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Veterans Day salute – Army PFT round 2

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November 12th, 2015 By Schnitzel

16 men showed up ready for the Army PFT repeato.  Great day in the gloom, no rain , upper 40s.  2 visitors from the Strand, always good.

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Warmup

Mosey to dragon, including butt kickers, toy soldier and the lunge stretch with a twist.

SSH x20

Mountain Climbers x15

Windmill x15

Cotton Pickers x15

Burpees OYO x5.

Thang

With assistance from Bagheera, index cards prepared for returning testers to show prior test results, incentive always helps.  Pair up and take turns doing the Army situp, bent knee no greater than 90 degrees, hands clasped behind head, rest only in the upright position.  Max reps in 2 minutes.  Switch-a-roo.  Army pushups altogether, upper arms parallel to ground on the descent, chest/belly touch to ground not required but as Stretchy pointed out, that may occur prior to upper arms reaching parallel.  Very good.

2 mile run followed with all pax starting together.  Run through parking lot, down street to Harris Rd Middle School track, 4 laps and then return.  Great morning for a run.

Victory tunnel planks, courtesy of Pox, Mason Twist by who else, Marie Callendar, and some LBCs.  Finish off with box cutters before Q realized we were in overtime!

Link to see how you measure up to America’s finest.  This link has pushup chart, and the links to the situps and 2 mile run are after the pushup chart.

http://www.military.com/military-fitness/army-fitness-requirements/army-physical-fitness-test-score-chart

 

situps pushups 2 mile run
Early Bird 32 61 16:47
Flop 27 18 23:43
Stretchy 52 52 21:24
Sparknut 64 94 15:08
Dale 48 37 23:00
Delbert 52 40 ?
Jimmy Buffet 47 47 16:25
Dr. Phil 36 39 17:43
Fratelli 28 42 21:19
Three 11 35 21:40
Whatley 51 76 17:46
Marie C 51 70 16:25
Bagheera 51 50 14:37
Pox 61 47 15:58
Waterboy 36 59 –
Schnitzel 25 50 16:27

 

 

 

Moleskin

Thanks to all for participating.  I’d like to say I improved some, but hey, there’s always next time.  Let us always be thankful for those who’ve served our country in its defense

24 Comments on “Veterans Day salute – Army PFT round 2”

  1. Schnitzel November 12, 2015 at 10:05 am

    Some very stout numbers there, Pax.

    1. Hula November 12, 2015 at 12:30 pm

      Awesome job guys. I sure miss you all. Encouraged by the FNGs attending. Hoping to rejoin you all soon in the gloom

  2. Pox November 12, 2015 at 10:25 am

    Lots of fun Schnitzel, scorecards were clear encouragement to push it up a notch. However, I was still in Sparknut’s rear view mirror, I’m just glad I didn’t get lapped on the track by him and Bagheera.

  3. Sugar November 12, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Wow! Great numbers indeed! Looks like a fine workout @Schnitzel, sorry I missed it. Trying to take it easy on my lower abs so I figured I’d pass this time and rest up.

    Welcome FNG Delbert!! See next Tuesday! Also welcome to the PAX Trapper Keeper! Awesome name!

    Un-official date for the Highlands/Skywalker/Rolling Stone Christmas party is Friday, December 11th. Should be a fun time!! Stay tuned for official announcement coming soon!

    1. Sugar November 12, 2015 at 10:35 am

      BTW @Schnitzel, please tell me you were wearing the weighted vest so you weren’t totally dusted by a teenager!!!

      1. Sugar November 12, 2015 at 10:36 am

        Sorry, meant @Sparknut!!!

        1. Sparknut November 12, 2015 at 4:52 pm

          That hurts Sugar! When’s the next PFT? I’ve got to start training for the next run now.

          @Bagheera – Nice job on the run – no way I was going to catch you.

          @Three – You left it all on the sidewalk! Hang in there bro. If ya’ll missed it, he took a fall and hurt a rib. Please pray for him.

