAL, but always declined because he had a wife and two kids. Proud of my dad - and this guy’s a real champ!
@@AidenFielstra Yes. And my father “earned the right”. My point? I’m proud of my father. I take it you are not a father, or you wouldn’t have had to ask.
So if I were a father it would make sense that my daughter was bragging about me on a YT comment section? I think not. And how exactly did he earn that right?
Swimming has a lot of technique to it, especially compared to the other tests. He obviously stays in shape by some form of activity, but he could lower that swim time by quite a bit if he really trained a bit.
A former D1 college swimmer said it was easy for him too. Either you're pretty decent at everything or you're a beast at one that makes up for sluggishness elsewhere
I’ve been in the U.S. Navy 19 years and I am inspired by this awesome Olympic Medalist Dr. Markus! And all of your videos continue to show the importance of physical fitness and personal fitness goals! 💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #AlwaysInspiring
@@thegreatdogzilla5855 : Yes, I was that dummy. The Navy told me that I would just be swimming with the dolphins (and it seemed that the dolphins were also smarter than me, because they kept swimming away from the underwater mines while I was diving toward the mines).
I watched my best friend do this, he had to complete this to be Navy Diver. He is 5.8 and 145 lbs and he crushed this. we were so proud when he got ranged off the ship for diving school.
@@xRakanishu I think its hard for everyone bcs its proportional to your body, us shorter guys have smaller arms usually so its hard to push/pull our weight even if its less than big guys.
54 years old, just started working out for this. I'm already fit but not that fit. Goal is two months to nail it! I think pull ups will need the most work. I love these types of videos and challenges. Thank you! BTW, zero gym time here fellas. dumbells at home, river for swimming, bjj for fitness and just started running, which I hate, in my hood. Go get em boys. I would love to see more men out there trying this later in life. Stamina is the hardest part.
I'm 47 and gotten in pretty good shape this year. I know I could do everything here but I would struggle with the pull ups due to my torn rotater cuff. Ita something I've been working through but I'm slowly getting my numbers up.
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Considering he is retired and more than a decade past his prime, insanely impressive. At his peak he could probably have done it in under 5 minutes easily. He also would have passed the pull-ups too and had better form on the push-ups.
“If you’re going into the navy, go ahead and compare yourself to this Olympic athlete” 😐 Edit: please, twas just a little joke since he first said just the Navy before specifying SEALs. I know SEALs are tough dudes
This is difficult at any age. The fact that he had a good mental attitude doing it helps. The push-ups we're hard to watch because he struggled with them because his form wasn't as good as it could have been. I hope his shoulders are okay watching that right side go up higher than the left was painful. Great effort! 💪
"wasn't as good as it could have been" = probably would not have passed a SEAL test, to be honest, let alone touching the ground with his chest. And even the narrator had to disqualify a lot of the pullups.
I did the PST when I was 19. Had a 12:49 on the swim, passed everything else. His swim was obviously phenomenal. I started training with the swim in November and tested in February and still couldn’t hit the mark. The test as a whole was legit no joke. 3-5 minute break between each event which fatigues you for the simplest exercises. They wouldn’t have counted any of those push-ups (arms too wide out and not going all the way down) and wouldn’t have counted any pull-ups where the chin didn’t go over the bar or the body was swinging. Test was done for SEAL, SWCC, Rescue Diver and I believe Underwater EOD with everyone doing the same exact routine but with different benchmarks for each respective position they’re trying for. Mad respect for anyone who passes this prior to shipping out.
Out here at prep, the guy’s drive was impressive but the form he (Marcus) demonstrated here is not strict enough. Pull-ups and pushups wouldn’t have counted. Also no overhand recovery stroke allowed for the combat side stroke. Once again, for a 39 year old? What an animal.
I will say it's way harder to keep the lower body still if you're feet would touch the ground from a hang. A shorter person (even the same weight with long arms) will have an easier time because they can fully relax their lower body. Basically put the bar higher and he could do it with less kipping.
@@thomassanchez2301 even an under water recovery wouldn't have slowed him down too much. Most of his speed is on the underwater dolphin kick off the wall.
it took me 3 times in 1980,, and it was nothing like the test these guys just did, not even close. i had no athletic ability , i tried 3 weeks in a row on a Wednesday it was swim , then run then push ups then sit ups then pull up's, and the pushups they used a clipboard you had to make snap,30 perfect ones bad ones didnt count .30 situps fingers locked behind head, legs flat no bent knees. someone watched your hands and legs, then 6 pullups, and it didnt matter how ugly they got and if you had to kick your legs, 6 above the chin, i had no athletic ability and never had exercised
The run, push-ups, pull-ups, and sit ups are standard PFT exercises. The swim isn't part of the PFT but a swim qual is required for both Navy and Marine personnel. This is easier to do than a Marine Corps PFT with the exception of the minimum pull-ups (6 vs 10). The swim has to be the biggest disqualifier if people actually need 3-4 attempts at this. He did great though!
This guy is fit af, especially for his age, and yes he could pass the test for sure; without a doubt in his prime even more so... however the marking in this video of some of his reps were very lax.
@K savage It’s because wide arm is more beneficial to us swimmers. We’re instructed to do them as they work our shoulders more so than narrows, which work chest. Shoulders are simply more important in swimming, and as such it just makes sense to do them like that.
Actually swimming at competitive level is the best way to prepare such test, because on top of being good swimmer, you practice calesthenics and running on top
I had the opportunity to run the CPT several times while in was in the navy. My swim was no where close to this, it was low 11 minutes, sit-ups I got 100 and stopped, push ups I was low 70, and run was about 9:30. The pull ups killed me though. I did about 5 proper ones with a few not counted. It made me feel good till I saw the team guys do theirs... then I was sad
I'm impressed you did 70ish push-ups and ran that fast but couldn't do more than 5 pull ups? I was a Marine and couldn't run to save my life because I chose weights over running. But damnit if I didn't do all 20 pull-ups with perfect form. I tried the advanced swim qual and it's the only thing I had to give up on in the military. Those guys actively trying to drown you.
I did that just for fun and was impressed that I had about 9:20 swim, 74 push ups, 88 sit ups, 11 pull ups and about 10:10 on the run Of course I'm doing some sport but it doesn't feel that much, but I have to say that I probably wouldn't got swimming even close to that good when I wouldn't have been swimming for 5 years quite regularly and my taekwondo coach wouldn't force everyone to do 60 pushups and 80 situps everyday
Half his reps on push-ups, sit-ups, and pull ups would never have counted. With training of course he would smoke it, but they were being overly generous on counting some of that stuff.
Most important part of the video is him saying he is going home to train pull-ups. That’s real, that’s the mindset of champions. You don’t lose that mindset once you develop it.
Alright, wasn't just me. The guy is obviously a world-class athlete & give him some prep time and/or 10 years back, & he'll probably crush every part of the test. But, at least from the angle, he didn't go down far enough on a lot of pushups, some of the situps weren't legitimate, & a bunch of the pullups he either didn't go high enough or kipped. I don't want to rag on the guy. He not only was one of the best athletes in the world in his peak & he is in far better shape than I was when I was 40. I just think some of the scoring was generous.
