Today.
I'm attempting the SWAT Physical Fitness qualifier.
You guys have been asking me for the longest time to make this happen.
And I flew to Miami today to make it happen.
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More on that later. We're here with Ken.
He's a SWAT operator from South Florida, and he's gonna be proctoring me today.
So Let's do this.
Finally got Austen down here to South Florida today.
I'm gonna be proctoring him through
the SWAT Physical Fitness qualifier to see if he has what it takes.
To earn his shot at SWAT school.
The Swap PFQ is the physical fitness
portion that we use to evaluate the guys that want to try out for our team.
It's also the bi-annual fitness test that we use for guys that are on the team
to make sure they're maintaining a high level of physical fitness.
About to begin phase one of the Swap PFQ.
The first portion is the pushups pullups, burpees and air squats.
All right, after that, we're gonna go into phase two which is gonna be the run.
The run is going to consist
of an eight hundred meter run slick and a 400 meter run with vest and gas mask.
After that, we're gonna go into phase
three, which is the sled that we have set up 225 pounds on the sled.
You're going 40 meters each direction with a little bit of exercises in between.
Okay
all right, so for the pushup, we're going to have a minute and 30 to complete.
40 pushups. Chest is going to touch the ground
on the descent and arms full extension on your ascent again.
all right, 35 seconds from now,
you have about a minute rest before you start the pull up.
So the next portion of phase one is going to be the dead hang pull up.
Yes. You have a minute 30 to complete.
15 pull ups. Chin must clear the bar.
The first five must be completed without dropping off the bar.
After those five, you could drop down and knock out the remaining 10.
You have that full minute and 30 to do so.
Okay, so it's raining on us a little bit. So we've improvised.
We have a pull up bar right here.
This is like a waterproof globe.
2, 1.
Go! Mount the bar.
Remember, Chin is clearing the bar. One good.
2-3-4-5.
There we go.
10, 5 more.
Look at how many seconds right now.
Let me take it.
11,
12,
3 more. Good.
One more.
34 seconds to rest for the next portion, next is 20 burpees.
You have a minute 30 to complete. 20 burpees.
Chest must such a ground hip lock out and hands clap overhead.
You understand? Real burpees.
Yes. Understood.
Begin.
20 seconds.
12, 13,
14,
19. Yeah.
10 seconds plus
21 second I was kidding about the time, by the way.
Now you have 30 seconds as of now to rest.
Next, we're going to go into the air squats.
40. Air squats.
Legs must reach parallel to the ground and reach full extension on the way up.
Man, I know what y'all guys go through at the battle bunker now.
20 burpees. Not easy.
Yeah.
It's much better to complete the obstacle than 20 burpees.
Yeah. And begin.
A minute 30 to knock out all 40 break as you need.
Can you count out for me?
Trying to short me on those reps over there?
I'll do for 42 for you.
good work.
All right. You have about 45 minutes.
45 seconds left. There's 42.
Okay, 45 seconds left of that exercise.
And then you have a mandatory two minute rest before the next exercise.
I weighed in yesterday morning at 240
pounds, which is about five pounds heavier than I was doing the Air Force PAST test.
Okay. And I lied.
phase two is the run, not the sled pool.
Phase two, you start the run in two minutes
for the run, you're gonna have nine minutes and 15 seconds to complete.
The first portion is going to be a half mile slick as it is right now.
I've set up a course.
You have 200 meters out, come back, you're gonna run out again and come back.
So down, back, down, back marked by the two cones at the end.
After that,
you're going to have a mandatory two minute rest during that two minute rest.
You're gonna put the vest on and your gas
mask on before completing the last quarter mile.
3-2-1.
Go.
All right, so right now, he's gonna be running down 200 meters,
and then he'll be turning around and coming back for the first quarter.
And he'll have to repeat that again
for the first half of the test, which is the 800 meter or half mile run.
He's doing good so far.
He's passing might just earn his shot at SWAT school.
We'll see so typically for the PFQ for us
when we do the SWAT, try out
we have the physical portion, which is what he's running through now.
And then if they pass that
then they go into Firearms quals, which consists of handgun and a rifle.
All right, Austen, you're at a minute and 23 seconds.
So he's just under a six minute mile right now.
So he should finish his first half right around three minutes,
which is a pretty good pace that'll set him up for success for the second half,
and he's on his way back, so he should be here.
2, 40 all right, Austen, you're at a good pace.
3:01. All right.
That runs not fun. After the squats and burpees.
This is the back right? No it's the front.
we won't put that in there.
My editor will probably put that in there. It's okay.
I put it out on the line.
I don't post these videos just to show success.
I got nervous before these videos because it's.
Like, always a gut check.
And regardless if I fell or pass, I post these videos.
Ya'll know that.
So thanks for being with me with me today Ken
yeah. You're doing great so far.
Passing. This is gonna be the thumbnail.
20 seconds.
Do I look like an operator?
Not with that mustache.
This thing is the thing is not easy to breathe
2...1....Begin last quarter mile.
Obviously in vest and gas mask.
It's a little bit of a little suck factor here, but should be fine.
Making good pace already hasn't slowed down much from his first half.
This is what we'd like to see
20 seconds since the quarter miles, about 100 yards down.
I mean, aside from the rain, he really couldn't ask for better weather.
It's probably one of the cooler days we've
had in a while, so that's definitely in his favor.
He's coming up on the turnaround now.
All right, he's on his way back. Go.
Austin is not bad for a big boy.
We could use him as a breacher he's at 6 30 right now.
6:38. 6:39.
6:41
man, that's hard to breathe. Did you close that up on me?
Hehehe No.
Get that in a thumbnail heh
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All right, Austen, phase three is the sled.
You're gonna have three minutes and 45 seconds to complete this.
You're going to position yourself next to the weight on the sled, which is 225 pounds.
You're going to complete 25 air squats.
The same way you did earlier.
After that, you're going to pull backwards
to 40 meters, which is going to be to that next cone there.
Immediately after crossing the 40 yard, you're going to complete 25 push ups
in the same manner as before, and then you're going to do 25 pushups.
So what we do is normally we'll grab the sled.
Straps need to go over the shoulder or under the shoulder,
and then that when you go back to the line.
You're going to do 25 jumping Jacks,
and that's going to complete phase three. And begin.
So the main camera died, and I'm sorry,
so I'm just going to talk a little bit about it.
If you guys enjoy these talk overs,
please let me know in the comments, and I will do them more.
But the squats right here after my legs were roasted,
after I got done with that weighted sprint, especially my quads were burning.
You can see in the top left corner where I'm like pain face.
So. All right, go ahead and Mount the sled.
Remember, you're pulling it going backwards.
Now, this is gonna be a real test of those quads that you got.
The Sled pull down destroyed my quads.
This is about where you feel it right around.
The 25 or 30-meter mark it really starts burning.
It didn't slow me down
it's just one of those aspects of pain. You have to get over
you're gonna have 25 pushups.
1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5. Good.
All right, thanks.
Sled back currently sitting at 1:35, doing well on time.
This guy still got plenty in the tank. He's fooling you
all right, good. 25 jumping jacks.
The sled pulls back were not as bad
because I had gotten a second wind because I was like this portion is almost over.
I can do it on a scale of one to 10, 1 being the easiest, 10 being the hardest.
I would say this is probably at a seven for me