re: 7 fitness tests every 40 year old should be able to pass

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Of course everyone that responds can easily do this.

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It’s the OT. We all are, and always will be, specimens

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I’m doubting you, highly

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You were right to doubt.

I went to try it yesterday. The biggest dumbells I have are 80s, which I use to Farmer carry. Normally I do a route and I don’t time it, and I do that route three times with two breaks. I’m guessing it’s 45 seconds each.

So I decided just to do the 80’s (that’s just 14 pound less than my 174 weight.) I did it 20 seconds more - enough to know I could definitely do it with 87s. I came here just now to brag to you and noticed my mistake. The OP had this in the opening line:

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7. Dead hang for 1 minute

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But the list of challenges I posted had this:

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7. Dead hang for 2 minute

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I missed the change. Anyway, I did 1:30 seconds with about 9% less than body weight. My dead hang, which is obviously body weight, is 1:40 max with a weaker hand position, but the farmer’s carry includes acceleration of the weight and that’s the difference, I think.

Glad you didn’t bet!