@@markuhler2664 I don't think it should be considered an insult or anything like that. Guy is specialized in swimming. I'm a cyclist and bodybuilder, I would probably beat him in pull ups and sit ups. But while swimming my lungs would collapse and my shin splints would kill me on the run. There's no shame in not being good at everything
@@zyncra3965 Yea different sports built our bodies in different ways. Im a martial artist and hockey player so I have the leg strength, core strength is what would most likely get me. I dont see me doing many pushups given it doesnt help me with either as much as other areas do.
If he had taken this test even at 29, he would have made competitive in all categories. The better you do at the physical the better your chance of getting a shot at a place in the class. There is still the mental but he is a MD so I think he would have crushed that as well.
I am a vet and when dealing with other vets in this type of environment I am normally harassing them, however I really appreciate the level of respect you show this man. Great video, and dang what an amazing athlete.
It's amazing how you can see the every day work out of diffent muscle groups and the benefit it has for different exercises. He swam so fast! Amazing lung capacity, but then he struggled so much with sit-ups. I did 71 on my last pt test, and I'm not an Olympian. Such a very interesting thing to observe, thanks for the video.
Not sure how old you are but let's not forget his age and also the fact that now he's a Dr. not an athlete anymore. Of course he remained with some of the things. But I took a 2 months break in gym and when I returned my strength was at 75%. Imagine how much of his he lost! For me 73 sit-ups was impressive. With Pull-ups I can do 10 I guess but I'm waaay lighter than him.
I opened this and didn't expect my childhood hero to be the guy doing the test! I remember growing up in austria and him being a icon for winning those medals! he has brought the sport a long way in different facets in my home country and abroad!
This is one of the most interesting things about these spec war pt tests… you can absolutely crush everyone in one category, but fail in another. Keep up the good work though 🤙
This video is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing this video Austin. Dr. Markus is so iconic he definitely setting the fitness bar high for me. I definitely want to be as fit as him when I am in my 40's.
pullups also is harder with long arms. That push-up form was horrible. You can obviously see he doesn't do bench press or pull-ups. I can do 9 pull-ups with attached 100 lbs but would defiantly lose on swim and run. He looks like works out with his body weight and does more cardio than strength training.
Thanks for rubbing it in. Turned 40 this year and I'm nowhere near as fit as him. Impressive performance! Already made an appointment with a personal trainer who is also a sports physiologist, since I'm having a bit of trouble with my knee and my back.
Remember a few things: (a) the life expectancy of top athletes is below the population average and (b) as your blood/growth hormone level decreases with age for most people beyond about 34 your capability to recover will also decrease and with a personal trainer of "no pain no gain" attitude you are seriously impacting the effect underlying (a).
Swimming is a great way of exersize where joint injuries don't really matter, I bet most of the exersize he does is swimming and it might be a good sport for you too if you have knee/back problems
@@jpdj2715 "Remember a few things: (a) the life expectancy of top athletes is below the population average and (b) as your blood/growth hormone level decreases with age for most people beyond about 34 your capability to recover will also decrease and with a personal trainer of "no pain no gain" attitude you are seriously impacting the effect underlying (a)." Well, I don't think they were aiming for top athlete level, but simply getting into shape. :)
Yeah, his push ups need some improvement, wasn't exactly a proper military push up. Meaning didn't go down quite like we were taught, but still impressive.
Trust me, he still works out. In fact i bet u working out is in his lifestyle becuz he grew up as an olympian and he knows the importance of a physcial lifestyle that got him where hs is now its just ingrained in his life and being a doctor is no excuse. Actually alot of doctors are very fit and take workout out religiously
No. Swimmers have a tough time on the pushups, run, and sometimes even pullups. I was a swimmer in BUD/S and I crushed every evolution but I was 18. Michael Picotte was in my BUD/S class who destroyed all of Matt Biondi's (the Phelps of the 80's) pool records at Cal Berkeley and he was a Olympic level swimmer but he did awful pushups and ran like shit (he made it through Hell Week though). Swimmers are tall, lanky, and with light bones. Not great for strength stuff.
@@kevinl8440 I worked as a lifeguard at the beach . I knew a lot of college swimmers that were very strong and they were great runners. Even when they are out of shape they have the muscle memory and great form so they are still fast. The guy looks like he is still in good shape. He is older and not actually training for BUDS . My point is that he did very well. I’m an ER nurse. They are not all fit . Doctors are like everyone else . Some are into fitness some are not.
@@carlosdominguez3108 he s is a doctor of psychology, not medicine. However, in my book, anyone who has a doctorate degree and actually sees patients deserves to be called “doctor.”
He did this without having prepped. Just imagine if he prepped. He’d have obliterated everything. Insane. Great job.
He didn't obliterate the push-ups. That was terrible form, and he didn't do them by military standard. Straight back, and arms must be parallel with his back at the bottom. Which the instructor didn't explain properly.
Imagine caring that a 39 year old adult whose over 200lbs and 6 foot 5inches, never trained for the seals and had zero prep outside of whatever daily routine didn't have army form 🤣🤣 catch yourself on and get a life
@@danieljosephmchugh7889 why even make the video, or set some kind of standard, if they are just going to do it wrong. Also, I would expect anyone that height to be over 200lbs, so not sure what that has to do with anything.
@@gregpenismith8884 his height and weight matter cause its going to affect how well you can do pull ups. They did set standards...the standards set but the seals, he also did one task with, what you say it incorrect form which they could easily teach a recruit so it's not even an issue.
@@danieljosephmchugh7889 I stopped watching at sit-ups. Most of those weren't done to standard, either. He weighs more, but has more muscle to move said weight.
Have you ever taken a military PT test?
Keep in mind to go through seal training you need to be ages 18-29, so that fact that a 39 year old is crushing it in a lot of these evolutions is awesome.
Highly qualified seal candidates can also get an age waiver. Not to 39 but still
....See Drago!! (SEAL Operator) a bit older than most entering BUDS at 30 (or 31 cant remember)
i had people in my class in their 30s
When I was in Basic, the older guys who were over 30 all crushed the PT and left the young guys in the dust.
Erick Kingz did they pass bud/s?
Appreciate this man's ability! Sure he's a former Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champ but, he's pushing 40 and all of the people who do this test are about 20 years younger than him. Incredible!!!
Dude you reach your strongest point in your life when you are at 40 not when you are at 20! it's after age 40 you start to decline that's it.
@@ahmedsalah7474 no...even in sports the performance peak is around the age of 30. After that the curve goes down
@@sunnybunny1137 and that depends heavily on the sport too
@@ahmedsalah7474 so not true you are in your prime around 18 to 30
@@ahmedsalah7474 not true your biological peak is like your mid twenty’s
This dude is an olympic gold medalist, former world record holder, and a Dr? What a champ
@@highcountrydelatiteyou go do it
@@highcountrydelatite I’m not the one acting like it’s easy
@@highcountrydelatite and who are you? Cause I’d love to see these Olympic medals you won in the pool 💀
@@highcountrydelatite Can you swim?
watering whatever makes you sleep at night lmfao we all know that’s bs and if it’s not then you shouldn’t need approval from others lmfao
That swim was incredible, effortless. He wasn't even out of breath.
His a Olympic medallist what do you expect
@@frankyfish9700 I have no idea. I've never met one.
