JEFF: What's up, guys?
Jeff Cavaliere, ATHLEANX.com.
Jesse, you ready?
JESSE: Yep.
JEFF: One, two, three, go!
So, what are we doing here?
Today, we’re testing how fit Jesse is.
More importantly, you’re going to be able to use his scores to determine how fit you
are, compared to Jesse.
Now, look; I’m going to run him through the revised, Army combat fitness test.
I’m not saying this is the ultimate, end-all, be-all test of overall fitness, but what it
does is, they’ve made some important changes to determine how ready a soldier is for combat.
So, some of the drills that are now being tested more accurately represent the rigors
of combat to see if your body is prepared for that.
So, they test strength, they test stamina, they test different aspects of your overall
fitness conditioning.
We can do that, but of course, I want to throw in my own two cents here.
The first thing I have Jesse doing is hanging from a bar.
How you feeling up there?
JESSE: This sucks.
JEFF: Yeah.
So, what we do is, we test this right here because I want people to understand a few
things.
First of all, what’s your grip and forearm strength?
More importantly, what’s your mental toughness?
If you hang on here when your forearms are burning, when your hands are starting to feel
numb, how long can you last?
Jesse’s actually been up there for a minute.
Pretty good job, right?
So, the average score on this test is 1 minute and 40 seconds.
Believe it or not, a lot of guys can’t even hang from the bar for a minute.
So, if you want to test it, it’s really easy.
All you’ve got to do is jump up there and hang straight up there like that and see if
you can last for 1:40.
Jesse, you’re at a 1:20 right now.
Now, the thing is, we’re going to test some other things I’ve mentioned.
We’re going to test the hex bar deadlift.
That’s part of the military fitness test.
We’re going to test that.
We’re going to test the power throw.
We’re going to test release pushups – how many you can do in two minutes.
Leg tucks, a 2-mile run.
We’re not going to show you that, but I’ll tell you a little bit about Jesse and his
capabilities.
How you doing over there, Jesse?
JESSE: Uh, I’m all right.
JEFF: Then we’re going to do a sprint-drag carry, and we’re also going to finish with
pullups because I feel like it’s a great overall test of your overall upper body strength
and endurance.
Now, 1:46.
1:47.
Did you know you had already reached 1:40?
JESSE: No.
JEFF: Oh.
So, you just jumped down.
I’ve actually seen Jesse pass 2 minutes.
Here’s the thing though, guys: that’s your first test.
One by one I want to knock these out, see how you are.
Again, not that Jesse is the epitome of strength and fitness.
JESSE: I mean, I thought I was pretty good.
JEFF: Yeah, right.
The fact is, he is representing the ‘every man’, and I want you to see how well you
compare to him, test by test.
Let’s go.
Now let’s do the first test here on the official revised Army combat test.
This is the hex bar deadlift.
The way they score it is, they’re going for the number – you have to do three repetitions
and the weight you’re using is what determines your score.
So, the minimum side of this is 180lbs to log a score.
The maximum side of this is actually 340lbs.
Jesse, you’re going to show off a little bit.
It’s actually 365 on here, that he assures me he can do.
So, if he can get three clean reps here, he’s got a maximum score.
Making it look easy.
There’s one.
Two.
Good job.
Down.
So obviously, guys, with the hex bar – nicely done.
With the hex bar the issue is that it’s going to be a little easier than a bar in
front of your body because you’ve shortened the moment arm on all the posterior chain
muscles that are really responsible for executing the deadlift.
So, you’ll probably find that your scores will improve with this.
However, it’s a standard and he just aced it.
Next one we’ve got to move onto now is the power throw.
For the power throw what you’re looking to see is how far you can throw backward,
over your head, a 10lb medicine ball.
You’re trying to simulate – as we walk out to the middle of the max – trying to
simulate your ability to assist a soldier up, and above your head, to a higher level.
Here, we hit the minute mark right here or about 9 yards.
13.5 meters right here is our maximum.
So, what we’re looking for is Jesse’s ability o throw that thing with explosively,
vertically.
But more importantly, horizontally to get that distance.
Let’s see what you’ve got.
That’s a long way.
Looks like you landed right about midway between minimum and maximum.
Right about 11 yards, or so.
Wait a second.
Jesse said he wants another attempt.
He said the ball slipped.
