Military Physical Fitness Test Standards

Military Physical Fitness Test standards provide valuable information and guidelines for all fitness enthusiasts. What better way to test yourself than by using tests that gauge the readiness of soldiers in the best military in the world? Military Physical Fitness Tests (PFTs) have been established for each branch of the military and can help you set challenging goals for yourself while also motivating you by tracking your progression.Here are a few of the toughest Physical Fitness Test standards in the military (these aren’t all of the necessary standards and some are required for entry into some of the programs, not the programs themselves):

Army Green Beret

2-Mile Run – Minimum: 12-14 min Max Push Ups in 2 Minutes – Minimum: 100 Max Sit Ups in 2 Minutes – Minimum: 100

Army Ranger

Max Push Ups in 2 Minutes – Minimum: 49 (Competitive: 80) Max Sit Ups in 2 Minutes – Minimum: 59 (Competitive: 80) Max Pull Ups – Minimum: 6 (Competitive: 12) 2-Mile Run – Minimum: 15 min 12 sec (Competitive: Sub 13 min) 5-Mile Run – Minimum: 40 min (Competitive: 35 min) 16-Mile hike w/65lb pack – 5 hrs 20 min (Competitive: 4-5 hrs)

Marine Recon

Max Pull Ups – Minimum: 20 Max Sit Ups/2 min – Minimum: 80 3-Mile Run – Minimum: 18 min 10-Mile Hike w/50lb Pack – Minimum: Sub-2 hrs

Navy SEALs

Swim 500 Yards – Minimum: 12 min 30 sec (Competitive: 8-9 min) Max Push Ups in 2 Minutes – Minimum: 42 (Competitive: 100) Max Sit Ups in 2 Minutes – Minimum: 52 (Competitive: 100) Max Pull Ups – Minimum: 8 (Competitive: 15-20) 1.5-Mile Run – Minimum: 11 min 30 sec (Competitive: 9-10 min)

The above list was created to create a guideline for fitness enthusiasts, not military personnel. The omission of other military requirements were intended to avoid confusing readers.

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Beauty and Fitness

Health is wealth. By being physically fit, it can make a person look lean both inside and out.

There is a lot a person can do such jogging or walking  in the morning, playing basketball or any other sport with friends but if a person wants to have muscles and look lean, the best thing to do will be to sign up and workout in a gym.

Just like taking any medicine, one should first consult the doctor before undergoing any form of exercise.

Physical exercise is beneficial because it helps maintain and improve ones health from a variety of diseases and premature death.  It also makes a person feel happier and increases ones self esteem preventing one from falling into depression or anxiety. It has also shown to make a person with an active lifestyle live longer than a person who doesn’t.

The best exercise plan should have cardiovascular and weight training exercises. This helps burn calories and increase the muscle to fat ratio that will increase ones metabolism and make one either gain or lose weight.

A person who has never worked out before should do it gradually. Doing it too much for the first time can make one pull a muscle or have an injury making it worse. Endurance will never be built in a day and doing it repeatedly will surely be good to the person.

Focusing on certain portion in the body can help make it improve. A good example is going to the gym and doing a workout more often in a specific area such as the abs can give one a chest pack.

But beauty is not only about having muscles which is what people can see. It is also about enhancing the beauty within.

Here are some things one can do everyday to stay beautiful and healthy; (more…)

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