I Tried the Swedish Armed Forces Test 

I always like watching these videos. I became disabled 7 years ago and my physical abilities are much diminished, I can't really do anything demanding but what I like about your videos are even if yiu guys are more physically capable you treat each other with respect even if someone is struggling (like with the sit ups). I wish i had people with this kind of encouragement at any point in my life, always been judged when I can't push myself even though I'm not capable so I like the respect and way you and your friends are always so sympathetic to the differences in people's abilities. Thanks it's nice to see there are nice people somewh e re out there th a t don't judge people because they realize even for professionals perfection is unobtainable.

Im in the swedish military and your supposed to do the 2000m in full combat equipment (armor, Ak5, boots, and helmet) around 20kg.

You forgot the equipment in the 2k run. It should be done with boots, weapon and so on. But good work anyway. Almost a swedish ranger level :) but then you do more tests, for example the para rangers do more tests and then an annuell test to be allowed to stay in the unit. Here we each year do, 50km skiing with all out equipment (very very heavy backpack), 5km open water swimming with our equipment, 20km with combat gear under 140 minutes, 10km running under 45 minutes and the most famous test, the eagels marsh.. 60km march with a lot of tests followed with 10km orienteering (if you do a mistake you get a second chanse to do the 10km all over again) and everything has to be finished within 24 hours. :)

The 2km run is a battle fitness run and is supposed to be done with boots, webbing, body armour and rifle and not a clean jog like this. I guess they forgot about that.

I did 15 months in Swedish army as a section leader. Each morning during line-up there was a mandatory fitness exercise for 20-30 minutes. During first month my guys struggled with getting 30 pushups and 30 sit ups among other things. One or two month later they didn't even complain when I started counting backwards after reaching 30 😅 So now you may wonder what kind of special forces we were. This was just a medic section with some lazy boys that didn't bother much about showing how tough they were with a gun. My proudest moment was when a guy in the section won the battalion shooting contest!!! Yes we reminded the rangers about that many times 😆🤣😁

Great job Austen! Had a blast filming this with you 👊🏻

There’s no swimming test. Every soul in Sweden already knows how to swim. A swimming test is only done for specific jobs within FM.

Thamks for watching ya'll! I'm trying to stay consistent with videos like these on my channel. We just announced the Battle Bunker Pipeline Competition starting in April so that has been taking a little bit of time. But I promise to keep these videos rolling 😁

Magnus was a great guy and seemed so humble. I’m so impressed with your channel!! Fantastic content, Austen!

The Royal Swedish Army Training is no joke ! His Majesty has some damn fit soldiers

I've done the Marine Corps PT test and the old Army PT test in the past. This RU-vid show makes me want to train for all of them. I like watching these episodes.

Another banger from Austen! Love that this video concept has ties to your heritage/culture. You killed it!

When I did my military training in northern Sweden we did all those tests. But we did them in a slightly different way. situps and push ups were with a beep, but it was beep for up and then beep for down. if you didnt manage to keep up, you failed. and the extension hold we did it at around 40cm height, we tied a floorball to a string, and then tied the string to the chest. If the ball touched the floor, you failed. The classic BEEP-test was the same I believe, there are several passes on one level. so it isnt that the time between beeps are shorter for every beep. If I remember correctly there was 4 passes between every level. After a the lower levels you are basically flat out running between the cones. the vertical jump we tied measuring tape to our waist and then sort of taped the measuringtape to the floor and measured the difference on the tape after the jump. We did 400m swim and then 200m clothed swim. the 2000m run we ran with gear. Boots, AK5, helmet and the combat vest stuffed with empty magazines but I think we had 11min to finish to pass the test. All this was back in 2007 so things probably has changed a lot since then

I like the bloopers 🤣 but, man, what a performance on such a demanding test. Very impressive 🤩

You’ve been a huge inspiration to me lately and I can’t thank you enough for the great content. Now for my challenge to you. Since you’re a Navy guy, I double dog dare you to try the Royal Marines Commando Pre Joining Fitness Test.

As a swede it’s great/funny to hear him say “always ready” 💪🏼🇸🇪

Awesome job there, you're huge and fit, with good endurance. All the best for the Ironman.

That track Reminds me of my Training at PMA....Clouds and Mountains in Background......Great Video as Always Sir.

Amazing! I am so impressed by the fitness level and the mental stamina that goes into training like Austen and Magnus. Great video and both men are an inspiration to work harder!

Excellent job, Austen.

Love this collab!! 💪🇸🇪

I remember doing that beep test in high school. I barely made it past 8, but for 2 of my classmates (one of them played football and floorball and the other competes in Enduro) the real competition began after 12.

Dang, this was super fun! I liked how Magnus was super encouraging.

Looking good! Took a pretty big shortcut by leaving out all the gear on the 2k run though, that's supposed to be done in boots, full gear and carrying the heavy AK5. :D

Here are some fast info regarding the running tests in the SAF. Personnel in a ground combat unit whose main duty is combat on foot. Movement on foot must be possible for a long time (4-7 hours). Personal equipment must be able to be worn for a long time and additional equipment part of the time. Men/Women Field test 2 km: 12:00/12:45 (uniform or coveralls, helmet, body protection, combat vest, AK5, four magazines and filled water bottle weighing approx. 21 kg) Running test 2 km: 8:50 Running test 3 km: 14:00 FM Beep test: 11:1

Good to know and well done. Good to see the swimming component. Many military personnel can’t swim.

