Olympians Attempt the Marine Combat Fitness Test
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- We recruited some Olympians who specialize in track and field events and put them up against the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test!
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The Marine Corps combat fitness test (CFT), taken every six months, is intended to keep Marines ready for the physical rigors of contemporary combat operations. Individual readiness will be measured by requiring Marines to do the following:
Run 880 yards (two laps around a track), simulating movement to contact in battle dress uniform, fast.
Lift 30-pound ammunition can overhead from shoulder height for max reps for two minutes.
Perform a maneuver-under-fire simulated event, a timed 300-yard shuttle run in which Marines are paired up by size and perform the following tasks: sprints, agility course, high crawl, low crawl, body drag, fireman carry, ammo can carry, push-ups, and grenade throw.
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I LOVE THIS! That’s awesome my man keep up the great work
Bro seriously. It was in my recomended and i watched thr whole thing 🤷
I was eating a PB&J watching just thinking...not for me lol
@Andy Scott sir go sign an option 40 contract
I must admit I forgot how tough that CFT is until I was looking at this.
No matter how fast you are, there is always camera man who's faster than you.
So true😂😂
Underrated comment
And a DI/DS who's faster
True😂😂
Fax🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣🤣
“She’s got good form” I’d hope so.. she’s an Olympian. Lolol
Some runners have weird form but they’re still at the elite level.
@@gummy5862 yhh like de grasse with his arm
None of their pushups counted, they were being nice. 90 degrees at the elbow to shoulders is needed for the minimum pushup in the final event. They all failed that.
@@jlawsl well they are runners not bodybuilders so think that still count
@@giathanhnguyen6166 I'm surprised elite runners can get away with not being able to do even a few proper pushups. Those weren't even close. Don't runners need upper body strength as well for stability and arm movement to propel them more?
“You’re allowed to do whatever it takes to get the box up” is perhaps the most Marine response possible to the question of form lol
Ya but God damn your soul to he'll if you kip on the pull-ups lol
@@touger9759 Kipping on the pull ups is what destroyed my rotation cuffs in my shoulders because it let me do hundreds of pull ups a day. TBH though, most don't know that we do pull ups to get over the wall, not for the sake of doing pull ups. You know that, but our civilians don't know, that's why they do arm curl pull ups, not over the wall ones.
For those that can't do a pull up, use a pull down bar untill you exceed your own weight. Good luck.
Semper fi
@@forcesightknight that and they really help you fly up a rope using just your arms.
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@@toby7582 ratio
These ladies are some beast! They’re smiling while doing all these challenges but I’d be having the most grueling ugly face trying to attempt any of these 😅😂
ya cause in the military they don't use that tone when instructing
their smiling bc they are probably taking plenty of rest before each event. Thats how all these youtubers do it, cut the screen and u dont see it all.
It's either because they are already conditioned from their Olympic training regimen, or they are taking breaks off camera, or this isn't the exact training they do in the Marines. It could also be a combination, but we'll never know which reason it is.
They’re Olympic athletes. They work out all the time. They are also genetically inclined toward elite athleticism.
@@djansen06 That certainly could be, but also keep in mind that Olympic athletes are the most fit people on Earth (literally). So it makes sense that they can finish these challenges, otherwise every marine would compete in the Olympics
These athletes probably hadn’t needed to work their upper strength as hard as a marine soldier. But they finished the challenge anyway. That’s impressive.
Yeah but they are women so the standards are less
Just to clarify, a marine is not a soldier and a soldier isn't a marine.
@@dubol07 ya a soldier is sub marine
You’d probably be surprised at how much time and effort these ladies put in the weight room to stay at the World Class level as Track & Field athletes. They are impressive athletes and have to have an amazing work ethic to be able to stay at that top level just like any other sport
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The heart of an athlete knowing this is not what they train for but their mind and drive is FIRE!!!
It's about drive
@@emastermet609 it's about power
@@cacacaio230 we stay hungry
Sanna Jonsson We devour
@@pinkaji1208 put in the work
Now let’s see Marines do the Olympians sport! Haha
True
Let's go then
75th Rangers did marathon in Somalia. While carrying 50+ pounds and under fire from enemy.
@@simontide6780 rangers aren't marines but ok
Instead of do their sport let’s see them do a track workout because track workouts are THE WORST
Austin:"Do you want to know your time?"
Ally:"No"
Austin:"Understandable, have a good day"
Most military training for the Elite units (Ranger, SEALs, etc) are more centered around breaking your body and your mind. Doesnt matter if you run 25 miles a day and do 1000 pushups straight before joining. Your weakness will come out and the instructors will exploit it.