@@horrgakx either have I but you can just imagine
@@frankyfish9700 I try not to that much 😅
@@frankyfish9700 Still incredible nevertheless. what are you saying xD
My 14 year old daughter is a competitive swimmer. I called her to watch the swim. She knew exactly who Dr. Marcus was and that he beat Ryan and Michael and how many times he beat him. She said his swim would be under 6 min. So he is inspiring kids today! She’s a distance swimmer and backstroke is her 2nd favorite stroke. Thanks for inspiring my daughter and so many more kids!
this is amazing Angela, I wish your daughter the upmost best for her swimming career, may she stay vibrant and motivated! :(
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That’s awesome best wishes to you and your family
That's cool man ... It's good when your kid finds something their passionate about .
this is amazing!!! she sounds like she is going to make a wonderful swimmer and we all wish her the very best :))
I know he's an Olympic gold medalist but you can't help but appreciate his form when swimming 🏊♂️
Its beautiful! When I do the flip turns mine isn't as good as his
@@jayleneiris5387 mine always sucked that's why I'm a flyer 😂
Beautiful to watch.
He literally would have been DQed on the
Swim (arm broke surface)
Push Ups (chest not touching the deck)
Sit ups (not high enough)
and Pull ups...
gross...
@@rahphaeljanisch5457we're saying his form is fantastic for Competitive Swimming you silly goose! 🤣
I appreciate that Austen was so honest with the pull ups not counting a bunch of them because they weren't done properly. If he had also been as honest with the push ups they would not have counted at least half of them. Still impressive strength, especially doing all this without much preparation beforehand.
Yeah, push-ups were just utter crap. That's what happens when you go with quantity over quality - try doing quality push-ups, you'd do way less because you'd be doing them properly, all the way.
Half of them? I didn’t see a single proper push-up, the guy cheated from rep one. Same with the sit-ups. Maybe on or two good pull-ups. Maybe.
@HealthandExercise-ht1zl
Yeah none of the pushups got to 90° elbows, maybe 1/3 of the situps were legit. Not even close to passing.
@HealthandExercise-ht1zl i probably wouldn't attribute his lackluster performance to anything malicious like cheating. It may be that he really doesn't know good and proper form. It may be that I am too trusting😅 either way he tried!
Not to mention resting for the sit ups is only authorized in the up position. Never allowed to rest on your back. Disqualified after the first warning.
I was a Navy Seal in various video games I've played through the years. It's very difficult.
Amen brother. I also tried it whilst eating cheesy wotsits
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This test is a piece of cake :P
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Dude is very fit period nevermind that he's nearly 40. If he did 4 weeks of prep, especially on strict pull-ups, he’d crush it.
and those horrendous push-ups
Not really... He is hugely fit for his age, probably more then even any olympians, but there is a reason why people can only waiver to do this test to enter while max 30-31. Even if you keep a body as in shape as you can, age does not change that it would be difficult to keep up the requirement. He could pass it, but crush it is really too much. Imagine that people who lived breathe for this a big part of their life, the elite of this training cannot do it at this age. So an olympian who didn't train for most of thoses categories is not managable in a 4 week prep. Maybe in a few month he could yeah probably a year to actually get the right forms
@@opscore92 I found it common to have that form amongst swimmers
@1 for his age his run was pretty solid. He hit 9 Kipling pull-ups. He’s an Olympic athlete, give him a month and a great pull-up workout and he’d meet/exceed the standard. I don’t think he prepared specifically for this. He just did it based on his current workout regimen which clearly includes a lot of swimming. But if he concentrated on pull-up, push-ups, and run he’d do really well.
@1 like I said I think he got 9. I think he’d be good for 12-15 strict pull-ups in a month. Run could have been faster but ain’t a spring chicken either. Most guys trying out for BUDS are 22-26 years old. It’s a young mans game.
swimmer: "has world record in swimming"
Host: "this guy is a fast swimmer..."
He's stating the obvious HAHAHAHAH
And water is wet 😂
I always laugh out some "neutral description" of a person or an event. It cracks me every time when sentences like this coming out of a host or a random person mouth 😂
👌😂😂😂😂😂
@@DocLeon77
Water isn't wet..
Water gets you wet.
This man is a beast. He only miss one pull up!!!! 39 years old and still a elite athlete and very competitive
Yeah, if you don't do pull-ups they are tough. You need a bar nearby to rep them out often, once you do they are easy to get up to 20 straight.
Elite swimmers often struggle at pushups and pull-ups- they have long muscles with slow twitch fibers geared more for endurance than strength.
Yea they are also usually pretty tall and heavy which is also not helpful for body weight stuff.
Yup that's more applicable to the long distance swimmers. Sprinters usually have short fibers for explosive quick sprints
I thought fast twitch fiber is the strong ones.
Yea, his pushups wouldnt probably even have counted as he didnt go deep enough
I was surprised about the Pull Ups. You’d expect the raw size of the lats on a Swimmer would still be able to get 10. If he’d done that in his prime he’d have easily hit 20 I’d wager.
Most of the men doing this test are about half his age.
half practice time
@@pulpil10 nahhh, if you want to go to the navy you prepare you for excactly those things for months
This is *screening* test. Actual BUDS training is torture.
Thank you for calling them men and not boys. It really bothers me when I hear people call men boys, especially when they are in the services.
@@jannisjung6253 you're kidding right for one joining the Navy doesn't require any type of practice and almost no one practices anyting before joining the Navy you just join no one gets to practice basic training before they join they just join and go through it hopefully you're already an athletic shape but I've seen a lot of fat people join the military furthermore you definitely do not get to know what buds or even Navy SEAL screening is going to hold for you as every instructor is different and most syllabuses are not identical to the other no one gets to prepare the only thing you get to repair is your level of fitness and if this guy is supposed to be the swimming Legend stud dude he should already be at that Fitness level
Man almost hitting 40 demolishes people in their 20’s
Really shows it’s not too late to keep trying to keep fit, what a machine.
Competitive with people in their 20s??? He crushes almost everybody in their 20s, idiot.
@@profd65 lol I’ll change it
@@hrsmp he’s 230 and 6’5, he’s a big guy, he’s got long arms too soo I’d say it’s hard for pull ups too
Age is the biological clock on a particular individual. His 39 isn’t ur 39. Lebron at 35 is more athletic than 90% of the rest of the population.
He demolished the swimming. Pull-ups and push-ups not so much. Running he did well.
Doctor, United Nations Medal of Honor recipient, and Olympian. What a legend.
Olympic medalist, and world champion
He comes from my country and he is actually quite an airhead.
You lost me at UN.
I started the swim when they did. Still doing the 500 yards 9 months later.
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😂😂😂 good one
Aha funny to be weak
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His face during the pull ups is so inspiring. You can see he's giving it all he has.
That’s a Gold Medal Olympian for ya
But it's only been 2mins and he did push ups and sit ups
At 39 year of age
It's a shame he's doing the push-ups all wrong. His arms are akimbo and he's not getting low enough. I count 0 pushups.
Elite athletes like him know how to push through the pain and exhaustion. Dude is a badass.
He's not even an active athlete, right? He is now a psychologist!
