Can you pass the Special Operations Fitness Test?

[hellionthesagereborn]

Hell no. I think I could do the march due to years of traveling on foot wherever I go (never owned a car, never felt the need for one) and hiking for most of my life. Might need a bit of a warm up period, but I do think I could do that. Swimming is a maybe. I'm a good swimmer but I'm not good at pacing myself so I think I use to do a quarter to half of that but because I could never pace myself I would be half dead by the time I was done. If I could just pace myself I think I would have a chance (though its still iffy. Just as likely to get half way through and then just drown (again, pacing was always my issue with swimming, it was all or nothing).

[NathanDavis]

-80 push-ups in 2 minutes. YES
-80 sit-ups in 2 minutes. YES
-15 pull-ups in one set. DOUBT IT
-1 mile run in 6 minutes 30 seconds or less. YES
-1 km swim in 20 minutes or less. NOPE
-12 mile march with a 45 pound backpack in 3 hours or less. YES

**but only if we travelled back in time to 2019, before the pandemia, today... I almost got a cramp just by reading this

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I can do 80 push-ups but I'll need more than 2 minutes.
Yes, I can do 80 sit-ups in 2 minutes.
I've done 15 pull-ups in one set before, I might be able to pull it off again.
My 1 mile run takes me more than 9 minutes.
Yes, I can swim a km in 20 minutes or less.
12 mile march with a 45 pound backpack? Forget it!

[Starrisunset]

The march would be the only thing I'd even come kind of close to passing. But honestly I'd be pretty surprised if I could even do that. 12 miles in 3hrs sure... with a 45lb pack, I'd be doubtful.

[nolabels]

35 to 40 years ago I could have passed the pullups and the 1 mile run, but I was never good with pushups, sit-ups, or swimming.
I'd probably have fallen somewhere just agonizingly short on the loaded march.

These days, I'm lucky if I can stand up straight for more than a couple of minutes.
The last few years have taken their toll on my body.

How about you?
I'm betting you can do them all.

I once knew a guy who was pretty fit and tough, who took a fireman's entrance fitness test to try to become a fireman.
I don't remember the particulars of what he said he was supposed to accomplish, but he said it kicked his ass.

[Xylem1992]

80 push-ups in 2 minutes.
I can do about 30 in 30 seconds, I can get myself to do it in a month maybe

80 sit-ups in 2 minutes.
Can do it already

15 pull-ups in one set.
Can do only 10

1 mile run in 6 minutes 30 seconds or less.
ran 540m (one third of a mile) full sprint in 1 minute 48 seconds. I'll need at least a month of training here

1 km swim in 20 minutes or less.
This one will need real work. I'm nowhere near swimming 1km in 20 mins

12 mile march with a 45 pound backpack in 3 hours or less.
This one needs training too. Best I did was about 6 miles carrying H&C G3 rifle and full personal equipment in about an hour. Oh the sweet army days.

overall I find this test fascinating and I want to get myself to pass it one day.

[Nikola321]

I don't know if I could do 80 push ups at all xD, but if I could I'd need more than 2 minutes I think
Yeah, I can do 200 sit-ups at once, meaning 80 in 2 mins is ez pz.
Pull-ups, I think I could do max 12 or 13, 15 no chance (for now)
If I remember correctly, I needed 8 minutes for 2 400meters, and 1 mile is 1 600 meters, so I suppose I could do it.
20 minutes is a lot of time, so I believe I could do it :D
And yeah, I could do the marching ez pz.

[Lionman95]

No I couldn´t pass any of those. Though the march sounds achieveable I don´t know if I have ever lifted up 45 pounds in my life. So I would need time to adapt to that weight. But I don´t have any wish to be in the special forces either.

[FatherJack]

Admittedly , not now. Passed P- Company , British Army Para Selection back in 1990 , which was not far off. Test Week was a killer !! SAS / SBS Selection is a whole new , and much harder level. Pathfinder Platoon , with the Parachute Regiment / 5 Airborne Brigade as it was then , is in-between Para & Special Forces level , pretty much special ops role , deep reconnaissance and Drop Zone marking is their main role

[bamesjond0069]

I've passed all these events at one time or another over the past few years. Can i pass all 6 today though? Im not sure. These are specific tests that require specific training to pass. You could be fit asf but if you dont actually practice these specific tests you will fail.

[TommyMountainFigure]

I'm exhausted just from reading about it!

I'm kidding. I know I cannot do the first one because although I can do 80 push ups I can't do them quickly.

All the others I can do, except the last one.,. I have no idea if I could do that!

[EmbraceThePain]

Not sure about the swim.


The other things? Yeah

[valentina4eva]

i could pass 0 😅😅 i’d love to see what the people that are voting they could pass ALL events actually look like😂

[Virgo31]

I could ace the run and maybe the March. I don't know about the swim but absolutely not for the push ups, pull ups, and sit-ups.

[Sonorous]

No but only because it's not my type of training. However, if I joined the military, I'd adapt to that very quickly.

[Matt57]

Can’t pass any of them. I’d like to eventually get myself to the point where I can pass the PFTs for regular units, probably starting with the Air Force’s PFT.

[andreasderjuengere]

I see no reason to :)
Further, I'm physically more of a 'static' person than a 'dynamic' one.

[MCheetah]

I couldn't pass any of these. Who am I, Captain America?

[IAMNathanael]

I don't even know if I can do one pull up.

But I can run a mile in just under 8 minutes.

[shortster]

I could probably do the situps and the march. No clue on the swimming. The mile would be a definite fail. I would probably fail the pushups and pullups.

[FilmGuy93]

At this point, my physical fitness is a crying shame. I let myself get bad. I started taking a ju-jitsu lesson 3 times per week to get healthy again.

[Feelicks]

Sure, just give me two years in the gym and a reason to bother.

[DaveToo]

When I was your age I had to pass every one of those events.

[MrJMM]

To me, that sounds physically impossible because I would never be able to do that.

[Fuentes]

Its possible, but at this age no i would not try it

[Anonymous]

I can barley run a 10 min mile. I'm over weight tho by 30 pounds.

[Prideful]

Don't feel too bad I can pass all these and I never held a girl's hand.
Stay strong kings.

[Anonymous]

Not in my current physical state, but if I trained for it, I probably could

[45Fstraight]

I can't pass any of these.

[Agape93]

I can do the March and the run.

[exitseven]

I could pass 5. I cannot run anymore.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I can't pass any event.

[RationalMale]

The 12 mile march would probably stop me.

[BeMuse]

Sure.

[kevyhanma]

I don know how to swim

[najekim]

Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[CantGetItUp]

I did and do