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Think you're in shape? Take the Special Ops Fitness Test!

Posted on Mar 21st 2008 1:00PM by Kristen Seymour

Filed Under: Fitness

Do you remember taking the Presidential Fitness Test in elementary school? I was one of those crazy kids who LOVED it -- I was naturally athletic and I kept active, so it wasn't hard for me to pass. And I love tests that I know I can pass.

I received an email from Active.com encouraging me to try The Special Ops Fitness Test the other day. "How bad can it be?" I asked myself. I work hard, and I push myself. I can at least give it a good shot, right?

Wrong.

Okay, so I failed. I failed badly ... this time. But I now have some really tough goals to meet. Want to see what they are? Check the gallery! And, let me know how well you did!

Special Ops Fitness Test(click thumbnails to view gallery)

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Tags: fitness, goals, military, ranger, special ops, SpecialOps, test

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A2976 3-21-2008 @ 2:59PM

I've just joined up for the National Guard and will be going through boot camp in Oct. I know there standards aren't any where near special opts. I believe for males its 13 push ups, 17 sit ups and 1 mile in 8 min and 30 sec. Which I can definitely beat now. I'm trying to go for a perfect score which is close to the special opt minimum. Right now I'm at 60 push up in 2 minutes and 47 sit ups in 2 minutes. And I haven't given myself a run test, because I haven't started training yet. But when I use to run I was able to do about 2 miles in about 17 to 19 minutes. I believe I'm on a good start for a perfect record, I have until Oct. and throughout basic to get there.

Kristen 3-21-2008 @ 3:07PM

Awesome! Good luck to you! The site I linked to in the post gives some great tips on building up to those goals -- if you haven't had a chance to check that out yet, do so. It might be helpful. The pull-ups and the running are the parts that I'm nowhere near -- sit-ups and push-ups I think I can handle. I think. Anyway, good luck and keep checking in!