Amazing fitness, i believe he is where he is in life due to strict self discipline, phew! So much respect 🙏🏼
He is not competitive but he definitely active looking how he perform u cant do that if you're not active especially at age 39
clearly he still does a modest workout. No person in their right mind would still train like an Olympic athlete in their 40s
@@cameranmanner4701 i absolutely wouldn't either
yeah he was an olympian in 2004 so like 20 years ago. Crazy his form was really good, but arms were breaking the surface a lot
He would have blown away the world's best SEAL when he was 18. Even at 39 he could train for a week and show up competitive in every category. He is also a medical doctor. Damn, dude just get a law license and you can have the world. Total Chad. I am jealous.
And just think, he’s only 39! He could actually go to law school, graduate, practice, retire, and still be young enough to look back and truly enjoy all his successes. I mean, obviously he can do that now too, but like you said. Get a law degree and have the world.
Psychologist, not a medical doctor. But yes, still impressive.
guy is the definition of winner. Damn I fail at life.
“ No excuse to not be fit like Marcus at age 39” 😅 didn’t he set a world record then broke his own world record 😂 he’s not your average Joe
I like your default screen name
whos Joe
@@fauzibeak119 joe mama
@@fauzibeak119 he is two times the man your husband will ever be
Deftly isn’t average 😭
God damn, imagine him doing this in his prime.
Imagine if he even prepped lmao, this dude is insane
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@@thegoodsamaritan363 oke
@@thegoodsamaritan363 stop eating the poo poo you weirdo
@@thegoodsamaritan363 nah I'm good
Give him back 10 years and a month of prep, he would have killed that test.
10 years?
he literally needs less then 2 weeks workout on pushup to make 2-3 more and that’s it
@@kj8491 he means being 10 years younger
@@n.loadiing1917
yes i realized it after i made comment, but still..
he doesn’t need any of that , just couple of weeks (or less) of workout on push-ups and that’s it. He will nail it with that kind of athleticism even after 2-4 years
@@kj8491 with his muscle memory, in two weeks he could easily reach 20.
Correction he would have buried it- cause he killed it just now
I like how the trainer keeps speaking words of motivation and encouragement to Dr. Marcus, to keep him fired up, to give a mental boost, etc. Well done.
Well to be dair I don’t think you get that in SEAL training
Notice how the doc pushes himself in everything to his absolute max. You can tell he was a world class athlete - never waste a set.
I can't imagine how good this guy would be when he was in his prime Olympic speed. People also don't realize what it takes mentally to be an Olympian. There's a huge amount of pressure and mental strength that it takes to get to that level.
Every Olympic sport should include an ordinary human competing for reference
As Simone Biles has recently proven. Mental toughness is at a new world, where previously you only needed to contend with the media, but now with the entire social media universe.
And if he had training for the tests
@@rebeccafoster-faith6647 Just make sure the ordinary human takes drugs. Most Olympian’s use performance drugs so don’t tell me that doesn’t help them recover faster. They are able to fit in 3 to 4 workouts in a day just look at why Michael Phelps got where he was in his prime, because of drugs and also lots of good food. I’m not saying this dude used drugs, but the sport world is full of them so something to think before we put any ordinary human with the sharks
Agreed on the mental toughness thing. I have a pretty good friend, she was a neighbor of mine growing up, who is an Olympic gold medalist swimmer. I know how hard she trained from childhood to make it happen. She also failed to make the Olympic team several times before she finally made. It was heartbreaking to see her get so close every four years during the Olympic trials, but she never gave up. I remember watching the Olympic trials on TV when she finally made it, and watching the emotional outpouring was amazing (I was cheering out loud for her). Seeing her win gold a month later was so much fun. But yeah, the perseverance she had to keep going back and trying was inspiring.
"I think I'm a psychologist but today I'm really crazy"
I already like this dude and the video is just getting started
Fr the moment he said that I was like “you👉…i like you my dude”😂
It’s nice to actually see an actual doctor that’s in shape and takes care of his body and health. 🙌🙌💪💪
Yeah it just seems counterintuitive when you see an obese doctor
He’s not a medical doctor unfortunately 😭
@@brittanyarford6353 what are you talking about?
@@ericfazekas1057 he has a doctoral degree in psychology, he didn’t go to medical school. So yeah it would be nice to see a doctor keep in shape, and while he is a doctor, he’s not THAT kind of doctor.
You beat Mickael P. twice... - Three times. That's the attitude 🙌 Love how he keeps asking about time left to make sure he'll not just reach the minimum but also the competitive mark. Very impressive.
I'm one of your subscribers. How fun to see you over on this channel!
I have a friend that was an Olympic swimmer. He never medaled or anything but he made it to the games and competed on a world level for years. We are about the age of Rogan now, maybe 4 or 5 years older. In everyday life he’s the most low key ever. But once you put him in some sort of athletic situation his training takes over (both mental and physical) and he’s usually the most naturally skilled one out there, no matter what the sport. He’s also ultra competitive, but not in a cocky dickhead way. He takes it more as a personal challenge to be the best and basically kicks into this mode of “unh huh, not today, you’re not going to beat me today.” It’s incredible - thousands of hours of training to build confidence and drive that will never go away his entire life.
Wasn't even close to going as close to the ground though..
He didnt do it properly
@@justalittlebitmo she should be your subscriber, be a boss
The way competitive swimmers seem to effortlessly glide through the water and the propulsion they can get from catching the water correctly is something that even the fittest none competitive swimmers find amazing. That is what comes from 20 plus hours in the pool every week for several years. Great video.
Facts
Richard
I remember Markus telling in a austrian interview before the 2004 olypics that he can do the fewest pullups of all swimmers at his college.
“Olypics”
Damn how u remember that
@@mdhcccc lol ikr
showing off your B12 levels... I respect you hahaha
What a great inspirational video gentlemen…As a fellow 39’er hats off to the Doctor for showing us that age is nothing but a number…yessah🤙
Pull-ups are absolute ball-busters. You can be great at a lot of things, but pull-ups are brutal if you haven't been practicing. Amazing performance from Markus given that the Seals doing these tests in real life are about half his age.
keep your core tight and pullups will be a lot easier ;)
Realistically you can say that about any of these exercises. For example, I can do 30 pull ups easy, but I would get absolutely smoked in that swim
Pull-ups are a lot harder for tall
people
Yes, it's a very specfic movement. If it is not trained even fit people can't do 10 reps. I was good at doing them but also my weight was only 65 kg back then
@@margaretmartine9430 yes u are right
As a former collegiate swimmer, it is always funny watching how poor our form is on anything on dry land.
I’m at 43. Spent the last 10 years getting fatter and fatter. Topped out at 113kg. Now 97kg. Watching these videos really does spur me on to get the next milestone.
Congrats!! Thats incredible! Keep going :)
Keep going
Keep pushing. Topped at about the same. Now 90...feel much better.
keep working man! you’re doing great!
"Im 43.......topped out at 113"
15 year old me weighing at 108: Haha fat
He's awesome. That was crazy to watch. I'll say that I've seen many people, even in the military, who point their elbows perpendicular to their body, elbows straight out to the side. This is the most difficult way to do pushups and does not allow you to use other muscle groups and doesn't allow ease of full-motion so you tend to not go down all the way and have to use very few muscles to get back up. Many of the people I have monitored pushups for don't get past 20. Markus has thoroughly impressed me, and many of us. Well done!
Elbows in, back straight, chest basically touches ground, come up and lock elbows is by far the harder pushup when compared to flaring your arms out.