So, I gave him a towel, so he could wipe his balls.
JESSE: It’s important to wipe your balls.
JEFF: Are you good?
JESSE: Yeah, I’m good.
JEFF: Think you can get it further?
You’d better after all that.
All right, here we go.
One important key: you’re not allowed to leave your feet during this test.
You have to stay grounded.
Looks to me like your ball wiping didn’t do too much more.
But you still landed about here.
Which is, again, putting him in between min and max.
JESSE: Pretty average, I guess.
JEFF: In a lot of ways.
Next up is the sprint-drag-carry.
This is actually going to be a multi-part test here.
The low score that you’re shooting for, to max out, is 1:40.
Your cutoff is going to be 2:09.
I’m going to have Jesse start and I’ll explain exactly what he’s doing.
He’s basically got to go down, and back 50 meters a few times, doing a few different
things, once again, to simulate some battle activities.
So here you go.
I’m going to get you started.
Jesse, are you getting ready?
JESSE: Yeah, I’m ready.
JEFF: Three, two, one, go.
Now, the first part is this 50-meter sprint all the way down and back.
The next thing is going to be the sled carry.
90lbs total weight of the sled, reverse carry, reverse walk, all the way back, choppy steps
there.
Watch out for the kids’ toys.
We’re doing this in the yard.
There you go.
Turn it.
Chop, chop, chop.
The next part of this is actually a movement drill.
The one that they usually do is a side shuffle.
Jesse, you’re going to do a side shuffle here.
Keep going.
Bring it all the way through.
All the way through, all the way through, all the way through.
Good.
Side shuffle.
Go.
So now, he side-shuffles all the way down.
You go down and come back.
Go.
Now he’s going to pick up the kettle bells, he’s going to walk them down.
These are 40lb kettle bells in each hand.
Go.
Grab them.
Squats down to get them.
Go, Jesse.
Go.
You’ve got 1:10. Make up some time.
Now it’s supposed to simulate carrying an injured soldier.
Good.
Go.
1:35, Jesse.
Go.
Come on.
Go.
1:40.
1:45.
So almost getting it in extreme time.
Come here, Jesse.
Nicely done.
JESSE: Thank you.
JEFF: How do you feel?
JESSE: I’m fantastic.
JEFF: All right, good.
Now, guys, we’ve got to go back inside.
We have more to come in the tests.
In addition, I still have those pullups we’re going to force him to do in the end as well.
Next, we have our pushups.
What we have is our hand-release pushups.
The key to the hand-release pushup, Jesse – give them the demonstration – is when
you release your hands it resets your body.
So, it helps to make sure you’re not cheating.
So as long as you release your hands on every rep, that’s what they’re looking for.
The maximum here is 70 pushups in 2 minutes, which of course I’ll be taking the time,
and the minimum here is 30.
Let’s see how you do, Jesse.
You ready?
On your mark, get set, go.
Two, three, four, five, six.
Pacing is important here.
Eight, nine.
One-seventh of the way there.
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
Remember, you’ve got 2 minutes.
24 and you’re only at 37 seconds.
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
JESSE: Quick break?
JEFF: All right.
You can do whatever you want with your 2 minutes.
What do you have, 30?
JESSE: Yep.
JEFF: So, you’ve got the minimum.
Come on, let’s go.
31, 32, 33, 34.
Come on.
You’re almost halfway to 70.
Do you want me to pinch hit?
35, 36, 37, 38, 39.
This hand release stuff makes it harder, huh?
JESSE: Yeah.
Way harder.
JEFF: Come on, let’s go.
You’ve got 30 seconds to go.
You’ve got 39 down.
Let’s go.
40, 41, 42.
I’m glad you’re not protecting our country.
That’s all I can say.
JESSE: Oh, thanks.
JEFF: How many have we got.
No, let’s go.
15 seconds.
43, right?
44.
Come on.
Keep going.
45.
Not yet.
And time.
45 hand release pushups in 2 minutes.
Need a little work there.
JESSE: Yeah.
Definitely need a lot of work there.
JEFF: All right, we move on now, guys.
We’ve got another drill.
Next up on the board is actually the leg tuck.
Now we move onto the 2-minute leg tuck.
How many times, hanging from a bar, can you pull your body up and touch your knees to
your elbows in a 2-minute period?
Maximum here is 20.
The minimum is 5.
