Try Guys Take A 5th Grade Fitness Test
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"Every year, the boys and girls of America would get together and be humiliated."
For real, I felt this.
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In Malaysia we do almost the same exact thing except we also take our weight and height in front of the entire class so as the shortest in the class or grade every year, it has not been the best.
@@riveroverland5902 the height and weight part really sucks, it's the perfect opportunity for others to pick on kids
We had the same thing in my country. Humiliation all across the board.
Wow I just put this from 999 to 1k likes and I feel powerful
"This whole test is ableist bullshit"
Not only that but it's so anxiety and stress inducing for kids to go through, I remember one girl crying because she didn't finish enough pushups and thought she would have to take P.E. again
Not to mention all the shame you felt if you weren't flexible enough or trying to run faster so you're not one of the last ones left, fuck the fitness test and everything it stands for
Absolutely. It was awful with my anxiety and I was slightly overweight at that time. I dreaded doing those fitness tests
does everyone have this? cuz in my country we have a subject called MAPEH (music, arts, physical education and health) so we didn't really have a gym class. we only have it 1 day a week. we don't do these at all and i find it quite weird.we just study about games and exercises almost never doing physical activity. we don't have any tests like this only on paper the closest we've ever gone to this is to dance a kpop dance. is this for everyone or is my school just weird?
@@cathyva2001 I'd say depends on the country you live in. Many countries include physical education as part of national curriculum to try to help kids create healthy lifestyles and to make sure they get the recommended amount of exercise even if they aren't physically active outside of school. It's important for healthy development.
Xoryax oh ok i was just confused because i had s totally different experience
@@cathyva2001 depends on which country you live. In my school we don't have PE.
Really appreciate Zach's comments about PE in school. A series of awful teachers really, really screwed up my relationship to physical activity for a long time with the judgement and comparisons and it's taken a long time as an adult to overcome that.
My chronic conditions, most of them anyway, started to show themselves when I was 14, so I understand that. Certainly wasn't easy, especially when compared to others. I'd usually have to wear different things (those separate toe shoes were wonderful for my balance when they came out), and use stuff for allergies, as well as drinking a lot more water. Now I know it's a condition called POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) that affects heart rate and bloodflow. So I agree with him calling things ableist, because some conditions aren't that uncommon. I could never do the shuttle run properly because of my dizziness, for example, and POTS is commonly diagnosed in 15 year olds. One of my friends also had medical issues so we'd have to take more breaks. Thankfully most of the time that was allowed.
@@joyloxvery similar story here. It sucks how much pain you're forced through if you don't get an early diagnosis. Are you a zebra by any chance? I have h-EDS and POTS.
From 7th to 9th grade one of our P..E teachers berated me constantly. I hated going to class when I knew he was with my group. On our last day of 9th grade we were playing baseball with hit pitching. When he saw I was next up I thought I’ve got to show him what I can do. He pitched, the ball came right at me and I swung as hard as I could. The ball went right into his crotch and he got a big surprise from the object of his 3 years of ridicule. Often wondered if he had more kids after that😂😂😂
"I think the mile would be better if there was something to run FROM"
Lmao can you imagine they just send the mascot out there with like a chainsaw or something to chase the kids😂👏
Even though my friends dad was the one in the mascot costume I would still be terrified
Sam is such an icon: "Hopefully this is a good angle for me. Then again, I don't have bad ones."
hahaha ikr!
needing his confidence haha
Own all those angles, QUEEEEEEN!!!
I’ve decided to have this attitude! He’s so great💕
Sam our beloved king 💖
Say what you want, Zach's push-ups were PERFECT form (especially compared to Keith and Ned).
I was looking for this comment!
Go Zach!!!
We agree!
THIS is what I hated about these tests! All those kids who could do crazy numbers of pushups/situps/etc had TERRIBLE form but nobody cared because their numbers were all that mattered.
100%. Im so impressed with his form in this video. He should be so proud!!
@@charleemcneil3531 exactly!! When he was doing the push ups I was very impressed, and then he said he’s been working out more to help him with his condition and DAMN man!
Even when he was power walking he had good posture XD I’m team Zach 100% so proud of his progress 👌🏻💪🏻
i dont think people without chronic pain or chronic illnesses realize how groundbreaking zach has been for so many of us. he does his best to put his health first and he doesnt let anyone convince him to do otherwise. he's not constantly sacrificing his health for content. the fact that so many people see/hear him means it's more likely that i'll have people in my life who believe me. i've been told by "friends" that they dont think my condition is real and imply that i'm just lazy. it's extremely hurtful and i wish it on no one. invisible illnesses are horrible in their own special way. thank you for the reminder that it's okay to acknowledge our limitations and honor them. college is going to take me at least 2 years longer than what is typically expected, but he reminds me that I don't need to feel like a failure for this. i should feel like a winner because im putting my health first. so thank you Try Guys for always encouraging discussions around disability and thank you zach for all the good you do by simply being open about your experience
I’m so glad zach is a part of the try guys. I have EDS and I always thought that I just wasn’t trying hard enough as a kid. Mad respect for walking the mile, it’s so easy to give into peer pressure and cause a flare up
i hope you're doing okay! i have chronic illnesses as well, and it's super hard, especially when it comes to ppl believing u lol :((
you’re 100% right. when i first started watching TTG, i wasn’t always healthy but i was nowhere as sick & limited as i am now. i took it so badly for granted & now i have even more respect for zach, as someone who legitimately feels like they’re dying day by day. it is hard to grasp the handicaps we have until we have them, i find that’s why education is so important prior to illness striking. let me make it clear, though, that ignorance doesn’t give anyone the right to invalidate. your “friends” were shit for that. the only education i had was other chronically ill people on YT who, coincidentally, had the same things im being diagnosed with. but it’s not totally normal to watch these things as a healthy human so i can sometimes understand the lack of understanding, just never complete invalidation.
