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

I can do them all except:

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5. Be able to do the sit and raise test

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3. Farmer carry bodyweight for 2 minutes

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and Maybe

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Dead hang for 2 minutes

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The sit and raise test is hard AF.

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How to do the test
Stand barefoot in comfortable clothing
Cross your legs
Lower yourself to the floor in a criss-cross position without using your hands, knees, arms, or thighs
Stand back up without using anything but your legs

Scoring
Start with a score of five points
Subtract one point for each hand, forearm, knee, or side of the leg you use for support
Subtract half a point for losing your balance
Add up your points for a final score

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Hanging for 2 min also seems like a long arse time. And farmer carrying your bodyweight, I don't think I've ever seen anyone
do that.

Is this for handicapped people? I believe I could do all that at 80.

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Sit and raise test?

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I'm thinking this is when you can sit on the floor and get back up without using your hands. I can't do that. I don't have that hip mobility.

All the rest I can do fairly easy at 36. I'd hope I can still do all those at 40. I'd throw run a 10 min. mile in that list too. And some kind of jumping. Too many people stop running and jumping when you hit 30.

ETA: Reading again, dead hang for 2 min is wild. In shape younger people can barely do that.

I can't do 1, which makes sense because I hate running.

2 mins is a long time to hold two 120 pound dumbbells

Cannot do pullups, but I had 40% of a lung removed the hard way, I am relatively sure cutting through all that muscle and replacing with scar tissue means I will never be able to do a lot of pullups.

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ETA: Realized they mean carry 90 lbs kettle bells for 2 minutes….. I don’t think most people that workout regularly can do that, much less the average person.

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that's an Anatoly gimmick

You're allowed one point I believe.

I haven't done a pull up since I was in grade school and that was almost 50 years ago.

We used to have the president test every year in grade school: push ups, pullups, sit ups, had to run some distance, maybe a half mile in so much time and I can't remember the other tests.

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I doubt 50% of 40 year olds can farmer carry their weight for 2 mins. Pretty insane grip strength needed. I could probbaly hang on for dear life for 1 minute with a 90 lb dumbell in each hand but I am 50. I

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I bet 95% can’t

I think I could most of these other than the mile at the moment. I think very few 40+ year olds could do 5 pull-ups unless they work out somewhat regularly. I’m a lighter guy and these tests far and away favor us.

I fear for my 10 minute mile time though. Tore knee ligaments 6 months ago. Getting old really sucks. This is my first post 40 injury where I’m realizing “oh shite do I just have a cranky knee forever now?”

Do you have to do them all at the exact same time? A dead hang while running a 10-minute mile seems almost impossible