LA National Guardsman scores perfect fitness test

[JustinB]

This guy is a friend of mine. He is a great guy and and deserves the recognition.

http://www.wwltv.com/home/National-Guardsman-scores-perfect-fitness-test-after-losing-100-pounds.html

 

[jmcrawf1]

Wow. Props to that dude. I wanted to throw up just thinking about his pt test lol

 

[Hitman]

Cool!

At first I was like wait, you telling me an LA National Guardsman has never scored a perfect PFT???? lol


Good for this guy!

 

[oleheat]

WOW! What an inspirational story.....That really is amazing!

That young man has an iron will and the heart of a lion- and proved it. Even better that he sounds so determined to help others and teach them that anything is possible.....Thanks for sharing.

 

[Baldrik78]

10 min 2 mile? Geez, even when I was my lightest(I was down right skinny at 225) and running almost everyday, I never came close to that.

 

[yamatitan]

I was thinking it was going to be a girl, looks like I was wrong.

 

[Hitman]

10 min 2 mile? Geez, even when I was my lightest(I was down right skinny at 225) and running almost everyday, I never came close to that.

In the Marines the PFT is 3 miles. Best time was 17:54.
I could do 2 back to back 5 minute miles fairly easy, but that 3rd mile was always a bitch.

 

[HRBR1800]

In the Marines the PFT is 3 miles. Best time was 17:54.
I could do 2 back to back 5 minute miles fairly easy, but that 3rd mile was always a bitch.

That doesn't compute. If you could run even sub 10:30 for two miles, sub 17:00 should have been a snap (probably closer to sub 16:30).

Regarding the OP, that is an incredible accomplishment.

 

[IfItFliesItDies]

Damn that's impressive.

I always get max on pushups and sit ups but I barely make time on the 2 mile. I suck at running.

 

[Baldrik78]

In the Marines the PFT is 3 miles. Best time was 17:54.
I could do 2 back to back 5 minute miles fairly easy, but that 3rd mile was always a bitch.

Back in highschool, my football coach used to tease me that he was going to time my 40 yrd sprint with a sun dial. I've never been what you would call, "fast."

 

[BRBrett]

Very Impressive

 

[brichard]

wow, 103 pounds in 18 months! awesome! wish i had a tiny bit of his determination! great job.

 

[gocoastal]

It does take quite a lot of strength to carry 250 lbs. Just think how many pull ups you could do carrying 60% of your bodyweight.

 

[Hitman]

That doesn't compute. If you could run even sub 10:30 for two miles, sub 17:00 should have been a snap (probably closer to sub 16:30).
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We didn't get time to practice and work out the details of how hard and fast to run to fine tune it. We'd PT in various ways everyday, and every 6 months we we had our PFT. It's tough to judge when to push and when to coast so you usually just bust your ass the first mile or two and limp to the end.

 

[dtd80]

Props! I need to get off my arse!

 

[dtd80]

Props! I need to get off my arse!

 

[Ritten]

Props! I need to get off my arse!

+1

Good enough post to say it a third time...

 

[MyTFAL]

My roommate in Basic Maxed the PT test, he was in incredible condition. He was a kickboxer that beat the living crap out of a guy and was given a choice enlist, or go to jail. The drill sargents used to get all gaga every time he did it.

 

[Ben Draughn]

never like running did a 6min 15sec mile at USM when i was 305lbs but could only get my best time in the Corps down to a 23min30sec 3 mile now i top the scal at around 375lbs and can't run 10ft. good for this guy happy for him.