I’ve got a sampler platter of autoimmune diseases, and I also have lax joints (don’t have EDS tho) and wow getting that praise for killing the sit and reach really rings hollow as an adult whose shoulders like to come partially out of the socket just for fun.
I have chronic shoulder and foot pain constantly and as a kid, it was pretty limiting but it’s gotten worse with age. That mixed with undiagnosed Asthma really affected my school life, especially in gym. I’m so glad to have a role model like Zach who doesn’t let his conditions limit him but who also does what’s best for his health and makes sure he’s safe
Ned has that “on your left” captain America energy
So accurate hahahaha
I was thinking the exact same thing!
LMAOOO SO TRU
I'm a 32 year old drunk and can do 50 pushups. Yeah he did better than everyone else, but don't pretend he did good. The whole thing was sad.
@@marciwyrd8905 do you want a cookie??🙃
They didn’t do the pacer (beep test). They didn’t experience true terror
As a European i'm horrified to ask, but: what is "the pacer"?
@@An19941 how many laps you could run & they increased the pace as time went on so if you didn't make it in time you were automatically done. You ran until you almost passed out or couldn't make it in time.
@@ccxbear17 oohh that sounds like the combo of hell: shuttle run combined with the cooper test
@@An19941 yea doesn't help when the teachers literally shame you for not getting more laps like do you not see me? I cannot catch my breath & my knees are shaking😂
@@ccxbear17 damn same here with both shuttle run & cooper tests... and then you get a bad grade simply for not being able to breathe anymore, sad stuff
i love how on eugene’s hiatus they’re just doing all the things eugene would destroy them in
What happened to him??
Why is he in hiatus?
I love these guys but I miss Eugene.
@@DeadliestTrapEverLaid he went back to buzzfeed c:
is he gonna come back-
It's so nice to see Zach call put the ableism of these tests. I have chronic pain as well and the mile was awful, I usually ended up walking because of the pain and got really bad times
IT is ableist bullshit. I'm Canadian so we didn't have anything like that and during a similar PE class training thing we did stuff and recorded it but only to compare where we finished from where we started, thankfully not against the other kids.... But even if you're able-bodied like I used to be, it totally depends on what you're trained for, I was on the track team as a sprinter and because I was very quick in the short term, I had one soccer coach single me out as the fittest kid in the room and that everyone should be like me (cause that's not the least bit embarrassing to a pre-teen girl on a co-ed soccer team), but what he failed to realize that during track practice, the 400m warmup lap would just about kill me, I didn't learn how to jog efficiently until my 30s, and when sprinting is the only thing you know how to do, measuring how well you can jog is not useful. And trying to do X number of thngs in Y amount of time only leads to bad form and injuries, I'd rather do my ten hell-pushups with perfect form at my speed than try to crank out a couple dozen of whatever pushups they were doing. I remember our circuit training thing we had to do side-jumps over a bench and I got so bruised when my shoes slipped when I landed and I crashed both shins into the bench! And when I was a kid I could do pull-ups without a lot of problems even though almost no other girls else could, it's just how my body is proportioned and how my weight and muscle distribution works out. And those flexibility tests where you bob into it are just stupid and damaging! Even now with a spinal injury I have to be careful of, in my 40s, I can go 6-8" past my feet without even stretching first, but that just means I'm so flexible through most joints that my joints give out before my bones break, nothing whatsoever to do with my fitness level and it has led to early onset osteoarthritis and many other joint and tendon issues. Not every person is meant to do every activity, and they shouldn't be ridiculed for needing to make accommodations for physical differences.
same here. the pacer test was humiliating every time and I physically can't do a cit up because of my muscles. it was always the worst being forced to push myself past what I could handle
My asthma made this shit hell, it sucked
My freshman year, my mile time improved 3 minutes from what it was at the start of the year. I still got a D, because they don't care about these kids being healthy. They care about everyone meeting a very specific and very ablest standard.
Professional trainer: “The idea of comparing yourself to other people isn’t a great paradigm for fitness”
ALSO professional trainer: “Fitness isn’t one-size-fits-all”
School fitness tests: Compares students to one another based on a set of arbitrary, one-size-fits-all standards 🙄🤦
That is because these exercises objectively measure levels of fitness.
@@joshrm8051 But don’t account for kids with health issues and punishes them instead
@@Pugkin5405 If you have health issues you obviously are not fit relative to your classmates. So the test literally does its job.
