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The standard to pass the first phase of US Army Ranger School is 5 miles at 8:00 pace. Those aren't pro runners by any means, but shows a standard for a rather
by travisjungroth 4y ago
The standard to pass the first phase of US Army Ranger School is 5 miles at 8:00 pace. Those aren't pro runners by any means, but shows a standard for a rather well conditioned group of people. They also need to do 49 push-ups and 59 sit-ups in 2 minutes each, plus 6 pull-ups.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoI could easily meet the push up/sit up/pull up bar but I can only run 12 min miles for 5 miles. Pretty interesting how uneven is my conditioning.
- lancesells 4y agoI can do the running but not the pushups so maybe we can trade
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoYou two should buy an extra long trenchcoat and see if you can make it work.
- jeltz 4y agoMy conditioning is also very uneven. Running would be trivial (I ran a half marathon at 7:55 min/mile a couple of days ago), I could also manage sit-ups just fine, would fail on push-ups (but not by much) but can't even do a single pull-up.
- Cd00d 4y agoI'm the same - it's very easy for me to ramp up miles and pace in endurance sports, but I've never been able to do a pull up. I do notice I weigh 25-30 pounds less than my friends that are same height and waist size. I'm 6'3" and when fit hover a little under 170 lbs, while everyone else is 190-200. I think it's a distinct lack of muscle.
- sirsinsalot 4y agoI consider myself unfit and can do 10k at 7min/km ... not sure those numbers are right given 1km=.6mile
- cainxinth 4y agoNo one actually “unfit” can run (not walk) 10km
- travisjungroth 4y agoMaybe there's a conversion issue here. The fit Soldiers are running a pace of 8:00 per mile at the slowest. You (self-proclaimed unfit) are running a pace of 11:16 per mile. This is much slower. To change to speed and km, the slowest acceptable speed is 12 kmh. Yours is 8.5 kmh. Source for Ranger numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Physical_Fitness_Test#Ranger_Physical_Fitness_Tests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Physical_Fi...
- jeltz 4y agoYou did some calculation error, the requirement for rangers is 5 min/km or a 50 minute 10k (compared to your 70 minute one). Not that hard to do but requires one to be in decent shape.
- sirsinsalot 4y agoMy mental arithmetic is shocking. Maybe more shocking than my cardio. 5min/km is quick.
- dieselgate 4y agoOnly 6 pull ups? I find that a bit humorous compared to some of the other requirements