How to Lessen the Anxiety of Your Next Military Fitness Test

Military fitness tests can be intimidating. One way to get over that anxiety is to do them as a workout. Focus on your future fitness test, according to the branch of service and specialty for which you plan on signing up. However, once that is no longer an issue, try a different fitness test to challenge other elements of your fitness.

No test has the answer to all the elements of tactical fitness required for your job. Mix and match them to find tests to measure the following:

• Strength
• Muscle stamina
• Power
• Endurance
• Speed
• Agility
• Flexibility
• Mobility
• Running
• Rucking
• Swimming and more.

If this isn't enough for you and you are looking for a real challenge, try a double fitness test. Yes, that means doing everything twice. It makes a regular fitness test feel like a warmup, so give it a try.

Fitness Test of Your Choice

Navy, Air Force

• Push-ups 1-2 minutes
• Sit-ups 1-2 minutes
• Sit and reach -- toe touch
• 1.5-mile run

Navy SEAL, EOD, diver

• 500-yard swim
• Push-ups 2 minutes
• Sit-ups 2 minutes
• Pull-ups max
• 1.5-mile run

AFPJ/CCT PAST

• 500-meter swim
• 1.5-mile run
• Push-ups two minutes
• Sit-ups two minutes
• Pull-ups two minutes

Upper Body Round Robin (UBRR)

Army Ranger

• Push-ups two minutes
• Sit-ups two minutes
• Pull-ups max
• Five-mile run

USMC

• Crunches two minutes
• Pull-ups max
• Three-mile run

FBI/Police fitness test

• Sit-ups one minute
• 300-meter sprint
• Push-ups max
• 1.5-mile run 

Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL and fitness author certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Visit his Fitness eBook store if you're looking to start a workout program to create a healthy lifestyle. Send your fitness questions to stew@stewsmith.com.

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