That made me laugh. I love the reverse leg crunches on the test now. It's insanely easy if you're tall enough. I do about 30 then rest on the ground talking to the guys counting for me before continuing. 😂
I thought the run was always your easiest challenge for the PT test. 1.5 isn't that much shorter than 2, but when I was getting ready for the Army, running was what I did the most of. The situps were my struggle.
The pacer test just took me back. I remember it being hard for those of us who were student athletes. The non athletic students always died out or gave up by 30. Only one time did I ever make it to the end and I was in peak form from wrestling conditioning.
Yup who can forget the Pacer test. I didn't do too bad on it in gym class. I remember in my class having 2 students complete the whole thing and then go further like machines.
I just passed the UK's Air Force training. It's very similar, we have to get to 9.10 on the bleep test. Do the push ups and then sit ups. If you don't pass all 3, then you're sent home from basic. This fitness test is seen as the "bare minimum" and is "easy" compared to the other branches.
Growing up a sprinter who hates distance, I love that we get to do this as an option now. I hate any sort of distance. A lot of people will say this is easy, but it depends on the individual. Some people run easily, but suck at core, some suck and push-ups.. everyone has their thing.
Army here: definitely giggled at how hard sergeant Case was playing. Dead serious, people are usual far more jovial and relaxed. Test takers and administrators both
@@ericte2400 lol I know a ton of military people none of the air force people ever said they wanna be army....i mean if they wanted to it would have been a easy signing on the dotted line. 🤣
Retired from the air force almost a year ago. I sure do miss it. I left right when they pushed out the new fitness test and actually got a chance to be one of the first people to try it.
You’re a hell of a guy, Austen. I know what you mean when you talk about placing the business before your physical fitness. That’s what I did when I retired from the army. Keep grinding and stay focused 💪
Watching this really helped me because I'm joining the air force soon and I'm getting ready and preparing and this video really showed me what I need to work on.
Literally same here haha. Been a gym rat for over a year now but training now more towards what I’m gonna be doing in basic is a challenge I’ve been training intensely for. Good luck to y’all as well
Outstanding and thanks for sharing your candid thoughts about prioritizing fitness. I'm an older Army veteran, but I can relate to the challenges of life getting in the way of fitness. Thanks for the content Austen. Stay strong.
You actually can start with your rear foot on the start line and stop when your front foot hits the 20m mark..a couple of your "misses" were probably actually good according to the book
I genuinely love the opportunities to do these new alternative movements, I'm glad you made this! As a PTL, it's hard for me to stress to airmen that all of these movements should be respected as an alternative to an already difficult original movement. Glad this will be available to share to the airmen in my squadron if they are curious about the new movements!
I joined the USAF 40 years ago this year. There was no entry fitness test. They took us as we were as long as our ASVAB test scores were good. I was not accustomed to physical training. But, BMT helped. I never knew I would ever be able to run 1.5 miles in formation and in step, much less do all the push ups and set ups. When I entered Security Police Tech School, the physical demands were more, but I had no problems.
The military then was set up for draft inductees. These days they expect new service members to be in a much higher than average state of physical fitness. If there is ever a draft again then the initial fitness standards will need to drop to those of 70s and 80s.
@@jamesmonorow574 I do the Hand release pushups, regular sit ups, and then the HAMR (24 and under) you need 40 hand releases, 58 sit-ups, and 54 HAMR laps to get a 90%. (if you want to do the 1.5 mile instead its 13:00-13:14 to get the same score. anything faster, higher score, anything slower, not a 90)
The HAMR is definitely tough but a lot of that test comes down to practice and technique. You cost yourself a lot of time on a few of those shuttles. You need to be quick to start at the beep and then execute your stop and turn with just one foot on the line. Going past the line is just extra distance and being quick to turn is necessary to be in a position to take off at the next beep.
It is an interesting test. That shuttle run would be incredibly hard to grade for a large formation. The cross crunch leaves a bit of room open for subjective grading. Hand release pushups are no joke. They start off easy but around 30 it starts to get real.