If you did one of each back to back it would immediately be obvious which is harder.
Not one of Marus' push-ups would've counted.. But for his age, that's not bad.
Same with most situps, but that's why BUDS is a young man's game. He's still showing some steel for an older guy who didn't do 8 weeks of prep (that we're aware of).
@@bminturn As well as the pullups.
@@jlbush8249 it's still good for that age. I'm 47 now but I was running triathlons, etc when I was 39, and I would have passed this. He'd have smoked me in the swim, but I would qualify. I used combat side stroke for my swims because I suck at free-style. And I was doing 750 meter open swims (without a pool wall to push off from) in about 14 minutes. 500 m in a pool would have taken me about 10 minutes. I think that I'd have him beat in everything else except maybe pull-ups. I don't know if I could have done 10 or not. I know that I can't now - or any of the other stuff. 39 feels old until you're 47 lol.
@@bminturn well to his credit, he was doing a pullup with 250lb on his arms I'm 6'0 145 and 10 pullups is light work, I cant imagine tryna do it eith another 100 pounds
@@tropicalplauge5444 yes that's a good point. His swim time alone puts him in another class of athlete.
Me: Not a single push-up was done by Markus that day.
Also me: Still impressed.
the pull ups too but if he didn't prepare for the test specifically and has a different focus point in his own training its understandable and of course they are a bit more lenient here as its still supposed to be a fun event
exactly what i thoght
@@6666Imperator Yes, but if you make test to specifically show how good he would be in real test... then why allow for incorrect form. Ofc he is great athlete and fit at his age but I wan't to see real performance not how much you can hack the training.
@@matisszilionis9863 because in the end it is still done in good spirits and not competitively. As long as he is lenient with other guests too it's fine
Yea I’m guessing if he went all the way parallel he’d be 65-70 not 83 but that he’d definitely still pass. And I would’ve gave him 7 of those pull-ups not 9 but if he took those 4 he half failed and put them into 1 or two full pull ups I think he could have had 9
I know he's an Olympic gold medalist but those push ups were horrendous.
I know he's a swimmer and he's 39 years old. I just think Austen shouldve discounted more reps. Thanks for the likes btw.
I wondered if anyone else noticed. haha
He's an olympic swimmer not push ups you goofy
I came to the comments once the push ups started to see what everyone was saying lol
Bruh 🤣 u have to realize he is 39..! His age also plays a role too.. But this man is a beast in my opinion..!
I wouldn't have counted 90% of them.
this guy is AWESOME! olympians are just a different breed. great video!
Can we acknowledge that he’s nearly 40 and he’s still that fit!
40 is the new 20. 😅 Most people just get lazy and find excuses not to exercise as they get older. I know plenty of people in better shape in their 30s and 40s than some 20-somethings out there. Hell, half the people at my college are obese and they’re not even 22 yet cause they eat like 💩 and drink all the damn time. 😒🤦🏻♂️ Just because you’re older doesn’t mean you stop working out. 🙄
@@flanagamer this isn’t your average guy. He’s an Olympic gold medalist that beat Ryan Lochte in his best event
38-39 is prime for endurance athletes.
@@mgway4661 I’m just saying even ‘average’ guys shouldn’t use age as an excuse to get fat and lazy.
My father is 72 and does 60 pushups every morning when he gets out of bed. All the way down and up. Unlike in this video.
Impressive, especially considering he doesn’t compete anymore. Nonetheless, I doubt navy seals instructors would accept most, if any, of those push-ups and pull-ups.
Sit-ups weren't exactly proper form either considering you could make a club sandwich under him in between some of those.
@@osareafallire Also the spotter kept skipping numbers?
@@MuriKakari It's called editing if you've ever heard of that
@@yeshuaislord6880 Yes, yes, I have and this editing made it look as though the spotter was cheating on the doctor's behalf.
@@MuriKakari Listen he didn't cheat. If you want him to count to 60 and bore us to death that's fine. But most of us don't want to watch him counting. Understand? Pretty easy, not difficult
The thing I liked most about Markus is that when Aaron Piersol beat him the Olympic 200 Backstroke, then was disqualified on a controversial turn (eventually the DQ was reversed), he told Aaron on the hot mic, "Hey, that DQ was BS, you oughta protest that". Essentially lobbying to change Markus' gold medal into a silver.
That's class
HAHAHA, your comment regarding calling a dr a dr but when referring to you "call me an idiot" made me laugh out loud big time. I appreciate how honest you are about being competitive. So down to earth and humble. Wonderful!
Trained for and tried this test when I was 31. Just on my own with a stop watch. Felt like I was gonna die. Then think about adding the sleep deprivation training, cognitive tests, physical and mental stress tests, shooting, specialized skills, etc.
And you realize Spec Ops are a whole other breed of men.
They are called special for a reason eh?
@@kaikart123 I mean I'm special, just not in the same way...
@@randomperson9390 lul
@@randomperson9390 Yep we are all people, but with different disabilities.
its admirable but also terrifying. I'd be in awe at them but only from a very safe distance away. Can't even imagine being in a relationship with one of em, the constant fear that they could kill you in literally a blink of an eye--
Let's just appreciate how this man is 39 years old, and is more fit than most 20 year olds what a beast!
You make it sound like he's 59 😄.He didnt do the push ups or pull ups correctly.There are many profesional athletes at that age. Goggins is like 45 years old and i bet he can make the navy seals at his age.Swim was great but the rest mediocre
@@bubaba8938 27 and watching this with back pain, speak for yourself lol
@@WeasolVonDiesel sorry to that you have back pain.Dont know if you got hurt or due to sedatary lifestyle and lack of nutrients from real food.There are people with bad teeth at 20 yrs old it's often not the age but self care and enviromental factors.
@@bubaba8938 Nah just had wrong posture pumping air into a inflatable swimming pool. 🏊♂️
He has the top 99.99% of genetics and he has trained the best he could, not surprising giving that
The determination he has is insane. No wonder he’s one of the greats
this guy shows the impact of being a world class athlete, impressive, Austen I truly enjoy your videos
Never say Former Olympic Athlete. You’re always an Olympic athlete.
They say the same about the US Marines. Never a "former Marine".
@@chorrof nope. The expression is " no such thing as an EX Marine." Its former Marine. Not so lean, not so mean, still green.
i feel Olympian has better ring to it. :P
Word.
But Caitlin Jenner? "Use to be" lol
Technically though I would say that they are former Olympic athletes because they’re not training every day like an Olympic athlete, people can easily become fat or become athletes Either or
Nobody else is mind-blown by the fact the man is a f-ing DOCTOR TOO!?
I am!!! Crazy
No?
no. it's a job, calm down.
@@cheers1905 No. Making change for insipid mall-goers at a Hotdog On A Stick is a job. Filling envelopes for Publisher's Clearinghouse is a job. Living under a bridge with the sole responsibilities of accosting billygoats and making banal and vapid UA-cam comments is a job.
Any trade or occupation that necessitates eight+ years of intensive study and internships, fellowships, and specialized (outrageously-expensive) schooling - yanno, the sort of activities that have a tendency to takes one's attention away from maintaining an OLYMPIAN-CLASS PHYSIQUE - is a _profession_ and a _career_ .