But these professional athletes have been digging deep and over coming pain since they were in high school and do it all with a smile at the end. This was inspiring to see.
I was a middle distance runner in school and there is a big difference running is shoes and shorts than in boots.
Unless they're Nike SFBs. Those things are AWESOME.
The boots they're wearing look like they weigh 10 pounds 💀💀
Man, I feel for them doing this in boots they've never worn nor broken in lol.
I thought that too.
Then I remembered whatvinhad to do I new boots.....
@@dobermanownerforlife3902 hahaha God it was miserable. They didn't have my size so I went up a FULL size. Had to wear dress socks and two green socks on each foot🤣🤣🤣
@@mmancino1982 I wish they had done 20 mile full pack.
That hump is merciless.
@@dobermanownerforlife3902 lol no shit. But I think longest I ever marched in one go was like eighteen. Army went soft🤣🤣
@@mmancino1982 I'm not sure how long it was. We past that candy striped water tower atleast 10 times, at Leonardwood.
I love how they all smile through everything no matter how grueling.
They take breaks between and it ain't as tuff and heavy as the real marine fitness test. Trust me, they lowered the weight and level, otherwise this video wouldn't be as good or succesfull
@@fesjo1013 not to brake it to you, but they’re not marines, of course they’re gonna need more time to breath, and you don’t even know if that’s true. Another reason of why they’re smiling is because no one is screaming to them.
Easy to smile when u know the training isn’t going to be used in a life or death situation later on down the road…
@@I-dont-reply lmao turn down the dramatics
It’s so wholesome
Yeah I've always wondered how Olympians would do in the military. I mean, sure, Olympics is a festival of peace, so perhaps I shouldn't be making these comparisons, but both sportsmen and military personnel needs to be in shape, so yeah.
Most athletes have the physical ability to be in any level of the military it’s the mentality that is different combat sports athletes specially mma would be the best soldiers
It not about the PT it about the mentality
If you want a great example, then check out Larsen Jensen. He was a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist in distance swimming for Team USA. After the Beijing Olympics, he joined the Navy and became a SEAL. The Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon was exclusively developed by the military, consisting of Fencing (combat training), Swimming (physical training), Horse Riding (logistics), Shooting (combat training), and Running (physical training).
Olympians should be in much better shape than your basic enlisted military personnel... I mean they are supposed to be elite athletes
@@brentcohee2681 top athlethes is specialized to do their sport. A runner that can run a marathon on 2:05 is an extrodenary human beeing that have a unbelivable psyke but that dosent make him a great trooper. He simply wont have the arm and upper body strenght. The same can be said a sprinter that run 100meter on 9:90 exept he wont have the endurance needed.
My gues is that athlethes in sports that isnt as specializedin in one aspect would do well in a test like this, Kristian Bloomenfelt that won the triathlon event in Tokyo is someone I expect to do well in this.
Only thing I saw that yall did wrong was normally we were hungover during the tests. Great job ladies. USMC Semper Fi
or still drunk
Fact! Semper Fi
@@HollowPoint_762 Yes still drunk... lol would stop drinking at 4 am get an hour and a half nap wake up at 530 and usually do these tests at like 6 am.
Also were you all able to bounce when doing the ammo can lift? not discrediting these girls i mean they are peak condition athletes but we were definitely not allowed to bounce and we had to pause at the top with are arms locked out.
@@nicholasjaeger3132 that might've been the decision of who was running the tests. I've had a couple that allowed it and others that didnt
I guess we are just going to ignore the piss poor form on the push-up?.. most of them wouldn’t count
Man, when I was back in middle school all the girls were required to hit 3:30 for the 800m-run. This really puts it in perspective of how ridiculous that standard was
It's slow for a runner, even in middle school, but it doesn't seem ridiculous for a basic fitness standard.
Boot and utes makes a HUGEEEE difference. Especially if you don’t have any lightweight boots
Nah worh those boots on they’re adding a LOT of time, the olympic runner ran about a 2:30, that’s SLOW AF for an olympian like I hit that time in highschool. A 3:30 is pretty reasonable
@@ellie.decker29 im a male runner, i can run 800 in less than 2 minutes, however these ladies did amazing job
Nah its really not that bad I think but for girls Im not sure
10:05 I like how he's explaining things while he's getting dragged and carried that made me laugh :)
Lmaoo
I wanted to see them dump the buddy with a far toss.
