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15 Aug 2014, 7:53 pm

http://www.military.com/military-fitnes ... aining-pft
well,could you?



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15 Aug 2014, 9:27 pm

I could, and have.


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15 Aug 2014, 9:29 pm

I certainly could...at age 53.



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15 Aug 2014, 10:01 pm

before my back went out on me, I could. I did it 3 decades earlier.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:11 am

Never in my life would I have been able to meet these requirements.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:14 am

Ann2011 wrote:
Never in my life would I have been able to meet these requirements.

before I joined the army, I could not meet them either. but with mean-assed stentorian-voiced coarse-vocabularied drill instructors screaming in your ears from both sides to "MOVE YOUR ASS!! !" you too would soon become proficient in those exercises. I guarantee it.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:24 am

auntblabby wrote:
Ann2011 wrote:
Never in my life would I have been able to meet these requirements.

before I joined the army, I could not meet them either. but with mean-assed stentorian-voiced coarse-vocabularied drill instructors screaming in your ears from both sides to "MOVE YOUR ASS!! !" you too would soon become proficient in those exercises. I guarantee it.


I always had a bad heart. Had to have surgery in my twenties. I could never keep up. I'd try, for sure, but my breathing would be affected. Plus I'd be constantly weeping.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:33 am

Ann2011 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Ann2011 wrote:
Never in my life would I have been able to meet these requirements.

before I joined the army, I could not meet them either. but with mean-assed stentorian-voiced coarse-vocabularied drill instructors screaming in your ears from both sides to "MOVE YOUR ASS!! !" you too would soon become proficient in those exercises. I guarantee it.


I always had a bad heart. Had to have surgery in my twenties. I could never keep up. I'd try, for sure, but my breathing would be affected. Plus I'd be constantly weeping.

I'm sorry then :( Image
when I was in, if somebody wept they'd be taken away by psychiatry. no crying allowed in the mean green machine. an officer that cried in front of his men was relieved of his command in a hurry. Image



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16 Aug 2014, 12:39 am

sacrip wrote:
I could, and have.

Same, but the Aussie equivalent.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:40 am

yellowtamarin wrote:
sacrip wrote:
I could, and have.

Same, but the Aussie equivalent.

was the down under version stricter than the American version?



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16 Aug 2014, 12:47 am

auntblabby wrote:
I'm sorry then :( Image
when I was in, if somebody wept they'd be taken away by psychiatry. no crying allowed in the mean green machine. an officer that cried in front of his men was relieved of his command in a hurry. Image


Yes, I can't imagine crying would be very good for morale.

I could never keep up physically in school. It was frustrating. Not just in sports, but in general - like walking or playing. I believe this has led me to overcompensate with stealth and observational skills. But yeah, thanks.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:49 am

Ann2011 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I'm sorry then :( Image
when I was in, if somebody wept they'd be taken away by psychiatry. no crying allowed in the mean green machine. an officer that cried in front of his men was relieved of his command in a hurry. Image


Yes, I can't imagine crying would be very good for morale.

I could never keep up physically in school. It was frustrating. Not just in sports, but in general - like walking or playing. I believe this has led me to overcompensate with stealth and observational skills. But yeah, thanks.

I couldn't keep up in school also, nobody would choose me when in PE they made us choose sides- so I usually got sent to the office to do paperwork. :oops:



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16 Aug 2014, 12:55 am

auntblabby wrote:
yellowtamarin wrote:
sacrip wrote:
I could, and have.

Same, but the Aussie equivalent.

was the down under version stricter than the American version?

Depends if you are better at push-ups or shuttle running I guess: http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/fitness/

I find the beep test/shuttle run really hard but can easily run 2 miles in a reasonable time.



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16 Aug 2014, 12:55 am

auntblabby wrote:
I couldn't keep up in school also, nobody would choose me when in PE they made us choose sides- so I usually got sent to the office to do paperwork. :oops:


lol. I was last chosen, first eliminated. And that's the way I liked it. There seemed to be an unspoken realization that I wasn't going to be of use in the play situation. And everyone respected it. :?



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16 Aug 2014, 12:58 am

yellowtamarin wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
yellowtamarin wrote:
sacrip wrote:
I could, and have.

Same, but the Aussie equivalent.

was the down under version stricter than the American version?

Depends if you are better at push-ups or shuttle running I guess: http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/fitness/

I find the beep test/shuttle run really hard but can easily run 2 miles in a reasonable time.

gosh, I wish I had been in the aussie armed forces!



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16 Aug 2014, 6:33 am

Hell no. I can't even do a proper push-up. :P