I agree the with group aspect for the shuttle run. When I do it if you away from the grader you can get away with missing a lot. But it catches up to you
Shuttle run isn’t hard to monitor. Since it’s normally going to be run on a basketball court (or similar), you aren’t going to have more than 8-10 people running at a time. 4 people can monitor that.
@@AdventuresInSkateboarding yeah, in that case it wouldn’t be possible. Between the space needed to ensure everyone has a clear running lane and everyone needing to hear the audio, large groups wouldn’t be possible.
I ALWAYS have trouble pacing myself correctly on the HAMR test. Plus, my muscles lack the explosive - fast twitching muscle fibers for the sprints. I will gladly take a 1.5 mile run instead 😅
Use to be easy in the 80s. LOL. Since Terrorism, the fitness tests have become harder. Even some of the desk personnel now have second jobs as security police augmentees!
Security Forces baby it's where it's @ especially during shift level exercises when you get to tackle ur flight chief and he can't tell you nothing hehehehehehehehehehe, all for the love of the game.
I'm a retired Marine of 22 years and our PT test was not laid back at all. Our SgtMaj would always be right there giving us hell the time. It must be a SMAJ thing because everyone I had did it. Dogging us on pull ups, sit ups/crunches and the 3 mile run. I do not miss those days. Looking back it was a good time, but glad it's over. On another note the Army, Navy and Air Force units I saw over the years were always PTing. Morning, afternoon and evenings. I never saw them doing any work though.
For my last 2 pt tests, i have done the hand release push ups. I have maxed out both times with a minute left. I much prefer them over the standard pushups. Also did the HAMR for my last test as i just moved to Colorado from Illinois. Was paranoid about the run. In total the test took me like.... 15 minutes.
Hand release pushups rock and help me save energy for the other events of the test. Max out on the HR and do fairly well on everything else. Love the new events.
Even tho you did great it’s a shame that the proctor didn’t count reps correctly. On the push-ups and sit-ups. Also in the dafman it doesn’t say your not allowed to do the loop on the hamr
I think this new Air Force physical testing only applies to those who are already in and are just retesting each year or so. I was really hopeful that this would be the standard, but such is not the case. This is not something trainees are allowed to do at BMT for the or PT testing, according to my recruiter, MEPS, and people who recently graduated BMT.
Dunno where Case got his info from, there's no "termination" for the cross crunches, and the resting position for the hand release is not in the up position, it's with your arms to your side.
The HAMR is definitely easier to pass but the 1.5 mile is easier to max out (although I think max is a 9:30 which isn't exactly a cake walk) So I recommend my wingmen who are getting 90s+ stick to the jog, & if you're struggling a little bit more, give the HAMR a shot
Holy Smurf! That's extreme, yep. I definitely can see it inbyur shorts and shirt. Don't get relaxed in yur training , glad yu are realizing that. Yu are awesome, so keep up the routine
As an Army guy, I wish we had some good alternates to our options. Because we trained at a different level we could walk in and do this test. Marines would say the same thing about us. Oh and I told my son to join the AF. I would have if I could but I got a GED.
I did the HAMR for my last PT test, and as a distance runner, I still prefer the 1.5 mile run. I like the hand-release push-ups, though. I started doing those instead of regular push-ups.
@@bornofstardust5910 Well I joined in 2013 and we only had to do the APFT. I never heard of the shuttle run before OCS. If you are referring to the new ACFT which has the sprint drag carry then that is a different workout. The shuttle run in this video is timed with beeps and gets faster as you do it. Not the sprint drag carry.
@@AJCuffs Before I even went to MEPS. They make you deadlift, throw a medicine ball, and do the shuttle run. If you don't do well enough on the shuttle run, you don't go to MEPS. I joined in 2019.
In Australia we do the final cardio test in school. It’s called the “Beep test” but we regularly train it couple times a year starting in like 6th grade lol. I hate it
It’s not how many SUCCESSFUL HAMRs are run that you count, you count where they were when they ran their last successful one. If his test was terminated at 9.3 then that’s 72 shuttles completed. If it was terminated at “93” then that’s 90 shuttles completed.