Damn I love to see chicks like this DEMOLISHING these challenges. So inspiring. I want to be someone whose physically it enough to do maybe 75% what these girls can do. (And they all had such a great attitude throughout. Love them)
You can do it!! Just start with walking and then eventually move on walking further distances and then jogging and then jogging further and then running and then running further. Cardio is the key man. Do light weight lifting for some muscle gain and eat properly and healthy and man you’ll be just as fit as they are.
Olympic athletes...?
I feel inspired because I did better than olympians
These are female combat scores. They should try men combat scores
genetic elite
When Allie said "I'm already tired"... I truly felt that. 😩😭😭😭😂😂😂😂
I went into this video thinking the Olympians would absolutely crush it! They did obviously, but wow some of those movements were pretty difficult. They did great! And the Marines were very encouraging… Super cool.
This is so cool! I've known Allie Wilson since we were in Elementary School!!!!! So cool to see her doing awesome as an Olympic Athlete!!!!!
She didn't quite make the Olympics but is a real up-and-comer
Sure you did.
These ladies did awesome! For future reference the Marine demonstrated the MUF incorrectly. You drag your buddy straight back and to the first cone, you don't drag them through the zig zag and then fireman carry straight back. On the way back with the ammo cans you go through the zig zags, not straight back. Either way, great job. Love to see it!
You a Marine?
Not true. You zig zag back.
That’s wrong you do drag them through the zig zag
@@Fatherofheroesandheroines yes i am
@@travisstallworth46 you don’t though.
They have the best personality! Super positive with a smile on their face
12:49 her carry was hilarious. Great effort, and with a little practice she would improve immensely. The smile, the effort, she did great!
This dude was an MA with my squadron a few years back. Funny dude. Glad you're doing big things/meeting cool people, man! 💪🏽
I run the cft with Marine Corps officers and we’re expected to get a first class score every time. For us the MUF is the only hard part. Some of these girls run it faster than the officers in our unit.
You guys put all your stats into strength and none into endurance that’s why. 😂
@@gummy5862 not even. It’s just a general opinion that the MUF is the only hard part about the cft. If u can’t max ammo cans or do the sprint with ease then you got some problems. I get a 300 every time on my CFT and PFT. Once you’ve been in a while u tend to see people start getting big and not focusing as much on endurance like u said, but new officers are both strong and have stamina. We’re expected to go to OCS and be running a 18 min 3 mile. After your 2LT days you can get big and not worry as much about scores since it gets less important. Just don’t let pt be a bad thing on your fitreps.
might just be me but the muf course looked a bit shorter than the real one
@@rolandojbuenoanderson7953 it was looking short, also they did it wrong.
@@jay__chugh Are you LCpl or 2ndLt Chongo? Don't let anyone make fun of Marines for being the people that joined because they don't have brains. I do understand if you had a few mistakes, but get a handle on the spelling and punctuation. Hit up the S3 or your training NCO for some fun and provocative marinenet courses and go to the education center/MCTIMS for some basic classes. Or, just have a few more drinks, or less. It will come around eventually. That's the Marine Corps Way.
This is making me very motivated to go run on my treadmill 🏃🏼♀️
Those target times/numbers always put me back in my military time and what absolute beasts we had back then. I served my country in my early 20s (almost 31 now) and we had this one mandatory march that was repeated annually. 12km (7.5 miles for the american folks) with 15kg backpack (around 33lbs) which was weighed before and after + you had a midway point where youd have to check in and turn back so you couldnt really take shortcuts since it was mostly a straight road. 2 hours was the target minimum that everyone had to beat no matter what. We had officers that ran that stuff in under 45 minutes. I can maybe run the 12km without the extra weight in under an hour but with combat boots and full standard gear is kinda insane. Some people are definitely built different.
I always sucked at estimating how much my truck weighed. Quite a few times when it was weighed at the end it was around 50#.
How are your knees these days ?
@@markofisaiah1449 YES
I run 7k without any extra weight and I almost die. This is not my thing.
In the British army, all they tested us on was a basic fitness test: 1.5 miles in a squad in 15 minutes, then 1.5 miles individually timed in 11.5 minutes wearing boots and trousers. I think it was at least twice a year, but I don't think I ever did it less than 6 times a year!
I never failed one I always aimed at 10.5-11 minutes, the "whippets" could do 7.5 minutes.
After the Falklands they introduced a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) due to the fast guys in a BFT failing to keep up when carrying weight.