@@joshrm8051 The job of the test is wrong. You shouldn't be compared to other people, you should be compared to your past self based on your own body's abilities
Especially since some schools would garden you compared to other students instead of effort
@@Pugkin5405 The purpose of the test is to literally compare the fitness levels of all students in that year group, it is literally fulfilling the job that it was meant to.
"Hopefully, this is a good angle for me. Then again, I don't have bad ones."
THE CONFIDENCE, WE STAN
AHAHAAHAHA QUEEN BEHAVIOUR
MHHMMMM Sam is a baddieee
Its a good day to be the finish line watcher 😂
LMAO i can only dream to be the same
"people want to be healthy, but sometimes its just hard to figure out how."
well that was a truck of truths right there lol
HELP!!! Everybody at my school cyberbullies me because they say my videos are extremely BAD!!! Please help me, dear tbe
@@AxxLAfriku shut up
As *someone with chronic illness* , I'm going through that _right now_ . There's no *diet* or *gadget* made _specifically for me_ , so I have to *experiment* , *try* , make *mistakes* ...and _sometimes_ , it's _really_ , *_really_** frustrating* .
AND IT HURTS
@@AxxLAfriku stop. Your comment history on this channel is embarrassing.
this could be a series: "The Try Guys Try Rachel's Childhood Trauma"
further episodes:
-timed multiplication table tests
-watching The Mission (1986) for social studies
-getting asked out by a boy but you know he's doing it on a dare
I could never do the 9s or the numbers past 10🥲
I'm a guy, what's so bad about the last one? Just wondering
@@BananaHead223 no one is daring a guy to ask me out because *i'm* out of *their* league, if you catch my drift. it's a prank, and it's on me.
@@Razmatini ah I see. Thanks
@@fancylunchable3633 try computing if a number is a multiple of 7. I was taught that in advanced math and I forgot lol
I love that Zach did the challenges in a way that is safe and good for him. Go power walking!!
big big props to Zach, all his exercises were slow, controlled, and correct! great to see that he's been working on his fitness with his health in mind!! I got a little emotional for him watching him bang out pullups 🥺
I cried 🥺
I was so proud of him! He did the dang thing, even his mile. 14mins walking ain't bad.
I full on jumped out of my computer chair and started CHEERING (and crying!!) As a fellow chronic illness/Spoonie, the pride I felt for him being able to perform a feat he's NEVER been able to do before was just.....perfect. Presidential Fitness standards be damned!!!!
Zach is definitely the one I was proudest of.
So proud of Zach :)
I'm proud of Zach, he has legit physical limitations, and I think he crushed this, all things considered. Especially those pull-ups.
Same here. The pride I feel for Zach is so big.
Exactly
Now that he says his hips are fused and he wasn’t able to touch his toes- I genuinely think that might be my problem. I’m flexible I just CANT touch my toes
I cheered out loud when he did those pullups.
watching zach power walk the mile, being proud of himself for doing the best he can, and watching the other guys cheer him on made me cry. i was never able to run the mile and as i got older i started having panic attacks because of the impending humiliation, which made it even harder to run because i would be crying, shaking, and even less able to breathe (i already had issues with that). i even had one teacher who would take all the kids who weren't fast enough and make them do it over and over until they were (i never was, she either gave up or the bell rang). it got to the point where the only way to spare the physical and emotional pain was to make "i don't try in pe" a personality trait. i'm paying for that now physically and mentally (i taught myself that it's okay to not put effort into things or even do them at all as long as you can laugh it off). if i'd been surrounded by people like this, i would've kept doing things to the best of my ability and i'm sure my abilities would have eventually expanded at least a little.
As a disabled person who was constantly discriminated against in gym classes, seeing Zach talk about that experience and now own his ability makes me so happy and feel seen
Holy hell, Neds running like his wife is at the finish line
LMAO
He probably had that in his mind “do this for ma wife. Do this for ma baby! do this for ma wife. Do this for ma baby! do this for ma wife. Do this for ma baby!”
Hi Sugarcat! :D
Maybe running away from her... 😬😭
I'm literally so happy with how they didnt compare Zach to any of the other guys. His mile walk was IMPRESSIVE AF FOR SPEED WALKING, HE CAN DO A PULL UP, AND HE WAS ABLE TO EXTEND HIS STRETCH. Zach is INCREDIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY. he's such an inspiration to those of us with chronic issues!!!
@@Spectrarian as someone with chronic issues-- ABSOLUTELY. i feel like he doesnt realize how impressive he really is
For real!!! I’m so proud of him!! I have a handful of chronic conditions, including one in particular that severely effects both my diet and my exercise. I really look up to him and his perseverance and confidence and kindness and I love him 🥺
power walking is harder than running imo. my calves usually die in 2 minutes if i walk fast, while running will take me out after 6 minutes haha
His sit ups were also with impeccable form. Full sit ups are actually a pretty terrible exercise and not worth the injury risk to your back but he was able to do them safely.