The downside of the high level of USAF physical fitness is the increase in food costs to fuel all those developed muscles. Fit airmen consume many more calories than sedentary ones. I hope the DFAC budgets have increased to meet the demands for more calories. Everything has a cost.
right the hamr test for the military is either quite easy or my school is just crazy. In 8th grade the students need 80-90 reps but its 25 meters and 1 missed means youre out instead of 3 consecutive to be out. this is a German school btw
Australian here.. The pacer test was brought back to high school and I had class next to the oval, and once a semester that sound would play for the 3hr (3 different classes)...
You know =, all of this exercise is great but when one gets off of a shift after working 10 to 12 hours in aircraft maintenance. Exercise is the last thing on your mind. Back in the 70s, most of us had part time job or/and went to school. There are only so many hours in a day. Some jobs in the AF are just too labor intensive. Missile maintenance comes to mind as a job that just drains the life out of people with no thanks. I am not saying that these things are not needed but dang, we need better pay and more time. Most of the Non-Coms I served with in the late 60s and through the 70s would be dead from a stroke or heart attack. Yet they were some of the best supervisors I ever ran into.
There was nothing wrong with the previous test, folks just never stayed active. The AF got too laxed and the airmen even at officer levels made excuses. The only thing that needed to change was the waist measurement. The sister services had mandatory PT, as a formation. In the AF, you’d be lucky to find a unit doing mandatory PT, but it’s part of being a troop. Good luck to you all, I got my DV status and loving life not looking after people who don’t really care about anything other than a family day or a paycheck.
fun fact...for the cross crunch u can legit lay down and rest. the resting position IS laying down. there's no "termination" for stopping lol
I literally said the same thing in my head
he probably just wanted austen to try his absolute best and push himself as much as possible
That made me laugh. I love the reverse leg crunches on the test now. It's insanely easy if you're tall enough. I do about 30 then rest on the ground talking to the guys counting for me before continuing. 😂
@@Briceronie exactly what i do as a 6'2 guy lol just trolling the AF pt test
@@Briceronie cap. you may be able to rest but it's still a 2 minute max test.
As a sprinter the HAMR definitely restored my confidence in being about to score excellent on my PT test cause the 1.5mi run was always my worse event
I thought the run was always your easiest challenge for the PT test. 1.5 isn't that much shorter than 2, but when I was getting ready for the Army, running was what I did the most of. The situps were my struggle.
@lucarain2300 I leave for bootcamp in 1 week, but 1.5 miles is my best. I can get at 10:50 roughly, but im shooting for 10:20
Personally, I would have taken the HAMR over the straight 1.5 mile run every time.
TBH, that 1.5 was nothing. People was just lazy and never did PT… I used to be a UFPM before I separated and I heard all the excuses.
@@AP-bc6ujwish you the best 🙏🏿
The pacer test just took me back. I remember it being hard for those of us who were student athletes. The non athletic students always died out or gave up by 30. Only one time did I ever make it to the end and I was in peak form from wrestling conditioning.
Yup who can forget the Pacer test. I didn't do too bad on it in gym class. I remember in my class having 2 students complete the whole thing and then go further like machines.
Wrestling conditioning absolutley turns athletes into young monsters man
My buddy and I ran cross country/Track and Field in high school and did it together. We got over level 100 and then class ended so we had to stop.
"Gave out around 30" LOL, I don't think I ever made it past 11. I'd always at least try to make it to 7 when it started speeding up.
man i remember chilling at around lap 75 on the pacer test, but I decided to stop because I was in jeans and a cotton shirt (smh)
I just passed the UK's Air Force training.
It's very similar, we have to get to 9.10 on the bleep test.
Do the push ups and then sit ups.
If you don't pass all 3, then you're sent home from basic.
This fitness test is seen as the "bare minimum" and is "easy" compared to the other branches.
I just turned 40 and did my first fitness test at that age - had to run to level 8.3. So much nicer than 9.10😂
Growing up a sprinter who hates distance, I love that we get to do this as an option now. I hate any sort of distance. A lot of people will say this is easy, but it depends on the individual. Some people run easily, but suck at core, some suck and push-ups.. everyone has their thing.
I love distance
I'm usually not terrible at distance, but the beep tests are really easy for me.
