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Forces Fitness Testing

What tests are performed?

Below are some examples of fitness tests performed around the world from different departments, as found on the internet or submitted by others. Please note that not all the table's details have been checked, and some may be out of date, but they may give you an idea of what tests are being or have been performed. If you have any examples you would like added to this list, please contact me.

Read an introduction to Forces Fitness Testing and a discussion on the relevancy of tests that are performed.

Specific Departments

See the following pages for examples of physical fitness testing for the specific department.

General

Not the general of the Army, but general tests that are applied across several departments or are not specific to any in particular.

Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Test

This test is being adopted by numerous individual agencies around the state of Oregon. The test is set up inside a standard gym.

It is an obstacle course consisting of:
two-hurdles approx. 2 1/2 feet to 3 feet high,
a mat approx. 3 feet across (represents a ditch or hole you must jump over),
a 10 or 12 foot balance beam, a high bar about 5 feet tall (represents a fence or wall),
a portable flight of stairs with about 5 steps from top to bottom (it's like a small pyramid with steps on both sides)
a push and pull machine (represents a fight).

In this course you must complete 6 laps of the gym going over every obstacle on every lap. When you get to the stairs you go up one side then down the other, turn around and go up and down again so you end up retracing the course. When you have completed the six laps you have to engage the push/pull machine (which is to complex to try to describe) 6 times pushing and 6 times pulling. Once you have completed that you must drag a 100 lbs dummy 50 feet. The course is timed but the dummy drag is not. There are a couple of minor details left out but they are kind of difficult to explain.

Canadian Forces Express Test (CFET)

Used for the Military in Canada

General Forces Fitness Testing Links

Here are some web sites that have been found concerning recruiting and the fitness test requirements for different departments. If you know of a web page that I have not listed below that details job specific test requirements, or a link is not working, please contact me.

Comparisons of United States Military Physical Fitness Programs
International Physical Fitness Test, developed by the United States Sports Academy in cooperation with the General Organization of Youth and Sport (State of Bahrain).

videos of forces fitness testing