You need to redeem yourself, Jesse.
Let’s go.
Hold on, let me get my stopwatch going.
Ready?
JESSE: Yeah.
JEFF: Three, two, one, go.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
You’re flying.
Come on.
Pull. 10.
Give yourself a break.
Shake it out.
Plenty of time.
So, it’s a total body pulling movement here, guys.
Involving abs as well because of the knee tuck. 12, 13, 14, 15.
Come on.
You’ve got plenty of time.
Just about a minute.
Five more.
Max it out.
Let’s go.
Come on.
Bang them out.
Quickly.
One.
Up.
Two.
Three more.
Three.
Four – I’m not giving it to you.
Come on.
Two more.
Let’s go.
Pull them up.
One more.
Touch the knees to the elbows.
Let’s go.
Drive it, drive it.
I didn’t see it.
Okay.
Good.
Nice job.
With time to spare.
So, he maxed out 20 of the leg tucks.
Now, let’s discuss, while you’re sitting here out of breath – the two-mile run.
I’m not going to make you watch him do a two-mile run.
One thing people don’t know about Jesse is, he’s got inordinate abilities to be
able to run.
Probably from playing lacrosse, right?
JESSE: Yeah.
Well, I played for 14 or 15 years.
JEFF: So, a two-mile run, your best time.
Be honest.
JESSE: Last time I tested it was 11:40.
JEFF: Which is amazing.
So, 11:40.
He clearly was at – what’s the max here?
12:45 minimum and 18:09 is – sorry.
12:45 is the high score, 18:09 the low side.
Clearly, he’s maxed that out as well.
I like it.
It’s important because people talk about being one-dimensional.
You can’t just be strong.
If you’re strong and you can’t run a mile, you’ve really negated the value of that
strength, in my opinion.
As a matter of fact, people are out there who actually have YouTube channels that wouldn’t
be able to run a mile, and we know that.
JESSE: That’s absurd.
JEFF: Right.
You know that in the same – on the other side of the coin too, you’re can be able
to run a mile in four minutes, but if you can’t lift any substantial weight, you’ve
greatly minimized the benefit.
At least you’d better be able to run away from somebody because if you ever get into
a fight you’re going to lose.
JESSE: Yeah.
JEFF: So, you need to have everything.
Everything is well-rounded, you need to be able to have all that.
That’s what we’re testing here constantly at ATHLEANX.
Again, in this test here, today, we’re in the military combat fitness test.
All right, guys.
We have one last test here.
We have the pullup.
JESSE: No.
No, we’re not doing pullups.
It’s not part of the test.
I did your little, dead arm hang to begin with.
If they want to be a judge of my pullups, I did it when we went to RAW.
JEFF: That’s right.
JESSE: And the Navy was out there.
JEFF: All right, so we went to RAW Summer Slam and they had a Navy recruiter out there.
Jesse, fresh out of the gate was able to go out there and do pullups.
But they can be the judge of your pullups.
JESSE: Yeah, that’s fine.
JEFF: All right.
I’m going to post that video here, coming up at the end of this video.
The idea, though, is this: you did a good job.
JESSE: Thank you.
JEFF: You didn’t max out of everything, but you were showing a nice, well-rounded
fitness that I think we should all attain.
JESSE: That’s what it’s all about, right?
JEFF: Right.
You don’t want to be unidimensional, and basically have one element that you can thrive
in, but then suffer in everything else.
That’s not what ATHLEANX is all about.
It’s certainly not what well-rounded fitness is about.
Certainly not what the military is trying to instill in its soldiers.
So, guys, if you’ve found it helpful, if you want to compare yourself to Jesse, feel
free.
Go ahead and start trying some of these tests.
In the meantime – what is that about?
JESSE: Oh, are they fitter than me?
JEFF: Is that what you – you think it’s about biceps?
JESSE: Uh, it could be.
JEFF: Okay.
Well, it’s not, guys.
It’s about well-rounded fitness, as I’ve just said.
If you’re looking for a well-rounded fitness program, that’s ATHLEANX.
You can get them over at the ATHLEANX.com website.
In the meantime, tell me what else you want me to cover, anything else you want me to
do to him torture-wise.
We’ve put him through the tests.
JESSE: It sucks.
JEFF: But in the meantime, leave your comments and thumbs up.
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See you.