Did the USAF take the pacer fitness test and rename it the HAMR? 😂
We always called it the beep test. But ya, exact same as grade 5 gym class
The Fitness Gram Pacer Test
Yes it’s the same thing
Yeah honestly it’s brutal
Literally had this in the background making dinner, heard the first beep and immediately whipped my head over "is that the beep test?!"
Army here: definitely giggled at how hard sergeant Case was playing. Dead serious, people are usual far more jovial and relaxed. Test takers and administrators both
Army here too, it's cause he didn't get his milk and cookies 😢
its usually to overcompensate for not being an actual BA.
That what I said above, cocky wannabe combat arms chair force kid. Air force people always trying to be Army.
@@ericte2400 lol I know a ton of military people none of the air force people ever said they wanna be army....i mean if they wanted to it would have been a easy signing on the dotted line. 🤣
@@flyonawall6521chair force
Retired from the air force almost a year ago. I sure do miss it. I left right when they pushed out the new fitness test and actually got a chance to be one of the first people to try it.
I can’t wait to join… what did you do? I’m 30 and going later in life and happy I’m trying now and living with no regrets
@@autumnonpurpose I was a linguist and learned Spanish to translate documents and recordings from enemy countries
You’re a hell of a guy, Austen. I know what you mean when you talk about placing the business before your physical fitness. That’s what I did when I retired from the army. Keep grinding and stay focused 💪
Watching this really helped me because I'm joining the air force soon and I'm getting ready and preparing and this video really showed me what I need to work on.
Good luck to you. Hopefully we join around the same time.
Literally same here haha. Been a gym rat for over a year now but training now more towards what I’m gonna be doing in basic is a challenge I’ve been training intensely for. Good luck to y’all as well
You can’t use these in BMT or Tech School, you have to just do classic push ups, sit ups, 1.5 mile run
Same
I love watching these episodes. It takes heart to try these different tests.
Thanks Tom!
Outstanding and thanks for sharing your candid thoughts about prioritizing fitness. I'm an older Army veteran, but I can relate to the challenges of life getting in the way of fitness. Thanks for the content Austen. Stay strong.
You actually can start with your rear foot on the start line and stop when your front foot hits the 20m mark..a couple of your "misses" were probably actually good according to the book
I genuinely love the opportunities to do these new alternative movements, I'm glad you made this!
As a PTL, it's hard for me to stress to airmen that all of these movements should be respected as an alternative to an already difficult original movement. Glad this will be available to share to the airmen in my squadron if they are curious about the new movements!
I joined the USAF 40 years ago this year. There was no entry fitness test. They took us as we were as long as our ASVAB test scores were good. I was not accustomed to physical training. But, BMT helped. I never knew I would ever be able to run 1.5 miles in formation and in step, much less do all the push ups and set ups. When I entered Security Police Tech School, the physical demands were more, but I had no problems.
The military then was set up for draft inductees. These days they expect new service members to be in a much higher than average state of physical fitness. If there is ever a draft again then the initial fitness standards will need to drop to those of 70s and 80s.
Air Force Fitness was always a Joke. Good to see that they step up their game. I would have Max it out.
I did the HAMR in September without practice. Even though I passed my PT. I think I’ll just stick to the 1.5 mile run next time. Lol
How much time did you have for that ?
How many did you manage to do and what’s the maximum?
@@jamesmonorow574 I do the Hand release pushups, regular sit ups, and then the HAMR (24 and under) you need 40 hand releases, 58 sit-ups, and 54 HAMR laps to get a 90%. (if you want to do the 1.5 mile instead its 13:00-13:14 to get the same score. anything faster, higher score, anything slower, not a 90)
@@alexp587 does this apply for rotc also?
The HAMR is definitely tough but a lot of that test comes down to practice and technique. You cost yourself a lot of time on a few of those shuttles. You need to be quick to start at the beep and then execute your stop and turn with just one foot on the line. Going past the line is just extra distance and being quick to turn is necessary to be in a position to take off at the next beep.
Did this test today for my PT test and got a 94.
It's honestly much easier than the previous test.
Is down and back one?
@@Tr34wood No one replied to you but down counts as 1 and back counts as another 1.
