Navy Physical Fitness Standards

[Ben]

This seems real, and Jameson makes a good point that if these are the people the Navy is displaying to Business Insider as the face of the Navy, what must others look like? I mean, there's whole jelly rolls in there. I can't believe it's 20min to run 1.5 miles for people in their 20s. Me and the dog leisurely walk a mile every morning in around 20min.

https://youtu.be/ZmcN6zg5FVc

[Northwoods]

Thing 2 is at Coast Guard Academy this week for their summer program for high schoolers (rising seniors only).  The have to do the PFE (physical fitness evaluation) while there.  3 parts to it.  2 minutes of cadence push-ups (must be done to the cadence, 2 seconds per pushup, so max of 60), 2 minutes of situps (as many as possible, 100 is a perfect score) and a 1.5 mile run.  Perfect score on the run for men is 8:30 or better (equivalent to a 5:40 mile).  Maximum time to get a score is 14:00 for men, 16:00 for women.

I'll find out Friday when they give them their phones back how well he did.  I'm expecting/hoping to hear 40+ push-ups, 85+ sit-ups and a sub-8:30 run.

[BobR]

Yes, it could be that bad but you know what? Not my circus, not my monkeys. I left that behind 32 years ago. Thankfully they keep sending me a monthly check though. :)

bob

[dogmush]

The new Army test is pretty easy to pass, but pretty hard to max. 

[Hawkmoon]

This seems real, and Jameson makes a good point that if these are the people the Navy is displaying to Business Insider as the face of the Navy, what must others look like? I mean, there's whole jelly rolls in there. I can't believe it's 20min to run 1.5 miles for people in their 20s. Me and the dog leisurely walk a mile every morning in around 20min.

https://youtu.be/ZmcN6zg5FVc

20 minutes to run 1.5 miles? That's not running, that's walking. We had to run one mile in 8 minutes to graduate from Army AIT Training in 1967, and that was in combat boots and field uniform, not gym shorts and running shoes.

I beat that, plus bettered the minimums on the other exercises, by enough to make PFC out of AIT. I got out of the base hospital after having had pneumonia the day before the final psysical fitness evaluation.

[Hawkmoon]

This seems real, and Jameson makes a good point that if these are the people the Navy is displaying to Business Insider as the face of the Navy, what must others look like? I mean, there's whole jelly rolls in there. I can't believe it's 20min to run 1.5 miles for people in their 20s. Me and the dog leisurely walk a mile every morning in around 20min.

https://youtu.be/ZmcN6zg5FVc

Is it just me, or did Lt. Alcorn-Domin seem a lit on the , ah (ahem) "light" side? Probably to be expected of someone with a hyphenated last name.

[WLJ]

This seems real, and Jameson makes a good point that if these are the people the Navy is displaying to Business Insider as the face of the Navy, what must others look like? I mean, there's whole jelly rolls in there. I can't believe it's 20min to run 1.5 miles for people in their 20s. Me and the dog leisurely walk a mile every morning in around 20min.

https://youtu.be/ZmcN6zg5FVc

Yeah, a mile in 20 minutes is my typical walking speed if I'm not in a hurry, 15 minute if I walk a little faster.

[Bogie]

Some of that, I can do with a cane...
 
I'm sort of wondering... Was that boot for doctors and nurses? Why did so many of the "recruits" have sew-ons...
 
Because, gee... boot for "professionals" is different.

[dogmush]

Some of that, I can do with a cane...
 
I'm sort of wondering... Was that boot for doctors and nurses? Why did so many of the "recruits" have sew-ons...
 
Because, gee... boot for "professionals" is different.

That wasn't boot camp. That was the training class for the Sailors that will be boot camp instructors.  That's why they had sew ons and surface warfare badges and the ,like.

[French G.]

My idgaf ke3ps me from reading  regs since I retired so not totally current. In 2016 as a 41 year old I had to run the 1.5 in about 13 minutes and wasn't doing great out of shape and 25 pounds heavy. 73" and 220 lbs I was just barely making tape. Covid and other stuff the navy skipped an entire pt test cycle a couple of times and stopped kicking out disgusting fatties. The female body fat standards are absurd up to 33% allowed. Men not much better at 22. I had better body fat at 230 than at 220 thanks to a 19 inch neck and an idiotic way of computing body fat. In general every time I see a picture of army or navy I get the impression that standards are suggestions and we need a much sharper fight to weed out the turds.

[Northwoods]

Thing 2 scored 260 on the PFE at the summer program.  Only 39 push-ups because he messed up the cadence and they made him stop.  98 situps (100 is a perfect score, and frankly really hard to do).  He was disappointed in his 9:06 run for 1.5 miles (got him 90 points out of 100).  But  he had to pass so many other kids that the extra distance easily cost him 5 points (9-flat was the breakpoint for the next 5 points).  It was also hot and on an indoor track. Cooler weather outdoors and he'd easily be under 8:30.