Nathanael: Ladies and gentlemen, what is going on?
Welcome to another video.
My name is Nathanael Morton.
I am a sports performance coach/physical education teacher.
This is my girlfriend, Samantha.
Today, we're going to be attempting, AKA, destroying, the U.S. Army fitness test.
We're going to be doing push-ups, sit-ups and a timed two-mile run.
Nathanael: The rules for this test are, for the guys,
it's the most push-ups that you can do in two minutes.
The minimum is 42, so I've got to get at least 42 in two minutes.
A perfect score is 71 pushups.
For girls, it's a minimum of 19, and a perfect score is 42.
You can rest in downward dog, but if you put your knees down, that's it.
Nathanael: For sit-ups, the guys and girls have the same
test.
It is the most sit-ups in two minutes, minimum of 53 sit-ups, and a perfect score is 78 sit-ups.
I should be able to get that.
You?
Sam: That's hard.
Nathanael: For that one, your knees have to be 90 degrees
or less, and your upper back/shoulder blades have to touch the ground for the sit-up to
count.
A partner will be holding your feet for that one.
Nathanael: For the timed two-mile run, for the guys,
the minimum is 15 minutes in 54 seconds.
A perfect score is 13 minutes or less.
For the girls, minimum is 18:54.
That should be easy for you.
A perfect score is 15:36 or less.
I'm going for all perfects.
What about you?
Sam: I'm going to try.
Nathanael: She's definitely going to get all perfect
scores.
I might be on the fence for a couple.
This track that we're on is a little bit smaller than regulation, so nine laps around is actually
two miles.
We can rest a max of 20 minutes in between.
I don't think we'll need to rest that long.
It says a minimum of 10 minutes rest in between, but we'll probably just hit the push-ups,
take a little rest, hit the sit-ups, take a little rest, and then do the run.
Ready?
Let's get it.
Nathanael: All right, ladies first, obviously.
Remember she has two minutes to get as many push-ups as she can.
The minimum is 19, which should be easy for her.
The max, or a perfect score, is 42 push-ups.
You can't put your knees down, but you can rest in downward dog.
Ready?
Sam: Yeah.
Nathanael: Three, two, one.
Go.
(Silence).
Keep going.
Sam: 29.
Nathanael: 29, 30.
Keep going.
Go.
Oh.
All right.
I believe she got 30.
We'll run the tape back.
But I'm going to learn from her mistakes, because she just went to failure right away,
and she had a whole a minute left.
So, when I go, I think I'm going do some push-ups, take my time.
Do some push-ups, take my time.
Sam: I wasn't sure what the best strategy was.
Nathanael: It's all about strategy.
Sam got 30, now it's my turn.
It was all fun and games until it's my turn.
I'm a little bit nervous.
I have to get a minimum of 42, which, if I can't get that, I'm leaving.
A perfect score is 71.
Same thing, two minutes, I can rest in downward dog.
Sam: Ready?
Nathanael: Here we go.
Sam: Go.
(Silence).
Nathanael: [inaudible 00:03:22].
Sam: You've got 10 seconds.
Nathanael: I'm getting this one.
Go.
I'm not getting it.
That was harder than I thought.
I've got to hit my push-ups more often.
Honestly, I thought that would be easy.
What did I get?
Sam: I lost count.
I thought you were counting.
Nathanael: I thought I was counting, too.
I think I got 60.
We're going to have to roll it back.
I wasn't too far off the perfect score, but I wasn't getting a perfect score right now.
But if I worked on it, I could definitely get a perfect score.
Sit-ups?
Let's go.
All right.
Push-ups, one, Nate and Sam, zero.
But we're going to beat this sit-up test.
For girls and guys, it's the same.
The most sit-ups in two minutes, minimum of 53, and a perfect score is 78.
Partner can be holding your feet.
Shoulder blades got to touch the ground.
Knees got to be 90 degrees or less.
Ready?
Three, two, one, go.
(Silence).
Sam: No.
Camera Man: You touch it.
Nathanael: Were you counting?
Sam: 72.
Nathanael: I count 72.
72 sit-ups.
This close to a perfect score.
Now it's my turn, and I'm getting this perfect score.
She got 72.
I need six more than her for a perfect score.
Three, two, one, go.
(Silence).
Sam: Five, four.
Time.
Nathanael: Oh.
Sam: What did you get?
Nathanael: Oh.
I think I got 81.
I don't know if my back was coming down all the way.
Camera man, what do you think?
Was my back touching the ground how it needed to be?
Camera Man: I think it was pretty much the way there.
Nathanael: All right.
We got a perfect score.
Anybody from the army sees this, give me a pass, please.
Perfect score.
Nathanael: This is the last one.
We have the two-mile run.
We're just going to run this one together, because she figures if she tries to keep up
with me, she'll definitely beat the score, and I'm going to, obviously, run as fast as
I can, which isn't very fast, but we're going to do our best.
For the guys, it's a minimum of 15:54, and the perfect score is 13 minutes or less.
For girls, minimum of 18:54, perfect score is 15:36.
Here we go.
Three, two, one, go.
Sam: Hey, [inaudible 00:07:52], it's me.
Give me a call back and let me know what's going on.
I care about you.
Call me back.
Jor: (Singing).
Camera Man: What lap?
And let them know how you're feeling.
Jor: (Singing).
Nathanael: This is lap five.
My legs kind of hurt from them sit-ups, but cardio is good.
Jor: (Singing).
Nathanael: Eight.
Whoo.
Jor: (Singing).
Sam: I screenshotted you at 13:30.
Nathanael: I should have pushed a little bit more.
Jor: (Singing).
Nathanael: I would have got a perfect.
Jor: (Singing).
Nathanael: That's what happens when you get complacent.
I thought I had that in the bag.
Nope.
All right, guys.
That's it.
I believe I got around 13:30.
We'll put it on a screen what I actually got.
She got a 13:46, which for a girl, that's very fast.
For a guy, and I ran cross-country in high school.
My two-mile time was 11 minutes, so I was flying.
But that was 12 years ago when I actually ran, when I didn't have a little bit of blubber
down at the bottom.
Right?
But that was fun.
Why don't you guys try it?
Try this challenge.
Let us know in the comment section what you got.
You should be able to beat me in push-ups, because, to be honest, my push-ups weren't
that great.
Sit-ups were okay.
And then the timed run, I don't know.
Nathanael: I do a lot of explosive training, a lot of
vertical jump training, a lot of weight training.
You can't neglect stuff like this, can't neglect running for your cardiovascular health, especially
if you're a basketball player or an athlete.
Can't neglect the push-ups, can't neglect the basics.
This is what they do in the army.
Anything you want to say?
Sam: That was fun.
Nathanael: That was fun.
Try it out.
Let us know what you guys think.
Leave a comment of what you got for the U.S. Army test.
We'll see you guys in the next video.
Jor: (Singing).