These videos are great for getting me motivated👍
Glad you like them! LETSS GOOOO
We called it the beep test in high-school. Best I got to was level 8.
Scores:
42 hand release push ups (20/20)
57 cross-leg crunches (20/20)
69 HAMR (56/60)
Insane: 96/100
Airforce really doing the fitnessgram pacer test
It is an interesting test.
That shuttle run would be incredibly hard to grade for a large formation. The cross crunch leaves a bit of room open for subjective grading.
Hand release pushups are no joke. They start off easy but around 30 it starts to get real.
I agree the with group aspect for the shuttle run. When I do it if you away from the grader you can get away with missing a lot. But it catches up to you
Shuttle run isn’t hard to monitor. Since it’s normally going to be run on a basketball court (or similar), you aren’t going to have more than 8-10 people running at a time. 4 people can monitor that.
@@monteporche5552 I am used to 100-200 Paratroopers at a time taking a Army Combat Fitness test. So I was seeing through that lens
@@AdventuresInSkateboarding yeah, in that case it wouldn’t be possible. Between the space needed to ensure everyone has a clear running lane and everyone needing to hear the audio, large groups wouldn’t be possible.
My base has us wear numbered jerseys and as people fall out they just circle the level and number for each jersey
You should try the new USAF SF combat fitness test. It’s in the “trials” right now, but I’m sure you could find it
That new test is a good one. Well done AF.
Glad to see the NCO holding the standard. On many if these there is very poor form being counted as reps. Great job airforce and Austin.
I was an E5 in the AF giving these test. I was always to standard to avoid Airmen accusing me of favoritism.
I always get so motivated after watching ur videos. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!! So glad they motivate you 🙏
This is really interesting. The running, increasing in increments I have never heard of before, and watching it being done is really helpful.
Definitely love the bloopers 😆 🤣
I love this dude. he is the most mid exercise channel athlete around but he has fun!
The fitness gram pacer test is a multi stage capacity test that gets more difficult as the test continues…
I ALWAYS have trouble pacing myself correctly on the HAMR test. Plus, my muscles lack the explosive - fast twitching muscle fibers for the sprints. I will gladly take a 1.5 mile run instead 😅
I'm not sure if the recruiter was motivating him or hitting on him. "He could see the strength in his shorts" lol
Use to be easy in the 80s. LOL. Since Terrorism, the fitness tests have become harder. Even some of the desk personnel now have second jobs as security police augmentees!
Security Forces baby it's where it's @ especially during shift level exercises when you get to tackle ur flight chief and he can't tell you nothing hehehehehehehehehehe, all for the love of the game.
I was an admin you deployed as a security forces augmentee working on convoys
You can definitely loop on the HAMR as well. The only rule is you can’t leave before the beep so as long as you’re timing it right, you’re all good!
I'm a retired Marine of 22 years and our PT test was not laid back at all. Our SgtMaj would always be right there giving us hell the time. It must be a SMAJ thing because everyone I had did it. Dogging us on pull ups, sit ups/crunches and the 3 mile run. I do not miss those days. Looking back it was a good time, but glad it's over. On another note the Army, Navy and Air Force units I saw over the years were always PTing. Morning, afternoon and evenings. I never saw them doing any work though.
My friend’s a lieutenant in the Air Force so now I get to see what she went through
For my last 2 pt tests, i have done the hand release push ups. I have maxed out both times with a minute left. I much prefer them over the standard pushups. Also did the HAMR for my last test as i just moved to Colorado from Illinois. Was paranoid about the run. In total the test took me like.... 15 minutes.
Hand release pushups rock and help me save energy for the other events of the test. Max out on the HR and do fairly well on everything else. Love the new events.
Im better with standard pushups than the hand release pushups
Even tho you did great it’s a shame that the proctor didn’t count reps correctly. On the push-ups and sit-ups. Also in the dafman it doesn’t say your not allowed to do the loop on the hamr
This is great! I would love to see you do an Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). That will destroy you if you haven't done it already. Just try it.