Bra jobbat !

I definitely love this channel❤🫶🏻🔥 awesome job Austen 🙌🏻

Hi Austen, hope you can do military exercises from Southeast Asian countries (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia). Love your chanel from MALAYSIA🇲🇾

I get notified, I like, I watch 👌🏼 Also, love the edits 😂

I remember doing the tests to see if I would be accepted to swedish millitary. With 400k people doing the tests and only 4k spots I didn't make the cut. I so wanted to be a tank soldier. Now I am 33, knee injury(runners knee) stops me from doing what I loved as a teenager. Running. One day I might join hemvärnet, but not this day. Great video, it made me motivated to work on my knee.

Thanks!

0:31: The Swedish fitness test includes eight events, including Cadence push-ups and sit-ups. 1:05: Cadence push-ups require each rep to last three seconds, making it more challenging. 2:05: Cadence sit-ups also have a three-second rep, increasing the time of tension. 5:38: The person does a hamstring exercise for 160 seconds. 6:28: The person attempts an isometric hold for 28 seconds. 6:43: The person prepares for a beep test challenge. 8:39: The individual maintains a steady pace throughout the test, showing familiarity and experience. 9:34: The individual completes the last challenge of swimming 2000 meters in a time of 9:42, indicating strong performance. 11:27: Despite feeling some physical discomfort, the individual remains determined and focused throughout the test. Recap by Tammy AI

I can say this! I am impressed because I am a swede and say that you did this amazing. But forgot 2k in full equiment.

You got some details wrong in the test sadly. Firstly you normally only do one of the conditioning tests and personally i have never seen anyone do or been offerded to do the swim test in the army i think that is a navy thing. Here are the few things i saw that was wrong or not 100% correct Pushups, you need to go down on the first beep and then stay down untill the next beep when u can come up again. Situps, firstly here you cant have anyone holding you feet down, you can however extend them so youre allmost laying down when going down and then bring them back up as you go up but if doing this your heels cant leave the floor. Also same here as the pushups go up on one beep and down the next. 2k run, this is where you got it the most wrong and this is also the hardest part and the one people fail at. Its known as a "fieldtest" and its 2k in boots, bodyarmor (without plates) a 5kg rifle or 5kg steelrod and a helmet. The time is kind of right, its a pass or fail test and 10:15 is the pass time for Jägare (similar to rangers) but its 12:00 for normal infantry. Just to add most infantry bataljons i have been on has had the time of 11:30.

Austen, som Svensk är det roligt att se någon testa olika Svenska soldat prov.

Nice man! Great video. I’ll sub😎 But at the extrension holds.. 2:20 in minutes is only 140 sec🤣

when I did my service in -95 the run was 2km in maximum 8 minutes, 10km in 60min, and for my group we also had 2km in full gear and the old style gas mask (that makes breathing much harder) in under 15minutes, would be fun to se you try the last one, full gear for us was around 30kg including the weapon (the backpack was 18kg).

good god, i feel like my entire country has been blessed by a whole video of its military training. Oh, and the translations are actually brilliant, i confirm.

Happy to find this. Im booked to do fitness test in August this year. I'm 33 years old petit lady. Stand 5 feet tall..so good luck with me.

I was in the military last year. Got gold in all of them. But the 2k run is for sure the hardest. You’re supposed to be in full gear and have your weapon so about 20kg I think and it’s all just jumping around while you run, especially the weapon if you don’t grip it right. Without gear it’s not really worth to test the 2k run to the same time limit as with gear

I’m half Swedish and in Sweden right now! I loved this video!

Jättebra träning :)

The trainer guy got a lot of things wrong: Nobody is supposed to hold your feet at the situps. Also that's not how the beep test is done, it's not one point per back and forth, to get a 15 you'll have to run 157 paces, and at that level you're pretty much an elite level runner. The world record is 17. The extension hold "gold" is 2 minutes 40 seconds, not 2 minutes 20 seconds. Also the 2000m run is supposed to be done with full combat gear, armor, helmet, boots, mags, weapon plus a 1 liter flask full of water. Without gear, the bar is 8 minutes.

The Finnish paratrooper test is similar to this but there's couple tests where you need a lot of agility

That was such an effecient combat side stroke. Solid.

(Swede here) Had an insane PE teacher, we had beep-test before and after every school break. He was a former NBA player, and we were demolished😂. Puked after had runned over level 13.5, and he said to the rest of the students whom had stopped earlier ”that is how I want everyone to be”. It was not wholesome at all, and it has f#cked up my view of how one should be in an athletic view…

I had to do all these excerises when I did my military service in Sweden. I was stationed up north where it was freezing cold. I miss those days...

Amazing video. Can you pkease do a French foreign legion training especially the jaguar test?