Did anyone else scream with excitement when Zach did two pullups? 😢 I'm so proud of all of them! Ned and his 6.57 mile run and Keith's just sheer determination and grit (those situps were awesome), and just the support they give each other makes me want to cry 👏 love my boys!
Ned couldn’t run away from the urge to cheat on his wife though.
“Hopefully this is a good angle for me, then again I don’t have bad ones.” Ok icon literally give me your confidence king
Same I was like a true queen!!!!!
I love Sam’s appearances in the vids.
i got to skip it for like 4 years because i was absent
All I want is Keith's enthusiasm, Ned's drive, Zach's self awareness, and Sam's confidence.
And Eugenes Fashion skills as well, for me!
I want Eugene’s fit bod 😅
What if you could only pick one?
@@mrtinybrains I think above all even if you can manage to incorporate enthusiasm into life generally it can have a better impact on yourself and behaviour with others:) if only one
Who’s Sam?
"Fitness isn't ONE SIZE FITS ALL" LOUDER for the people at the back!!! Setting these "standards" is so damaging, everyone should be rewarded for achieving fitness that fits their body's limits! Having CFS, PE was literal hell and even my teacher was like "Technically you should have a failing grade due to not reaching the "required" fitness levels/scores" but because I showed up EVERY lesson and did whatever I could, which was limited due to my health, I was "graciously" given a passing grade.....
I swam until high school, I could out walk anyone in my class. I can’t run a mile in a decent time, I’m super tall in my legs so V-sits were bad, I had no arm/core strength so push ups were not happening. I wasn’t in bad shape, I just wasn’t what was apparently expected of a 7-14 year old girl (and then in high school they didn’t care and no one expected us to do well in it or really care)
I was about 14 and lifting weights in gym as a school requirement. So I literally have noodle arms, I can't hold anything heavy for too long and my spotter got tired of me trying to lift the bar and just let it drop on my neck and walked away. It wasn't exactly on my throat, but it was close enough to choke me. A few mins later another classmate saw me struggling trying to get the bar off and my face was red...yeah long story short I hate her guts. I should've told my teacher but she wouldn't have cared
All in all I'm weak af, in strength and confrontation
Everything’s isn’t “damaging” bro. Your comments pathetic. There is a physical standard for every age of a human. Not meeting that standard, apart from being disabled, shouldn’t be acceptable or thanked for. If every human thought like you we’d die in the next 10 years.
@@ekkimittrettanafn2242 ME/CFS is a lifelong disability.
@@ekkimittrettanafn2242 You really haven't heard of chronic illness and disabilities have you..
I love that Zach is avoiding a flare up so he is power walking. That is real health
I love when the trainer made the point that fitness shouldn't really be about comparing yourself to everyone, but achieving personal goals. I play college soccer. My exercises look WAY different than my brother who's in the army, and his look different from my dad who has an office job and knee problems. None of our workouts are better than the others, just trailered for different lifestyles.
Zach is spot on when he said it’s ableist bs to make all kids do this. The exercise selection isn’t really based on anything and doesn’t reflect your health.
It's also a bad test in general if flexibility is the main target. I have oversplits but cannot score well on the sit and reach test because my hamstrings are so tight. To me, the sit and reach test is the equivalent of saying "I know you can bench press 100 pounds, but you can't lift 20 with three fingers so you are not strong."
@@thethingsisee13 @Tine Beag I agree completely. I'm the opposite of you though. I'm incredibly flexible as well, in every part of my body and can fold flat full reach but I can't do full side splits because I shattered my knee at eleven and it won't let me extend my leg flat at that angle.
I always got bad scores because I refused to do pushups. Which I guess means I was completely out of shape?
SO ABLEST OMG Like it's cringey how ablest it is
I spent so many years convinced I was weak and useless cause I couldn't do even one push-up. Even into young adulthood I'd still get made fun of. Then I learned that due to a genetic condition I *literally cannot* do push-ups, no matter how strong I might get, my elbows physically cannot bend that way. It sucks how much of phys ed is just demanding kids perform better than their peers with no taking into account physical differences between individuals.
I had unchecked issues with my legs during school. Not only did I do poorly, I was shamed for it by my teachers and to top it all off it made the issues worse. Also the pacer test was impossible for this reason and because I’m on the autistic spectrum. So the loud, sharp, beeping cause me to become stressed.
I love that they are all at different fitness levels but are super supportive. Genuinely supportive. Fitness is hard man. Even when it 'looks easy.' It's freakin hard. Also, I'm so happy for Zach! I honestly think so much of fitness performance is the mental block we all put on ourselves.
Zach is so strong and I’m very proud of him for his growth both physically and mentally. Disability is hard.
I love how Zach approached the test. Listening to your body is so important and not comparing yourself to others is quite hard to do. And to see Keith and Ned so supportive to him caused me such joy. I'm gonna come back to this video again for motivation!
His a sad excuse of a man
@@iokua1120 tf?
@@iokua1120 Do you know what chronic pain is? And for people to better their lives you need to be supportive and not negative towards them. I literally go to the gym with a friend of mine. Not the strongest guy. Not the fastest. But just support him, and try to push him a little, and they will grow slowly but surely.
