Watch a Navy Veteran Get Crushed by the New Air Force Fitness Test
Former U.S. Navy sailor turned fitness YouTuber Austen Alexander has tried just about every military fitness test out there as a challenge to his own strength, speed and endurance. In his most recent video, he takes on the U.S. Air Force's newly updated fitness screener.
"I love taking on military tests because it's a swift kick in my rear end," says Alexander. "It usually exposes my weak points, and I love coming out of my comfort zone and really seeing what I need to work on."
First up are two minutes of hand release pushups. Alexander must lift up his hands and extend them out to the sides when his chest touches the ground at the bottom end of the movement, eliminating momentum from the exercise which helps to ensure proper technique on every repetition—not to mention make it more physically challenging.
Alexander executes 42 reps in the allotted two minutes. "My rear delts are on fire," he says. "That's not even a chest workout, that's a rear delt workout right there."
The second exercise is the cross reverse leg crunch. "I know this is going to suck because core is my weakness," says Alexander, before churning out 57 reps in two minutes. "I've seen Airmen do 100 of these," he adds. "Ever since I got out of the Navy, now I'm realizing that I'm in control of my own business, I'm so tempted to just skip training on a lot of days, and prioritize the business side."
The third and final round is the 20-meter high-aerobic multi-shuttle run (HAMR), a variation on the classic "bleep" test. "I'm mostly worried about the HAMR, because I know it's going to suck," he says. "Just lap after lap, I'm going at someone else's pace, hardly any rest, and it gets faster and faster."
While he ultimately secures a passing score on the test, Alexander is some way off from a maximum—meaning he has plenty of areas to improve on when it comes to core and cardio.
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