Greetings from Sweden 😀

hold up... the beep test was done wrong. there are about increments in each level... 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Gotta give Austen props. His over all positivity, determination, and character, and never leave a man behind mindset is very honorable.

Nice video!

@Austen Alexander, maybe you can consider to make some video with Magnus Midtbø, he have also done some challenge on the US Navy SEAL PST

I love this channel❤️🔥

The Swedish and Finnish army are very similar. Example in Finland they use Hornet (F16). And in Sweden they also use hårnät.

I'd like to see you do the Canadian armed forces basic training test.

Seeing him doing all these fitness tests brings back -painful- memories

Nice job

Fav vid

No holding the feet during sit ups, that and the time is what makes them among the hardest part of the test. The jump up should be measured with a measuring tape attached to the waist.

Can I get a towel?...Naaa, you`r good 😅

Final Test: Assemble this chest of drawers with a ridiculous L-shaped tool and two bolts missing from a twelve bolt pack.

We did this exact thing (except for the last three) during recess at my school! (Well, our teacher is a Swedish army + US Marine Corps veteran)

When I did these tests, push-ups were done with a spotter with his hand flat to the ground and you had to touch it with your chest. If you put too much weight on his hand he’d be quiet, same if you didn’t go deep enough. Every good rep he’d count out loud. The cadence was for stopping both at the top and bottom of every rep. Same with the sit-ups. Also,the flexed hold was only allowed for women or someone who served in a non-combat capacity. Everyone else did pull-ups with a spotter who counted reps. Like someone else wrote here, the 2k run is supposed to be done in full combat gear with your daypack of 20kg. There was also a life saver exercise in the water. There was a physiotherapist who tested our mobility.

I love your videos... Africa Uganda 🇺🇬 representing....

You should give the Australian Army basic fitness test (BFA) a try

wow, that was very easy tests!

Damn I need to try these

I did this too when joining the swedish military, it went pretty damm well

I dare you to test Finnish " erikoisjääkäri" fitness test. Finnish special operators. Would love to see it!!

see he was doing CSS, always a fun time.

Hans alltid redo låter jätte roligt, visste först inte ens vad han sa

There's also Försvarsmaktens Atletprov (don't know if we still do that) but it's pretty fun. Run a 10k, 1RM bench (three attempts) and max reps chin ups (strict reps to tempo like the push ups in this video) all within 24 hours. The scoring is something like [started minutes on the 10k x5] - your best bench attempt in kg - chin up reps x2. Bronze was something like

Never seen your videos before, but jumping 67cm from stand still is insane! I could almost jump 50cm when playing soccer, with my scrawny build, and I thought I was really good.

My sister in law is Swedish and I really love her. I also love Sweden. Btw I'm from India ❤

This brings back memories from the 80s, let him do the soldier test to 30km fast march whit full gear and 12kg backpack in under 8 hours to get the patch or 9h o just pass the test

Mycket kärlek från Stockholm min broder!

Imma subscribe just for the effort of speaking Swedish. Good Hussle.

Thank you! Im from sweden.

great video to wake up to

Endurance train when at the best! Like the "holding" time and done this for my own trainings since teenager. Give me some hint I been on the right path whole time.

So cool to see that he is Swedish!

Alltid Redo!

The beep test gave me school gym flashbacks. Känner hat för den.

As a swede I am learning a lot 😂

Campioni Gym

I subbed, hope you can get a ladder

The run is so so so much harder when done with body armor, helmet, gun, etc. A world of difference

That beep test was like a beep test for kids lol xD.

I seem to remember doing all the tests in military uniform with boots and shit, but still impressive for a guy in this size.

Awesome vid! what is the music called?

Nice

The pace of push-ups is down on beat, short stay, up again on beat. The rhythm is 50 BPM. Same for sit-ups, up and down. You are not allowed to have anyone holding your feets on sit-ups but you may extend your feets until upright, then your elbows should touch your thigh. When you do extension hold you should have your knuckles fixed to your temples and elbows pointing out horizontally, not arms crossed infront of chest. Fieldtest, the 2 km run, is with combatgear; uniform, combatboots, combatvest, rifle, helmet, filled waterbottle, in all about 21 kg weight. Depending on unit the requirement is between 10:15-14:15 minutes (for example Infantery units 11:35, GBAD 12:30). We only do fieldtest at my regiment. Beeptest is for the ones who cant run in combatgear (long time injuries) and swimming is for specialized units. Been in the army 27 years and i do Gold on these tests 😀

I remember my days in firefighting and rescue.Also i had to run 8km with surpressed air tank

we need to do the beep test in school in sweden

yo viendo este video me deja impresionado , en el ejercito colombiano me hacia 80 flexiones de brazos en 2 minutos y 80 abdominales en 2 minutos

Just rember that this was for a show.!!

The beep test rounds are not 11 times running back and forth. Round 1 is like 7 times back and forth and then it's round 2 for a few times and then round 3. For round 11 it's 106 times back and forth and round 15 there would have been 157 times.

"Då kör vi" Is actually 08:28 better translated as "Lets go", "Lets get it on!" Im most impressed by his swimming and endurance run... For such a large Viking it was actually impressive. He didnt even go full in.