Very glad I got out before the ACFT was implemented, it was definitely a challenge when we were practicing for it!
acft is brutal. the sprint-drag-carry is killer just to go run a 2 mile right after
@@zachcook16 exactly! It’s my thighs that kills me during the run lol
My fitness test while I was in the AF was a 1.5 mile run, and IIRC, walking it was mandatory for over 35 or so. 1975-2000
I practiced the walk… it was sincerely brutal for me I much prefer the run
Enjoyed the bloopers!
Glad you like them!
I think this new Air Force physical testing only applies to those who are already in and are just retesting each year or so. I was really hopeful that this would be the standard, but such is not the case. This is not something trainees are allowed to do at BMT for the or PT testing, according to my recruiter, MEPS, and people who recently graduated BMT.
My heart goes out to all of you service military personnel
Rocking them wizard sleeves.
I thought homie had a ranger tab and was impressed then I saw it said recruiter.
We used to have to do the HAMR in gym class, it was called the “beep test” it is no joke 😳
The pacer was the worst thing ever
It was known as the pacer test for me
@@gunslinger0074 If you’re fit it’s not bad. I used to hit 100+ easily
00:05 even he knows he's not intimidating 😂
Airforce tryna be like the marines fr😂
Dunno where Case got his info from, there's no "termination" for the cross crunches, and the resting position for the hand release is not in the up position, it's with your arms to your side.
The HAMR is definitely easier to pass but the 1.5 mile is easier to max out (although I think max is a 9:30 which isn't exactly a cake walk)
So I recommend my wingmen who are getting 90s+ stick to the jog, & if you're struggling a little bit more, give the HAMR a shot
Holy Smurf! That's extreme, yep. I definitely can see it inbyur shorts and shirt. Don't get relaxed in yur training , glad yu are realizing that. Yu are awesome, so keep up the routine
Working on it! Thanks Mikey!
Always ready! ⚓️
“On your 6packs.”
“Maybe someday.”
As an Army guy, I wish we had some good alternates to our options. Because we trained at a different level we could walk in and do this test. Marines would say the same thing about us. Oh and I told my son to join the AF. I would have if I could but I got a GED.
The Airforce picking random exercises as their fitness test. Figures.
I did the HAMR for my last PT test, and as a distance runner, I still prefer the 1.5 mile run. I like the hand-release push-ups, though. I started doing those instead of regular push-ups.
Airman saying "mhmm" like he's been his own boss before. lmfao
As a recruiter he likely kinda is. They usually have a ton of freedom. Once leadership sees them hit their quotas they tend to leave them alone.
TSgt is trying to act like a Tommy tough nuts lmao
Love the videos. Aaron case is the man!!!
It’s crazy that I got a 114 on the Pacer test when I was in highschool. I tried it again last year for fun and couldn’t even hit 60.
I just got out of Airforce basic and these exercises were used only if you failed the biweekly fitness tests.
What kind of exercises did you do in the biweekly fitness tests?
That shuttle run is what we have to do before we can officially start Officer Candidate School in the Army. It's definitely a bit of a gut check.
Everyone who joins the army does that calm down LT
@@bornofstardust5910 Well I joined in 2013 and we only had to do the APFT. I never heard of the shuttle run before OCS. If you are referring to the new ACFT which has the sprint drag carry then that is a different workout. The shuttle run in this video is timed with beeps and gets faster as you do it. Not the sprint drag carry.
@@AJCuffs Yes. Even us enlisted trash have to do the shuttle run before they are officially in the army.
@@bornofstardust5910 When did they start doing that?
@@AJCuffs Before I even went to MEPS. They make you deadlift, throw a medicine ball, and do the shuttle run. If you don't do well enough on the shuttle run, you don't go to MEPS. I joined in 2019.
In Australia we do the final cardio test in school. It’s called the “Beep test” but we regularly train it couple times a year starting in like 6th grade lol. I hate it
It’s not how many SUCCESSFUL HAMRs are run that you count, you count where they were when they ran their last successful one.
If his test was terminated at 9.3 then that’s 72 shuttles completed.
If it was terminated at “93” then that’s 90 shuttles completed.
we havent done this test yet were still on push ups in a minute sit ups and a minute and 1.5 mile
Its not a new test they are just different variations of exercises you can pick to do so you can do the old ones or these ones or mix them up
You did better than most airmen who are still on active duty!