Furthermore, write properly. "He is*" You learn that in elementary school. Even if you are not from an English speaking country.
@@iamme8290 I have chronic pain in my back and doing things to hard or the wrong way pushing my self to much hurt like a b🙃tch
@@iokua1120 he probably endures way more shit than you do lmao
Look at that confidence, what a New Yorker. He's trying to get to the bagel place right before it opens
im from NJ and when i was living in italy and needed to make trains on time i would walk like my life depended on it. honestly it was an impressive sight
I replayed that part like a million times! 🤣
As someone with EDS and chronic pain as well, Zach you did incredible. You inspire me to get back in shape.
I've been trying to get stronger because I had 2 physios and 2 doctors suggest that I likely have EDS. I've been on a wait list almost a year, and couldn't wait, so I've been working on mostly shoulder and hip exercises as they're the joints that usually feel loose. Even taking off a pullover sweater can cause issues for my shoulders, and I want that to stop. Cracking fingers is pretty normal, but shoulders are very painful when you have to push on it and it makes a crack sound. And that's why I never could do any pull ups as a kid, but I could sit on the ground and pretend my foot was a phone and push my hip out weirdly to gross out other kids. Little did I know all the pain that would come later.
If this is Ned in the worst shape ever, can you imagine what it'd be like if he's in the best shape? That guy will be able to move mountains
Bro he’s a grown ass man and doing the minimum.
@@ekkimittrettanafn2242lol tell me what your mile time is 😅😅😅
Ned: “I’m probably in the worst shape of my life...”
Also Ned: *runs a **6:57** min mile*
17-year-old school standard: *laughs in **6:06** mile* *Pathetic.*
Right? I always fail that thing
@@adlirez yeah thats for the blue on though, isn't it?
@@thefantorangster2491 for fifth-graders, yes, that’s the blue. In the 17-year-old rank, however, that’s no flex, that’s a reason to be ridiculed for not completing it in under six minutes
@@adlirez no im pretty sure 6:06 is blue for 17 year olds. Blue for 5th graders was like 8 minutes
"I'm gonna go ahead and say this whole test is ableist bullshit"
God i love Zach 👏 👏 👏
Same
😍 Omg Maggie is so lucky
Amen to that. I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in 7th grade and because of my limitations I failed the fitness tests. I even had a doctor's note.
I've had a disability since first grade and I was always self conscious about the fact that I couldn't do crap in gym
My arms just like to stop working a lot of the time when I put too much pressure on them so yes it is a bunch of ableist bullshit
If Keith ran and got about 10 minutes and Zach walked the same distance in about 14... That's some really good power walking!
From someone who grew up in the middle east this sounds horrifying. We had to do two days of fitness at PE just to see how much we improved but it was never that humiliating since we were only comparing it to our own scores. The only thing that can compare to this is the beep test which seems tame compared to this (and at least the kids in my class were pretty chill about it)
i was also raised in middle east and yeah i agree. i got mad while watching this because no kid deserves to feel the way zach did when he was younger.. some kids have different physical strengths and that's okay :)
I'm from Europe. We used to have a specific day in middle school where we had different categories in sports, and we had to do our best but we were only competing against our own scores. Then we had the track day, that, I absolutely hated. We had to run only like 650m, so about three laps around the stadium, but we were competing against one another. I think the first places had like 2 minutes and a half, while I always had like 3 minutes of sprint. The other thing I hated was the 60m sprint. You ran a lap as fast as you could. Safe to say multiple kids were wheezing for a while after that
"This whole test is ableist bullshit" yes it is Zack, yes it is.
“What a NY’er. He’s trying to get to that bagel place right before it opens.” - Keith
As a fellow NY’er, I can 100% agree.
9:30 the legs were not straight your honor
I feel like Zack. I'm disabled and deaf. My old p.e teacher let me walk and take a break from running a lab in high school.
Ned is like one of those annoying students who thinks he is better than anyone.
Ned: "I'm in the worse shape of my life right now
Also Ned: *Runs for a straight mile*
I think you have a big advantage if you used to be fit as a kid. It sets you pretty much for life. If you were a lazy kid you have to work harder as an adult to achieve the same goals.
A lot of running is mental, and if you've ever been a runner even if you aren't a big one now, running a mile is a pretty easy mental challenge. Physically, he was in great shape 6 months ago, so he probably feels out of shape but it's mostly psychological, since you can't lose that much fitness in that amount of time.
@@Millixxxxxx i was incredibly fit as a kid, i did tkd anywhere from 3 to 20 hrs a week for 8 years. i ended up screwing up my hips, and genetics, and i cant walk a mile let a lone run. not to do per say with my fitness level but more that my hips will lock and i wont be able to move.
@@lysmiller7642 some sports and physical activities are straight up child abuse. so many kids whose parents put them in dance class or cheerleading or football who straight up have fucked bodies at age 25-30. but it's part of the normal culture so no one questions it. meanwhile you could play other sports or do lighter activities that don't put as much stress on joints and have an active lifestyle into your 80s (swimming, tennis, etc).
Man, I am so proud of Zach. He just took his time, and did his best, and was still able to keep up with the others.