          @Schnitzel – Thanks for you leadership on the PFT. It’s great to have a benchmark to measure progress.

          All of you guys are doing a great job out there. Let’s keep pushing each other!

  4. Schnitzel November 12, 2015 at 10:39 am

    @Sugar – Only vest I wear is internal, weighted with Hershey bars thanks to post-halloween indulgence.

  5. Schnitzel November 12, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    My overall score, assuming I were a young whipper-snapper of 41 with endless energy and abs of iron, was a 38+76+75 = 189. It passes the minimum of 150 but I fell short in my situp count. I would have needed 36 reps to pull out the minimum of 50. Over hill over dale…

    1. Sparknut November 12, 2015 at 4:56 pm

      Sorry for the sloppy hand writing. I couldn’t hold my hand steady after all of that. My time was 15:08.

      1. Schnitzel November 12, 2015 at 5:04 pm

        Well done, Sparknut. Only thing sloppier than your handwriting was me thinking that a timestamp of 68 seconds made any sense. I think I typed that up before my coffee. By the way, honorable mention to Mr. Sparknut for his improvement from 1st time. Situps increased from 57 to 64 and pushups increased from 76 to 94, but it came at a cost of 16 seconds off his run time. Slowing down, next thing you know…

        1. Sparknut November 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm

          Next thing you know..I don’t know and I don’t think I want to. Haha

  6. Sparknut November 12, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    @Loco – Where are you at? Yep, I called you out.

    1. Sparknut November 12, 2015 at 4:54 pm

      Nothin’ but love

    2. Loco November 16, 2015 at 10:33 am

      @Sparknut – sadly I was up, dressed, and ready to roll when I took a step in a wrong direction in my kitchen and my knee popped. Walking up the stairs didn’t feel so hot so I opted for a rest day since I knew it was going to be a day of hurt. I’ll be out there on 11/17 barring no more injuries…

      1. Sparknut November 16, 2015 at 11:46 am

        @Loco -Sorry about the knee. I hope it doesn’t mess you up long term. I’m starting to get paranoid about injuries with as many as we’ve had lately.
        @”3″- broken rib
        @Hula- tweaked knee.
        Hang in there brothers and take care of yourselves. I’ll be praying for quick recoveries.

        -See you dudes in the gloom.
        -It’d be nice to some of you “old timers”
        @Kato
        @MatressKing

        1. WaterBoy November 16, 2015 at 1:34 pm

          @mattress King is on ir too I believe. Torn bicep.

  7. Schnitzel November 12, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    I’d be remise to leave out a few dramatic increases. Fratelli did 11 more situps and 8 more pushups and cutoff 7 seconds off his time! Pox’s run time was 49 seconds faster!

    1. Sparknut November 13, 2015 at 9:23 am

      Great growth Fratelli and Pox!

  8. WaterBoy November 12, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    Great job fratelli!!!!!!
    Hang in there 3. You kept pushing even after the graceful fall.

    Welcome to trapper keeper and my buddy delvin. Great to have you

    And it was really cool to have the guys from the grand strand!

  9. WaterBoy November 12, 2015 at 7:53 pm

    Also thinking of rolling stone hosting an f3 dads. You guys game?

    1. Sparknut November 13, 2015 at 9:24 am

      @Waterboy – I’m for it

  10. three November 13, 2015 at 9:35 pm

    Well according to sources and fellow firefighter/ paramedic… It’s a broken rib and a flesh wound on the knee. Not much that can be done for either but we just bite the lip and push through it. Thanks to everyone for the concerns and thoughts and thanks to water boy and fratelli for hanging with me to make sure I survived the fall under the one light on the trip to the track!! . Hopefully recovery will be speedy and I can be back up and running soon. Don’t want to fall off the wagon lol

  11. Schnitzel November 14, 2015 at 11:08 am

    @3 you were a trooper to get through it! If you need anything while laid up, let me know.
    @Waterboy/@Fratelli – Tclaps for hanging with an injured brother.

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