Which is sad
HAMR was the only part of that test that had any difficulty the rest are easy as hell
Bruh i remember this from middle school this is what we have to do four our final test in Fitness class
you should go through the special warfare Assessment and Selection next
I love how they call it the Hamr test. I've always know it as the beep test for obvious reasons
Brown spice was the dumbest thing the USAF chose. Can't see rank or name tags. Cheers a former tacp that got out in 2011
The downside of the high level of USAF physical fitness is the increase in food costs to fuel all those developed muscles. Fit airmen consume many more calories than sedentary ones. I hope the DFAC budgets have increased to meet the demands for more calories. Everything has a cost.
I'm going into the airforce next January. This is a great indicator on what to work on
You ain’t gotta work on nothing bro, airforce PT is a joke 😂
No way same here whats your ship date?
Hoping to get in sometime next year, I’ll be training beforehand as well. Good luck
Me too!
All you need to do is practice sitting down into and standing up out of a comfy office chair.
right the hamr test for the military is either quite easy or my school is just crazy. In 8th grade the students need 80-90 reps but its 25 meters and 1 missed means youre out instead of 3 consecutive to be out. this is a German school btw
That was a hilarious hug! 🤣😂
Aaron deserved it
Australian here.. The pacer test was brought back to high school and I had class next to the oval, and once a semester that sound would play for the 3hr (3 different classes)...
Just took my pt test again and this was the easiest one yet lol
Good to see the Air Force increasing their fitness standards
Hand release push ups are wayyyyy harder than regular push ups
People can say all day this is easy, but I do the traditional 1 min sit-ups, and this hit different after burning out your hips flexors lol.
That “you’ll run faster” is classic AF logic
You know =, all of this exercise is great but when one gets off of a shift after working 10 to 12 hours in aircraft maintenance. Exercise is the last thing on your mind. Back in the 70s, most of us had part time job or/and went to school. There are only so many hours in a day. Some jobs in the AF are just too labor intensive. Missile maintenance comes to mind as a job that just drains the life out of people with no thanks. I am not saying that these things are not needed but dang, we need better pay and more time. Most of the Non-Coms I served with in the late 60s and through the 70s would be dead from a stroke or heart attack. Yet they were some of the best supervisors I ever ran into.
Id love to see you do a workout with an old school drill sergent
i suggest the regular standard testing over the new one
From 00:03 mark...it is as tough as dunking a basketball on a 6' hoop.
Let’s go austen!!
THANKYOUU
just do regular push ups and run , the cross reverse leg crunch are easy af lol
the trick with the HAMR test is to not stop, curve your run around the lines
Need to start training towards basic and for the hand release, probably going to do the plank and just stick with the 1.5 mile
Basic you are required to
Do the standard test
Have you done a 3 minute plank? 60 something sit-ups in a minute is easy. The plank is the most difficult of the 3 options.
@@671TechReviews honestly I prefer the 3m planks more. Maxing sit-ups always gave me a headache.
Can't do any of this until operational
We do this seiries of test too at air cadets on fitness nights
This is pretty weak to max compared to the army ACFT, that thing is way tougher to max
I thought the Air Force fitness test was seeing how quick you could bring your CO a cup of coffee?
Please look up the South African Recces. They are the best special forces in Africa. Do some of their training please
Good effort. Better than what I would have done
Sir Austin you should try the PFT in Philippine Scout Ranger (Musang)
Those push ups start in the up position
When you said "always ready" like navy boot camp that was hilarious
There was nothing wrong with the previous test, folks just never stayed active. The AF got too laxed and the airmen even at officer levels made excuses. The only thing that needed to change was the waist measurement. The sister services had mandatory PT, as a formation. In the AF, you’d be lucky to find a unit doing mandatory PT, but it’s part of being a troop. Good luck to you all, I got my DV status and loving life not looking after people who don’t really care about anything other than a family day or a paycheck.
Ads and commercials pay the bills dude
Terminate for test for resting? Resting is done in the down position for this exercise