I watched this while eating ice cream.
@@zj6707 same ahaha i was eating ben & jerry’s ice cream
@@zj6707 c
Slow and steady wins the race afterall!
Yes true
I love Zach modifying where he needs to. Also loved the form on that power walk!
Wow, Ned's running was really impressive. How dare he look so elegant and dynamic wth
Zac’s approach to doing the exercises slow and steady is actually sustainable for longer. Blowing all your energy in the first half of the test isn’t the best idea.
It really depends on the person actually. For me it's way easier to start with full power
@@yellowbentley that's just not actually how that works. You will be able to work harder for longer if you work slower. That's why in weightlifting you don't just throw the weight around quickly, doing it slowly is what's going to keep your energy
@@btaylerpackard2475 it’s different for everyone. If I start slow, I don’t get in the mindset to push hard through the entire workout.
But for my school you do it at the pace of what they give you or your out, your not allowed to do your own pace, it sucks
Zach was the slowest though, so basically you're wrong.
This goes out to all the asthmatic kids who’d run themselves into having an asthma attack for the pacer test.
So glad I wont have to do that ever again
All in the name of “health”
"well you have your inhaler, so you'll be fine." The goal is to not has an asthma attack at all, not have one because i need to run a mile in under 10 minutes.
I would fake bad asthma a day or 2 before so I’d get to sit in the library on the day of the test
I always refused to run, because of my asthma. The one day I gave in, I had an asthma attack, and went to the nurse. When I came back, thr PE coach (Mr. Champ, I hated him) announced to thr class what a great thing it was that I ran till I had an asthma attack and congratulated me. I was livid, and so were my parents. To be praised for jeopardizing your health. Wtf.
As a Canadian this whole thing seems absolutely horrifying…. We did have the beep test though. I have terrible memories of that fitnessgram pacer test
Fuck the beep test all the way to hell.
My school played "Eye of the Tiger" at the beginning of every beep test...I still break into a cold sweat whenever I hear it start playing.
Same, the fucking beep test. Once I had a 5,5 out of 10, a passing grade, I would stop right away!
the pacer test is the devil
I remember this dang test. We had it in B.C in the 1980’s. It was the Canadian Fitness Award Program. I absolutely hated it.
i agree with zach- the school pe system is ablest- i have a connective tissue disorder so im flexible but my joints are very weak
same! i would sprain shit all the time and they would be like “you can’t sprain something *that* easily!” ableism is so mf prevalent is awful
Keith spoke truth. You never "trained" for physical fitness. you were just tested randomly and given a score. I went from playing Power Rangers with my friend Chirstian to doing a pull up test. fuck no did i ever do more than 8
I never did one lmao
@@NcMuggets you are not alone lol
I couldn't even do 1. They finally had me jump off a chair so they could give me a pass.
@@serendipity1274 ngl that’s kinda sad
There should be a vid where Eugene catches up on all the vids he's missed lol
@@av181818 I dunno why but I feel like he's working on a movie or something independently like his cameo in Brooklyn 99 but something bigger.
They mentioned this in the podcast but Eugene is taking a break to work on personal projects! He'll be back in a few months.
I miss Eugene. The Try Guys just aren’t the same without all 4 of them.
😭😭😭😭
WE WANT THAAAT
I definitely respect Eugenes hiatus. But I missed the Ned vs Eugene competitive edge that would have been in this vid!
Zach power-walking so aggressively just cracks me up 🤣🤣
Ned really was cocky even back then😬💀
Agreed. Cheated on push ups just like he did his wife. I tried to watch try guys years ago and bed turned me off from their content. I've been binging them again and he is by far the most obnoxious and annoying.
I love how they don't compare/bring down one another.
Ned is the crazy on that goes full throttle. Keith likes to challenge himself. Zach knows his limits but also celebrates the accomplishments he got.
Exactly one of the reasons I love them
As a disabled person, like Zach, I will try to be more like him in the future. Knowing limitations and celebrating accomplishments is a huge skill I still have yet to learn even after a decade of this illness. It's why he's my favorite try guy👏
Zach, our tea king 🙌✨
And Eugene isn't even in the video because he's so good at everything it would make everyone look bad😂
"Fitness is not one size fits all". No truer words have been spoken.
Watching Zach make boundaries with his chronic pain and stick to them for his own health reminded me of the fact that I need to do the same for my chronic conditions. Thank you.
I just wanna say Zach you're amazing!
Knowing your limit to not flare up is a hard thing
Being fibromyalgic, I'm proud of you!
1. The fact that Ned was all like "worst fitness right now" and still nailed it all is awesome
2. The fact that Zack absolutely owned it when he walked that mile is also awesome
3. Keith really found his fitness style and that's also also awesome
"I'm gonna go ahead and say this whole test is ableist bullshit"
I went to school with a kid with one leg. They still made him "run" the mile with everybody else for this stupid test.
What the hell? Did he have to just hop a whole mile or something?
@@theunbalancedcharge2077 I'd assume he had a prosthetic, but I think a normal prosthetic leg designed for walking might not be the best for running with? I'm not sure how prosthetics work
bruh for real? wow. Not the same, but I had to run a mile almost daily with exercise-induced asthma, even when my inhaler had run out. Teacher thought I was bullshitting her. PE was a nightmare.
