Phenomenal. If he is standing like that, and cooperating. But what happens when you need to carry someone out of a situation in which they are unconscious or injured, or unable to stand in that position?
There are a load of bull commenters on this one. Search out the full video. There's one person out of the whole cohort who manages 16 doing pull-ups like this. The form is regimented so that the test is fair - everyone must do it like this. Everyone has to do it on this cadence, which is unsurprising given pretty much everything in the military is done to a cadence. They do the same for push-ups and for sit-ups. You do them the Royal Marines way, or you don't pass. This is one test in a whole battery, and it's not even the real test. The Royal Marines have a preliminary fitness test that is done before they even let you on training (which also has more of these tests, but usually after you've already done a boatload of other stuff like marching for distance with a pack on).
With my bunions I've always had problems doing press-ups, but with my bunion spacers I'm doing 55 no problem and it also helps to Ruck with 50 lbs for a few hours to give you a stronger frame.
Has anyone had any actual casualties that could support themselves in a jumping jack position before a carry? Not me and I've been doing this for 15 years. You really do train differently across the pond as you say lol
Only one of these bleep tests I can max out so far , the fact that you can swing your arms forwards makes this so much easier, just use them for momentum, good luck everyone else
I don't understand why they're so busy doing group push-ups. In 2010, I served in the motorized infantry in Russia. We had a standard penalty of 50 push-ups for each violation or remark. After 2 weeks of service in the army, it became routine. I did over 1,000 push-ups in one day and felt a little more tired than usual. But what really comes hard is marathons in combat gear. Good luck, guys!