A good rule of thumb to help one to distinguish the difference is: if you are so highly-trained and accomplished that you are entitled to a bunch of letters than follow your name, amd that society as a whole acknowledges so comprehensively so as to give you a different formal honorific... it's probably not just "a job."
@@grumblycurmudgeon you don't have to be a medical doctor to be doctor, and it's not that uncommon as you make it look. After they got the resources and time, lots of athlete get a degree or even a doctorate after they retire.
I love how simultaneously humble and competitive these elite athletes are
Because they're so disciplined and worked so hard all their life from a very young age to be a successful athlete and a champion. That's why they keep a low profile.
Well, they need years of discipline to get that result and it carried on.
@@katerinapatiniotis5598 How do you develop that level of discipline, I'm genuinely interested, I'm still young so I have time to get it
@@oa_swift3694 it's all about forcing yourself to train and move, it comes naturally over time
@@ryanchoo9427 you weren't lying, my football team got punished earlier in the month and it was either do it all with no water or quit the team. Was a very interesting experience
Months of training as a navy seal and the only aspect I beat this guy in was the pull ups. These athletes are elite machines.
Most of his push ups would not qualify Rarely went to 90 on the elbows.
agreed
Just imagine this beast on his prime. SHEEESH. Wouldn't be so fun to face that.
I appreciate this, I'm 40 and not in this shape, but still pushing myself. Too many people my age make it seem like walking a mile would kill them. Great job Doc.
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There is a difference between obesity and "big boned". I'm only 5"8 but my comfort weight is around 200 lbs or so, which is obese by BMI standards. I am really broad in the shoulders and have a pretty barrelled chest. I could easily put on another 20 lbs and still be in better shape than most.
TBF a lot of people are praising this man with a lifetime of olympic level fitness...at 40. Not nearly the same as someone starting at 40 lol
Get in shape! You’re still young
@@imthebest7290 He's not young anymore, but that doesn't mean he should stop trying
Seal screening test... I misunderstood. I was expecting him blindfolded, tied up and underwater.
😂 so did I!
Same was expecting 5 mins bobbing at very least.
Facts. Where's the drown proofing?
@@Ferrari_champ that comes in phase 2 of BUD/s (selection process)
This is the PST which is the test you have to pass to receive a contract so you can go to BUD/s
I had hoped to see him barking, clapping and trying to nose a ball through a hoop, in exchange for a mackerel. Alas, life is full of these wee disappointments.
My best 1.5 mile was 10:07 in boot camp when I was 18. This guy is impressive.
I don't know if a single one of those push-ups would of counted. However, that swim was insane!!
That’s why it’s overall fitness not just one event fitness ...he failed the push-ups..would have been screened out on that alone
Yeah😂 normally I feel like swimmers and dry land don’t mix based off experience can’t say for everyone though
@@ryanesau8147 but at least only count the reps that count.
Why?
If he put his arms together half a inch more it would have been fine.
He would have gotten like 2 less it’s makes very little difference
@@XxTR1D he didn’t go down nearly far enough for the push-ups to count. But don’t get me wrong, he is still in great shape.
An Olympic Gold medalist doing the Navy Seal screening
This sounds like an epic!
@Nicholas Dalton A poem
bro he was an elite swimmer, not a gym bro lol.
he still was impressively fit for a guy in his 40s, he's above average for his age group
@@slide6314 I have to say he's in really good shape for his age being healthy pays off
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Can’t tell who’s louder. Markus doing sit-ups or my dad in the weight room.
Every single exercise was just so graceful and gorgeous, and Ioved how those boys worked together, as sportsmen and not as vicious competitors, beautiful, thank you!
Not every single one
@@user-ig8vm1ns4t Maybe you're right :) I'm not a sports person myself, so deffinitely not a trained eye, but I do enjoy watching every now and then, and I remember enjoying this video a lot :) Wouldn't mind hearing about your disagreement, one couldn't learn enough even if they tried ☺
@@Enjyu_666 no doubt this gentleman is a freak athlete, but his push-ups and pull-ups weren’t up to par.
@@user-ig8vm1ns4t I see, not sure what kind of exercise swimmers do to train, maybe not push ups and pull ups, or maybe he's just out of shape 🤔 wouldn't be able to tell either way
Gay comment
Even though he has not been professionally competitive for a long time, it's amazing to watch a professional athlete work how they can instantly get into a mental space and control their breathing and they're checking time and counts, it's like riding a bike for them.
I turned 39 in January and this is the exact motivation that I needed. Well done Dr. Markus.
Wow. My father is turning 70 tomorrow, and in the 80’s and early 1990’s he a Navy diver who would train SEALs in EOD and diving, and train Navy divers. He qualified to train as a SEAL, but always declined because he had a wife and two kids. Proud of my dad - and this guy’s a real champ!
What is the point of adding that? And they don't send you an invitation to try out, you have to earn the right to be accepted to try out hahaha.
@@AidenFielstra Yes. And my father “earned the right”. My point? I’m proud of my father. I take it you are not a father, or you wouldn’t have had to ask.
So if I were a father it would make sense that my daughter was bragging about me on a YT comment section? I think not. And how exactly did he earn that right?
@@AidenFielstra hey man, I’m real sorry that you have such struggles. Good luck in your life.
@@AidenFielstra I think it’s perfectly fine to be proud of your father, as long as it doesn’t do any bad
His swim time is even more impressive when you realize his O-Games medals were in 2004...so almost 20 years ago (from the time of this vid posting).
I found really amusing how hard an Olympian crushes the standard in their area of mastery. Did it in well under half the time.
Swimming has a lot of technique to it, especially compared to the other tests. He obviously stays in shape by some form of activity, but he could lower that swim time by quite a bit if he really trained a bit.
He was slow for an Olympic swimmer
@@darkmode5735 I mean he is out if his prime and retired lol
A former D1 college swimmer said it was easy for him too. Either you're pretty decent at everything or you're a beast at one that makes up for sluggishness elsewhere
@@darkmode5735 he didn't even look like he was really trying. He easily could have gone faster he wasn't even short of breath.
I’ve been in the U.S. Navy 19 years and I am inspired by this awesome Olympic Medalist Dr. Markus! And all of your videos continue to show the importance of physical fitness and personal fitness goals! 💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #AlwaysInspiring
Damn, ‘bout to get those sweet retirement bennies! 🤑
I am more inspired by LT. Jonny Kim M.D.
Enlisted Navy SEAL, physician, & NASA Astronaut.
@@SV-kr9fu Everyone is more inspired by the dummy who agrees to walk towards the bomb(eod). were you in the navy?
@@thegreatdogzilla5855 : Yes, I was that dummy.
The Navy told me that I would just be swimming with the dolphins (and it seemed that the dolphins were also smarter than me, because they kept swimming away from the underwater mines while I was diving toward the mines).
@@SV-kr9fu would you recommend navy eod? I have bad joints so do you think the airborne plus training will damage me permanently?
I watched my best friend do this, he had to complete this to be Navy Diver. He is 5.8 and 145 lbs and he crushed this. we were so proud when he got ranged off the ship for diving school.
To be fair, pushups, pullups, AND situps are a magnitude easier for short/small people
@@xRakanishu I think its hard for everyone bcs its proportional to your body, us shorter guys have smaller arms usually so its hard to push/pull our weight even if its less than big guys.
@@philipjnz9923 shorter arms the muscles are more dence, look at little people theyre strong as hell.
