Question about Fitness Test!

FatProp
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:36:31 +0000

Pull ups seemed to be the main problem… Son went from Zero pullups to 5 in 6 months, and that got him through. Pull-ups is not to show your strength but to show height-weught ratios. It seems the be the key challenge. The basket ball throw is all technique, and running, situps, and pushups comes quickly. But pull-ups you have to plan carefully for. For him it meant every morning at 6:00 AM hitting the gym and doing a series of lat pull downs, day after day, week after week. At the same time he got his weight well in line.

The other focus admissions will go to if they are concerned about your pull-ups is your weight/height ratio. They will send you to the local Army recruiter station to have the NCO measure you on the Army index. If you have low pull-ups (muscle mass, tall - most accomplished basket ball players find pull-ups a problem as well as defensive tight ends) they wiill make sure your not fat.