In a nearby town there was a boy with heart issues/asthma and was made to run the mile. He sadly ended up dying of a heart attack. Kids shouldn't be forced to do this especially with a medical condition like his.
@@julir5926, I hope his parents sued the shit out of the city.
I hated the mile, and I still hate it. My fastest was a little more than 9 minutes. How was Ned able to run a 6:57 minute mile?!
Zach, THANK YOU! I have a chronic illness and I’m trying to find how my body needs to work out and it’s so encouraging to see you confidently doing what you need while acknowledging the shame that comes so easily in a group dynamic.
Thank you! Way to freakin’ do pull-ups and stretch beyond your toes with a fused hip, that’s impressive!
Me, a European watching this: *visible confusion about American education*
im confused about american education and im an american
Same lol except I’m Canadian
I arrived in the US in 6th grade after living in South America and East Asia. My English was bad at that time, so I had no idea what all these tests were for, I thought it was just to compare & test each individual’s fitness. I just found out from this video that it was a standardized federal fitness test to compare with the fittest kids 🙃
I HATED the mile. And wasn’t a fit kid.
@@br43lynns LMAO trueeee
@@rosecabezas8249 thier version of the Pacer test.
“Ableist bullshit” is my new favorite Zach catchphrase
Petition to have it added to the next iteration of the model doll figurine thingies!
@@feuilletoniste That or a T-shirt of it. I would buy that so fast
@@ashleyheuser9936 ditto!
Yes! As a physically disabled person who remembers being mortified by having to be in gym class during this testing, it brings me so much joy to hear Zach call out the ableism of this nonsense.
lol
Mad respect to Zach understanding that these tests are not a true gauge of his health and fitness journey. It's easy to buy into, especially when you have eyes on you. GOOD JOB ZACH!!!
Ned: "He wore all his jewelry to the bodega"- IM CRYINGGG
They all did great but I'm especially proud of Zach for doing his best while heeding the guidance of his doctors. It's so important to find that middle ground when you have health conditions rather than trying to compete with arbitrary benchmarks based on abled people!
I’m super proud of Zach! I know he’s going his physical limitations, but the way he just decided to do his best seemed to allow him to do so much more. 😍
I can’t tell if Ned is just really athletic or if he’s so competitive, he refuses to lose
Both 🤣
Hahaha I was wondering exactly the same thing
i think it’s both, but leaning on competitive
Yes.
he's both
well to be honest, the benchmarks for 17 years old take into account teenagers that have olimpic level, so being below that level is nothing to be ashame of.
yeah, and before a lifetime worth of injuries and misuse catch up with your body :)
Zack's calm, sweet smile at the beginning of doing situps is just the most precious thing
"Fitness isn't 1 size fits all" one of the best lines.
YESS
The world needs more Zachs. He looked so damn proud of himself, as he should. Good job Zach. 👍🏼
I need to learn how to be more like Zach.
When he did those pull-ups I was so proud!
Right! I love that he shows that it is perfectly okay to have differing abilities
@@Mikibear222 I was literally cheering!
Watching Zach bloom makes my mom heart so proud and happy. What a lovely talented man.
The whole jump scenario made me laugh…they all silly jumped and the trainer gave it his all and then Zach’s, “wow you really jumped”. 😂
Watching Zach did make me cry a little. I hated this test. My body couldn't handle it. I was always, always, ALWAYS so much slower than everyone else on the mile. Everyone would have to stand around and watch me limp across the finish line. Watching him fast walk across the finish line in victory and pride was. Healing.
As a fellow person with chronic illnesses, congrats to Zach for listening to his body! I spent my whole school career pushing my body past the point of no return and paying the price for it. It's awesome to watch someone learn their limits and embrace them instead of viewing them as flaws. Go Zach!
Oh I'm glad this comment is here as I haven't gotten past the sit-ups and as an ASer myself, I'm yelling "No, Zach!" We are told sit-ups are very bad for our condition. I was hoping he would tap out eventually to avoid a flare and listen to his body.
Seeing Zach do these with appropriate accommodations instead of "just pushing through" made me feel so much more capable as someone with a disability.
Watching Zach do pull-ups, made me tear up. WAY TO GO! All the guys did GREAT!
Kind of pathetic ngl
@@ekkimittrettanafn2242 obviously you don’t have his illness or any other chronic illness.
Ned encouraging Keith on the mile was so precious
“I was not judged against myself, but against other people, and that made me feel really bad about myself.” That’s so true! It was unfair we would be judged against others. We should have been judged against our starting place at the beginning of the school year, not to others. That would have actually motivated me to improve myself instead of just feeling defeated before I even began trying...
Even if you’re ranked against yourself you will still be compared and teased if you’re not as good as everyone else
I was never athletic or competitive, and I hated being treated like shit by the athletes in class and most of my gym teachers because I just wanted to have fun playing a game and couldn't run as fast as they could. I can only remember one gym teacher who just encouraged us to try and meet a specific goal at our own pace, and who focused on actual health. It's no wonder most of us ended up hating exercise.
