today im attempting the navy seal physical screening test this test is used for special
operations and special warfare going into the navy applicants will take this test in order to
try to earn a contract in those job positions for the navy my weak points today are definitely the
sit-ups i'm not very strong in the core so we'll see after the swim and push-ups how well i do
on the sit-ups that's what i'm most nervous about hey my name is ryan everett with follow on mission
i'm out here working with austin we're gonna do the screen test today the pst screen test is
the foundational test for all applicants to either do seal swick even dive for the united
states navy let's go see if austin can actually do the 500 yard swim austin you're going to be
swimming 10 laps we'll give you 500 yards as fast as you can you'll be using the combat side stroke
you can push off the wall get a good glide and get right into that power pushing and pushing in
that water as soon as you come back here on the 10th time we'll call time you need to be doing
this swim in less than 12 minutes and 30 seconds should be no problem let's go babe three two one
go so the swing is actually probably the one thing that actually separates the screen test
from other selection processes while it's only 500 yards you have to realize most
americans do not train in this form out of lap swimming and in that it's even more constrained
that you will only be able to do this slim test with a side stroke or breaststroke
but i would highly encourage you to do this with the combat side stroke keep it going
nice and easy deep breath
let's go
easy easy
let's go
hurry up you're halfway
easy all right push off the wall come on push push
easy almost there babe let's go
come on
almost there come on
flat nine hurry up well he's at eight minutes in lap nine right now
so we're gonna have to see hopefully turn on he'll definitely pass it's just how good will
he pass this is gonna be a very good time for someone who doesn't swim that often
who doesn't do combat side stroke and just doing it at the drop of a hat this is a very good time
let's go home stretch home stretch
how well do you think you did on the third lap i messed up my breathing i got in my head a little
bit i had to kind of come up and reset it yeah but i think it did okay ten maybe you're right
at ten minutes two minutes yeah i saw that at the end i thought you were quitting on me
and that would have been too much work for that to happen it's a very good average time
because it's not as if you're swimming every day you're just doing this recreationally and you're
not a competitive swimmer and you got in here and you're a big guy so you're pushing a lot of water
out of the way well that was a very good time competitive you're competitive now we just got to
get to the next event push up pull ups and sit ups austin you're gonna have to do 50 push-ups in two
minutes sarah's going to put her hand out please demonstrate thank you she's not a paid actor so
i'm sorry her acting skills are lacking it's okay though so i'm gonna come down touch my chest on
her fist and then up is one rep exactly okay that being said too most guys do not get to have their
girlfriends in their prt test well today she's not my girlfriend she is just an unpaid actor
quit giving me the googly eyes so we're going to start in the down position correct
move your fists there okay down position and when i come up you put your fist okay now try to reach
because i don't want to be up in in your face okay i'm sorry i can't beat this i can't be this close
to my sister are you ready all right you got two minutes starting now one two the purpose of the
push-ups are to generally just get your upper gauge of the candidate's strength if you are
looking at being successful in this test you need to be knocking out a hundred
solid push-ups six seven eight nine thirty you better be going all the way down there you go
forty five come on baby six seven
eight nine let's get it to 50. let's get to 50 and move on 50.
