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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 10:53:38 No.34693207 View Reply Report Delete

Sup /fit/
Army Armyfag here
APFT
Is it a valid way of measuring endurance?
Some of my soldiers can lift and haul shit all day without breaking a sweat but hardly pass the run and get negative reflection at boards and such. But the same soldier can run a marathon via endurance (albeit slowly).

Tl;Dr is the APFT a valid measurement of strength?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 10:55:07 No.34693217 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>34693228 >>34693776

>>34693207
IMO skellys get a huge APFT advantage.

Those of us with a little bit of muscle have it harder, especially on the fucking run.

But it is what it is so suck it the fuck up and tell those slow motherfuckers to run more.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 10:56:41 No.34693228 Report Delete

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>>34693217
That's what I tell them
Carson is a run a lot place. But dat altitude

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 10:59:42 No.34693247 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>34693274 >>34694483

Also Army, I'm your Fister daddy.

No. APFT is a shitty way of measuring strength. Anyone can do 70 some pushups and situps and get a 300. But the same people who ace a PT test can barely carry a ruck for more than a few miles.

In my platoon we have plenty of people who can 300, myself included. But maybe half of them are so small that when we hit the field, they can't carry their standard load for our long rucks/movements through rugged terrain

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:03:58 No.34693274 Report Delete

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>>34693247
Commo here.
I average 270 but rucking comes easy for me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:05:17 No.34693287 Report Delete

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I score about a 360 or so and I smoke a pack a day.
I wouldn't really say it's a good measurement of strength, just a good measurement of pushups, situps and a little run.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:45:32 No.34693616 Report Delete

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>>34693207
no

2 mile runs are shit and the best test is the UBRR

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:01:42 No.34693776 Report Delete

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>>34693217
I second this, especially with sit ups. I max situps and the run(usually) any day. But my situps have always been tough, I guess it's cause I work on my back and chest so much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:28:24 No.34694483 Report Delete

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>>34693247
Fucking this.

>how do you ruck so well?
>do you practice?
>is there a secret?
>it hurts...

Here's the secret, stop being a pussy.

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