54 years old, just started working out for this. I'm already fit but not that fit. Goal is two months to nail it! I think pull ups will need the most work. I love these types of videos and challenges. Thank you!
BTW, zero gym time here fellas. dumbells at home, river for swimming, bjj for fitness and just started running, which I hate, in my hood. Go get em boys. I would love to see more men out there trying this later in life. Stamina is the hardest part.
Yup running sucks but it’s supposed to
I'm 47 and gotten in pretty good shape this year. I know I could do everything here but I would struggle with the pull ups due to my torn rotater cuff. Ita something I've been working through but I'm slowly getting my numbers up.
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I'm 50 and am in better shape than most 25 year olds! Keep at it brother! I can out work anyone
@@xx7legion7xx99 yeah rotator is brutal. Just use your good arm 🤣💪🤠
That swimming portion was crazy impressive
for real, what was that technique even?
super!
Considering he is retired and more than a decade past his prime, insanely impressive. At his peak he could probably have done it in under 5 minutes easily. He also would have passed the pull-ups too and had better form on the push-ups.
He was going easy too with that swim, i can tell because i used to compete myself, once you have it you never really stop
If he hadn't done 80 push ups, and had done only 50, he would complete that 10th pull up.
“If you’re going into the navy, go ahead and compare yourself to this Olympic athlete” 😐
Edit: please, twas just a little joke since he first said just the Navy before specifying SEALs. I know SEALs are tough dudes
LMFAO exactly
Yes that is true but he is 40 years of age
It’s not just navy tho it’s navy seals. Navy seals have extremely high standards. Maybe not a 5:50 min 500 yard swim high standards but still.
@@NANUK-fy3tw he was taking the Navy Seals entrance test on the physical side.
Navy SEALS** speacial operations..a lot higher standards than the regular navy.
This is difficult at any age. The fact that he had a good mental attitude doing it helps. The push-ups we're hard to watch because he struggled with them because his form wasn't as good as it could have been. I hope his shoulders are okay watching that right side go up higher than the left was painful. Great effort! 💪
"wasn't as good as it could have been" = probably would not have passed a SEAL test, to be honest, let alone touching the ground with his chest. And even the narrator had to disqualify a lot of the pullups.
My nephew is in BUDS right now. His main goal since he was like 5 was to be a Navy Seal and he is working hard at achieving that goal.
How is he doing?
I did the PST when I was 19. Had a 12:49 on the swim, passed everything else. His swim was obviously phenomenal. I started training with the swim in November and tested in February and still couldn’t hit the mark. The test as a whole was legit no joke. 3-5 minute break between each event which fatigues you for the simplest exercises. They wouldn’t have counted any of those push-ups (arms too wide out and not going all the way down) and wouldn’t have counted any pull-ups where the chin didn’t go over the bar or the body was swinging. Test was done for SEAL, SWCC, Rescue Diver and I believe Underwater EOD with everyone doing the same exact routine but with different benchmarks for each respective position they’re trying for. Mad respect for anyone who passes this prior to shipping out.
Just picked up a Navy EOD contract. Shippin soon
Out here at prep, the guy’s drive was impressive but the form he (Marcus) demonstrated here is not strict enough. Pull-ups and pushups wouldn’t have counted. Also no overhand recovery stroke allowed for the combat side stroke.
Once again, for a 39 year old? What an animal.
I will say it's way harder to keep the lower body still if you're feet would touch the ground from a hang. A shorter person (even the same weight with long arms) will have an easier time because they can fully relax their lower body. Basically put the bar higher and he could do it with less kipping.
@@thomassanchez2301 even an under water recovery wouldn't have slowed him down too much. Most of his speed is on the underwater dolphin kick off the wall.
it took me 3 times in 1980,, and it was nothing like the test these guys just did, not even close. i had no athletic ability , i tried 3 weeks in a row on a Wednesday it was swim , then run then push ups then sit ups then pull up's, and the pushups they used a clipboard you had to make snap,30 perfect ones bad ones didnt count .30 situps fingers locked behind head, legs flat no bent knees. someone watched your hands and legs, then 6 pullups, and it didnt matter how ugly they got and if you had to kick your legs, 6 above the chin, i had no athletic ability and never had exercised
He did outstanding especially when you consider the fact he’s never practiced the test. Most need to take it 3 or 4x before getting really used to it
The run, push-ups, pull-ups, and sit ups are standard PFT exercises. The swim isn't part of the PFT but a swim qual is required for both Navy and Marine personnel.
This is easier to do than a Marine Corps PFT with the exception of the minimum pull-ups (6 vs 10). The swim has to be the biggest disqualifier if people actually need 3-4 attempts at this.
He did great though!
That's impressive as well as the fact that he used to train a lot many years ago. He turns 40 in a few months
This guy is fit af, especially for his age, and yes he could pass the test for sure; without a doubt in his prime even more so... however the marking in this video of some of his reps were very lax.
He seems like normally fit.
Probably because he's 39
@K savage It’s because wide arm is more beneficial to us swimmers. We’re instructed to do them as they work our shoulders more so than narrows, which work chest. Shoulders are simply more important in swimming, and as such it just makes sense to do them like that.
39 isn't old lol
@@RodelIturalde what he did is not normally fit
Actually swimming at competitive level is the best way to prepare such test, because on top of being good swimmer, you practice calesthenics and running on top
Markus did amazing. He hasn't competed in years too
I will say the moderator guy has immaculate form with the push ups etc
I had the opportunity to run the CPT several times while in was in the navy. My swim was no where close to this, it was low 11 minutes, sit-ups I got 100 and stopped, push ups I was low 70, and run was about 9:30. The pull ups killed me though. I did about 5 proper ones with a few not counted. It made me feel good till I saw the team guys do theirs... then I was sad
Thank you for your service brandon
I'm impressed you did 70ish push-ups and ran that fast but couldn't do more than 5 pull ups? I was a Marine and couldn't run to save my life because I chose weights over running. But damnit if I didn't do all 20 pull-ups with perfect form. I tried the advanced swim qual and it's the only thing I had to give up on in the military. Those guys actively trying to drown you.
@@_blacklisted_8593 rofl
I did that just for fun and was impressed that I had about 9:20 swim, 74 push ups, 88 sit ups, 11 pull ups and about 10:10 on the run
Of course I'm doing some sport but it doesn't feel that much, but I have to say that I probably wouldn't got swimming even close to that good when I wouldn't have been swimming for 5 years quite regularly and my taekwondo coach wouldn't force everyone to do 60 pushups and 80 situps everyday
Half his reps on push-ups, sit-ups, and pull ups would never have counted. With training of course he would smoke it, but they were being overly generous on counting some of that stuff.
Agreed
I'm glad somebody was honest enough to say that.
Heh,
"One, one, one, one..."
Yup. Big chunk of those shouldn't have been counted. BUT, that man is in much better shape than I was at 39 and an incredible athlete.
@@FurryKeidran98 HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! I can hear that now!
Most important part of the video is him saying he is going home to train pull-ups. That’s real, that’s the mindset of champions. You don’t lose that mindset once you develop it.
That swim was amazing, but a lot of those push-ups were bunk.
agree, same with every single pull up
Agreed- half pushups mainly .