you're done good job oh 51. push up got a little a little harder ah 51 reps i can't even push myself
up yeah 51 minimum was 42. let's move on to sit-ups all right let's do this all right
austin we're gonna go again for another minimum of 50 reps of curl up in under two minutes let's
do it okay so sarah's going to be holding my feet okay ron ron's going to be verifying the rip and
ron whenever you are ready give me the go sarah you got to put some weight on my feet now
i don't want to be launching you up yeah that's good right there two minutes to begin going now
a little more weight sarah commonly referred to as sit-ups the navy actually calls them curl ups
and the reason they're curls up you're going to cross arm body in this position right here
and then have elbows touch the upper part of the knees that's actually the curl up you're
going to want to do that just for functional ab strength and endurance come on babe six
come on get to ten seven eight nine
four 10 more in a minute come on honey five
six
seven nine fifty one more
one there you go two come on three
done good job man it's hard for you to do this those sit-ups are hard for me
i feel like sit-ups are easier well everybody's gotten a little heavier sarah how do you feel
about that one i could do more setups than you oh you want to try it yeah how about you
do the sit ups right now i'll do it so sarah says you can do more sit-ups than me i did 55
in two minutes all right you got two minutes to do 50 curl-ups okay ready ready yep begin
six seven eight nine thirty six seven eight nine forty eight nine
fifty six seven eight nine sixty seven eight nine seventy one come on get to eighty two
three four five done 75 ah good job that was good i have to give it to her
sarah just destroyed me in the sit-ups it's okay because i look better than her
good job you've met the minimum requirements for push-ups and sit-ups
now let's go out there and do the uh 10 pull-ups how do you think you'll do uh i think i get 10
minimum they're going to be dead hang my dead hang is is what i live by i don't do
i don't do kipping nothing like that now i was trying to conserve my energy from the
push-ups to the sit-ups because i knew i was going to struggle a bit with the sit-ups because that's
my weak point but this it's i'm giving the rest of my energy so let's do it perfect dead hang let's
go you have unlimited time to get unlimited pull-ups easy enough let's go let's do it
one so the purpose of the pull-ups in the screen test are you have already done the swim the
push-ups and the sit-ups now what is your true upper body strength do you have the ability to
manipulate and control your own body hanging from a straight pull-up bar a good candidate
should be able to knock out 15. if you really be good and competitive you should get closer to 20.
three ah that's good that's all i had thirteen all counted you ready to do the run i'm ready to do
the run let's head outside let's do it all right shall we in the parking lot of athletics society
thousand oaks big thanks to them for lenders come out and shoot here they don't have a track so we
are going to be running in the parking lot down and back is 0.35 so i'm gonna be running about
four and a half of those to get my total time for the mile and a half run let's do it since
i've been hitting the bare minimum today we have three dumpsters here one two and then three well i
think you're uh head above water technically going thank you you get a mile and a half 10 minutes 30
seconds put it all out don't hold back let's go i mean so when you're ready i wanted to ask
during your military career when you're in the teams what's the hardest run you have ever done
is it in boots is it a log carry soft sand boot runs soft sand booster san diego and back in the
day you guys had those leather black heavy ones right in san diego and boots we had bait lights
that's what they were running then uh you would think they would make life better for you no many
guys had a stress fractures just running in those breaking feet uh breaking ankles just running so
much on soft sands and they're good athletes so those are the those are very typical of that time
but yeah for you when i did my screen test i did mine in a pant and a leather boots of steel toes
at boot camp ooh that was a good one i bet your hip flexors were destroyed after that
i felt them for about five days afterwards well we got shoes on today but sometime in the pipeline if
you do make into the pipeline you'll probably have to run at some point in boots these runs
absolutely suck for me because i can feel every pound coming down on my legs but we're gonna gut
it out we're gonna do this hopefully in 10 30 or under hopefully about 10 9 45 10. ready begin
what's the purpose of the 1.5 mile run it's because that's what it is it's 1.5 miles and
you better run it in under 10 30. and if you want to be competitive get it closer to 9.
come on buddy
he's going to be whipped after this workout you're going better you're getting better
we're at 804 right now
got one minute left
die i hate running i hate it it's a gut check i mean i felt good running i felt like it was
somewhat quick compared to my other runs felt good i think the turning definitely slowed me
down a little bit did i turn about five times six times maybe ron how do you feel about it it's hard
to calculate where we're at that's definitely the part that most people easily get lulled into it's
easy for the runners to get lulled into that spot because they don't realize their pace and
what the time is they're already tired so they think they're exerting more effort and then
they're going to start possibly slowing down and on this test you can't slow down on the run you
have to give it every lap every time because only until you get that mile and a half are you going
to be able to say i passed under 10 30 i know we were right on the edge i stopped my stopwatch at
about 10 27. ryan thank you so much for coming out today he flew in from colorado to proctor
this test with me sarah thank you for making sure my reps were okay and i beat you in the sit-ups
ron any lasting words went to the audience that i killed it most of you if you're training for
this test is probably best to not bring your girlfriend along she can motivate you
she could also distract you and possibly show you up in the end so good job getting it done
it was impressive to see your feet thank you very much all right guys thank you so
much for watching austin alexander ryan and sarah signing out see you next time