There is nothing wrong with having standards, I'm from Australia so we didn't have exactly the same testing but we did do stuff very similar. I'm 20% below average height, I was overweight and have a genetic disorder that means my lungs only function to about 70% capacity.... PE was BRUTAL!!! I remember crying on my own during the school cross country "fun" run and not wanting to participate in ANY of the classes. I was an intelligent student though, test and exams I would breeze through. Some of the kids that finished first in PE could barely pass in the other classes and they used to cry and say they were stupid and never going to understand it. School sucks but it has it's purpose, it's a flawed system but getting the shit kicked out of us in some form or another builds character for those that choose to pick themselves up and dust themselves off and try again or just move forward in other ways.
@@bexter107 sure but displaying you actively trying to reach ur goals and the struggle to all ur classmates only furthers the chance of that happening lol
Almost like that’s just how real life works, you get compared to people, so what? Maybe too harsh for children, but a message that’s important to learn at some point.
How everyone supported each other is how i wish they'd supported me in fifth grade. Instead they laughed. Try guys are goals.
Zach's pull ups were such a great moment
I'm rewatching this and I'm noticing zach's form is pretty much perfect its actually pretty awesome to see
I feel like when you do have a disability and pain you’re much more aware of having to do a proper form to keep your body safe. He did amazing 🤩
zach talks about how he's the "frailest" and "weakest," but out of everyone (at least for curl ups, I haven't finished lmao) he seemed to have the best form! ur killing it, zach! :D
I know right - i was so proud of him!
Also for push ups! He really did an amazing job and he's making the inner tormented 5th grader in me really proud. 🌈
Yes his form was the best and he also did the curl ups and push ups with nice controlled movements.
He had the best form in a lot of the exercises!
Because of his disease he probably works out more than the others to keep himself healthy and have his pain be less severe.
Instead of forcing children to do as many as possible in a short amount of time they should teach them to do fewer but in good form
Agreed! Form is more important than how many you can do in like under a minute!
Absolutely
My middle school forced us to do as many in short time. (And you can see here how the guys form gets worse and worse) but in my high school we had really good teacher who understood good form over amount was way better! But I 100% agree
When it comes to teaching something to kids you have to take in consideration the cognitive element, and, in this case, also motor skills; if we're talking about 5-10 year olds the simpler the better. As soon as they move it's enough.
I still agree that doing that many of them in a short time is bs.
Seriously...when I started seriously exercising it took me so long to unlearn the way I had always been taught in PE my whole life. Just an actual sit-up is SO much different.
I love Keith's thinking: I don't see the point in running until there is something *to run from*
I love these guys relationships and support of eachother. And seriously Zach's confidence in himself and acknowledgement of his illnesses/body struggles without shame is freakin' empowering as hell. Eugene would've crushed this challenge too.
Sam going "They're all off running, like FOOLS" sent me lol
keith really is looking so good lately. you can tell he’s been working out and the new glasses look perfect on his face
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His form was the worst lol. But good for him if he's progressing
I agree! But Zach has also had such a transformation, just look at his shoulders wew
@@ManasiPardeshi bro I swear all the try guys have looked so different! Especially Eugene with the beard he had going on!
This must be part of the next batch of thirst comments for Keith. 😇
The way this test made me SOB during fitness class 😭 I felt slower than everyone and weaker than everyone and it did a number on my self esteem but in hindsight I was probably not as horrible as I thought
I love how encouraging they were of each other, way different from when we were kids 😂
(Also just watching this made my heart beat faster lol)
zach is the guy I wanna go to Disney with. His power walking is the exact energy we need to get places on time.
sorry guys but sam's "Hopefully, this is a good angle for me. Then again, I don't have bad ones." had me cry laughing on chair
The Sam Moment in this video was a much needed break from the flashbacks we're all getting from the ableist bullshit the fitness tests put us through
I vividly remember crying. Every year. From utter humiliation. I was a fat kid with no strength.
I love how encouraging and uplifting these guys are to each other.
I was a Fat Kid™️ and the presidential fitness test was my personal hell. 😭😂😭
Dam you to😭
Rip to us
The way people treat fat children is really horrible. I was one of them, and even though I'm not in the us and haven't done this specific test, the humiliation of non-athletic kids by gym teachers and other adults is seriously fuck up. I had a swimming instructor call me a seal because I was an obese 8 year old and bad at sports. That shit gives you issues for the rest of your life 😭
@@hellformichelle Same. Not from the US too but as a fellow fat kid, I had some share of humiliation from my teachers. From grade school till college, I've never been a big fan of P.E. because of that. I feel so inferior in that class.
i was a tall fat kid so the v sit stretch was my only area of expertise
why is no one talking about how when they jump cut the coach said "that jump earlier makes sense now. i thought we were just jumping"
I laughed 😅
I love that he still went along with it even not understanding
I legit saw this comment right before this happened lol
What's there to talk about?
I was looking for this comment lol
I felt like a soccer mom cheering on her kids while watching this
I love Zach so much - I just want to protect him at all costs - he is getting so strong and is amazing