Alright, wasn't just me. The guy is obviously a world-class athlete & give him some prep time and/or 10 years back, & he'll probably crush every part of the test. But, at least from the angle, he didn't go down far enough on a lot of pushups, some of the situps weren't legitimate, & a bunch of the pullups he either didn't go high enough or kipped. I don't want to rag on the guy. He not only was one of the best athletes in the world in his peak & he is in far better shape than I was when I was 40. I just think some of the scoring was generous.
@@markuhler2664 I don't think it should be considered an insult or anything like that. Guy is specialized in swimming. I'm a cyclist and bodybuilder, I would probably beat him in pull ups and sit ups. But while swimming my lungs would collapse and my shin splints would kill me on the run. There's no shame in not being good at everything
@@zyncra3965 Yea different sports built our bodies in different ways. Im a martial artist and hockey player so I have the leg strength, core strength is what would most likely get me. I dont see me doing many pushups given it doesnt help me with either as much as other areas do.
The most impressive thing is he's 10 years older than Austen
He swims like a fish, but his push ups sucked. I am 20 years older than him and would crush him in a push contest.
@@joeshmoe7967 yes after you swim 10 laps then, 73 push up, sit ups & then your favourite pull ups.
If he had taken this test even at 29, he would have made competitive in all categories. The better you do at the physical the better your chance of getting a shot at a place in the class. There is still the mental but he is a MD so I think he would have crushed that as well.
I am a vet and when dealing with other vets in this type of environment I am normally harassing them, however I really appreciate the level of respect you show this man. Great video, and dang what an amazing athlete.
It's what vets do. We give each other a hard time but we pull together to get it done.
Dr status is a rank which you being military will respect and understand that a lot of work has been put in to achieve this
I like how he zoned out into your bicep for a good few seconds there before his push-ups 😂😂
It's amazing how you can see the every day work out of diffent muscle groups and the benefit it has for different exercises. He swam so fast! Amazing lung capacity, but then he struggled so much with sit-ups. I did 71 on my last pt test, and I'm not an Olympian. Such a very interesting thing to observe, thanks for the video.
Not sure how old you are but let's not forget his age and also the fact that now he's a Dr. not an athlete anymore. Of course he remained with some of the things. But I took a 2 months break in gym and when I returned my strength was at 75%. Imagine how much of his he lost! For me 73 sit-ups was impressive. With Pull-ups I can do 10 I guess but I'm waaay lighter than him.
He turned 39 a month after this video was released, he is in good shape!
He’s not an Olympian right now
I opened this and didn't expect my childhood hero to be the guy doing the test! I remember growing up in austria and him being a icon for winning those medals! he has brought the sport a long way in different facets in my home country and abroad!
This is one of the most interesting things about these spec war pt tests… you can absolutely crush everyone in one category, but fail in another. Keep up the good work though 🤙
This video is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing this video Austin. Dr. Markus is so iconic he definitely setting the fitness bar high for me. I definitely want to be as fit as him when I am in my 40's.
30s. 38 at the time of the video
mans has a faster 500 time doing a sidestroke than i do in full freestyle
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lol i go like 20 sec faster
still pretty fast for a side stroke
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No doubt man , I was wondering if that was the required style for the test or him essentially flaunting his fish skills.
elite swimmers like this guy have really long arms and short legs , that's why they can't do push ups easily
we also don't know how many he would've gotten if they had told him during the exercise that he needed to change his form.
I mean, the guy is also 230 lbs and 6'5" which means push ups are about 5x harder for him than a 130lbs 5'5" guy
But it didn’t matter look at his form
I'm a swimmer, but I worked on pull-ups for YEARS. Now I eat 'em for breakfast. I can do 30 in a row. It just took time...
pullups also is harder with long arms. That push-up form was horrible. You can obviously see he doesn't do bench press or pull-ups. I can do 9 pull-ups with attached 100 lbs but would defiantly lose on swim and run. He looks like works out with his body weight and does more cardio than strength training.
Divide Markus' pushups in half and you'll have the real number. Austen was very nice to him.
I like how supportive the host was!
On the pull ups tho
Thanks for rubbing it in. Turned 40 this year and I'm nowhere near as fit as him. Impressive performance! Already made an appointment with a personal trainer who is also a sports physiologist, since I'm having a bit of trouble with my knee and my back.
Good luck , you got this
Make sure your trainer INSISTS you do proper push ups. His were way sub standard, I say this as someone 20 years older than both of you...
Remember a few things: (a) the life expectancy of top athletes is below the population average and (b) as your blood/growth hormone level decreases with age for most people beyond about 34 your capability to recover will also decrease and with a personal trainer of "no pain no gain" attitude you are seriously impacting the effect underlying (a).
Swimming is a great way of exersize where joint injuries don't really matter, I bet most of the exersize he does is swimming and it might be a good sport for you too if you have knee/back problems
@@jpdj2715 "Remember a few things: (a) the life expectancy of top athletes is below the population average and (b) as your blood/growth hormone level decreases with age for most people beyond about 34 your capability to recover will also decrease and with a personal trainer of "no pain no gain" attitude you are seriously impacting the effect underlying (a)."
Well, I don't think they were aiming for top athlete level, but simply getting into shape. :)
this man's swimmer arms are incredibly long, those pull-ups are definitely harder for him.
Great video! I watched the pull-ups and felt as I did it myself with Dr.
When they started the push up I’m pretty sure all the military guys said 0 0 0 0 0 out of habit
He did 5.
Yup.
Yeah, his push ups need some improvement, wasn't exactly a proper military push up. Meaning didn't go down quite like we were taught, but still impressive.
what do you mean
Never saw his nose and chest touch the deck simultaneously. Fail.
The guy is 39 and a Doctor. He probably doesn’t work out that much anymore . Back in the day he probably would have crushed the test even more.
Trust me, he still works out. In fact i bet u working out is in his lifestyle becuz he grew up as an olympian and he knows the importance of a physcial lifestyle that got him where hs is now its just ingrained in his life and being a doctor is no excuse. Actually alot of doctors are very fit and take workout out religiously
No. Swimmers have a tough time on the pushups, run, and sometimes even pullups. I was a swimmer in BUD/S and I crushed every evolution but I was 18. Michael Picotte was in my BUD/S class who destroyed all of Matt Biondi's (the Phelps of the 80's) pool records at Cal Berkeley and he was a Olympic level swimmer but he did awful pushups and ran like shit (he made it through Hell Week though). Swimmers are tall, lanky, and with light bones. Not great for strength stuff.
Btw, there have been Olympic swimmers in BUD/S who flexed big time by doing those mile ocean swims BUTTERFLY.
@@kevinl8440 I worked as a lifeguard at the beach . I knew a lot of college swimmers that were very strong and they were great runners. Even when they are out of shape they have the muscle memory and great form so they are still fast. The guy looks like he is still in good shape. He is older and not actually training for BUDS . My point is that he did very well. I’m an ER nurse. They are not all fit . Doctors are like everyone else . Some are into fitness some are not.
@@carlosdominguez3108 he s is a doctor of psychology, not medicine. However, in my book, anyone who has a doctorate degree and actually sees patients deserves to be called “doctor.”
This is what happens when you practice one thing a thousand times.. that’s why he is perfect at swimming but not good at pull-ups.. respect for him !!
Great job, Dr. Markus