The CFT was 8 miles, carrying 35 lbs pack plus a rifle, followed by a fireman's lift (still carrying the packs and rifles), a ditch jump (to burst any blisters!), a short barrier course over then under, and finally climbing into the back of a lorry.
I can't remember if the 2 hour time limit was just the 8 miles or if it was for everything, probably just the march.
The first time my regiment did it they put together 8 man teams based on BFT times. All my section were "big lads" built for comfort not speed (we're not talking fat, just not stick insects) we came in second out of 40 teams. We were accused of cheating because we did so well.
The following week we all did a repeat, this time with a witness to make sure no-one cheated. We came second again. We ran 200m then walked 100m for the entire 8 miles course, we never stopped for a rest.
I was the section leader and was asked how we did it, my best explanation: if you weight 120 lbs and have to carry 1/3 of your body weight you're going to find it hard to keep going, if you 200 lbs and have to carry 1/5 you're going to find it easier. If you try to prove how fast you are, you're going to fail.
From that point on every section was mixed, the stick insects were always a liability, always needing to be dragged along, but it was good to take the piss out of them like they took the piss out of us "big lads" doing BFTs.
All good of them did so good and not even breaking a sweat but Kendall was a beast today
She didn’t actually complete a single push-up…none of her push-ups would have counted.
This is some real fitness training which should be done in schools, obviously not at this maximum intensity but some sort of rigor would train us at a young age to be disciplined and possibly change our mind set on healthy eating as well. Just my mind thinking out loud
Me: they look slow…that looks easy
Dead after 2 pushups
I don't miss doing the CFT as soon as the sun was rising but watching this has motivated me to workout !!! Awesome job to everyone who did this!
Awesome 🤩 This trio is outstanding, great sportswomen 🏃🏿♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏿♀️
Great video Austen. Wonderful job ladies. Great work Josh at procuring.... Awesome all the way around 👏🙏❤
My toxic trait is that I feel like I would kill this lmao😂
Such good energy from Josh and the insane track athletes in this video. Absolute tanks 🔥
I think we all want to see Austen compete in all these!
You want to be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still smiling
Hell yeah! Never quit, no matter what
Thank YOUs for your service Gentlemen, ONE LOVE❣️
Daaaang!!! They all killed it👏👏👏👏👏👏 🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌🙌
I'm impressed. Great job, ladies! Makes me motivated to get out there and move.
Even at my PT Test best I couldn't beat these Olympians. Impressive that you got true Olympians!
These times aren’t even hard to beat, I beat them every time I do a CFT, I don’t get how they call themselves olympians. I was expecting them to do the 880 in sub 2 mins. My last 880 I ran in 2:25
@@mastin8756 somehow..I doubt all of that crayon eater lol.
All these girls are great and they are so supportive of each other.
Another great inspiration to my functional training. The last discipline really has a huge potential of carryover to practical life situations. Thank you for inspiration Austen.
Love the videos Austen keep up the good work
Allie seems like the kind of person who would charge the enemy line with a smile on her face if she was a soldier, lol. Love it!
Good lord! I was screaming cheering them on, this video from 2021 hahah man that looks nuts.
These athletes are real devils 🙌🔥
It's been 36 years since I enlisted and I probably couldn't do any of these anymore without having some type of physical breakdown. Just older and my body isn't what it used to be.
God Bless our men and women in uniform.
These women went full on beast mode. Very impressive.
THAT WAS REALLY FUN. -- WATCHING IT PLUMB WORE ME OUT!
Austin, very inspirational.
Admirable! So much "mind over matter" physical training in the US Marine Corp. Preparation for combat! ...also for the women. How does this apply when one has retired?...facing life's hurdles positively and successfully! Awesome! Kudos, guys! 👏🇺🇸⭐️🎺🥁
these ladies are killing it!!!
I really enjoyed this video thank you… awesome job ladies 🔥🔥🔥🔥
really impresive it show what beasts do track and field good job ladies
THESE! are my favorite videos!!! Olympians breaking the fitness tests!!! Amazing!
and give me the boost to do more exercise Thanks!!! remind me the fun on competition of my good years!!!
For woman standards not men we have different tests ours is way harder
Just watching them made me out of breath. I definitely can’t doing these. These women is amazing. I thing they could even do better than this but they don’t.
These women killed it. Mad respect.
Great job, Atlanta Track Club.!🙏💪🙌👏
They forgot to add the factor where you're still drunk from the night before thinking you were just gonna be doing a light run or something and its a surprise scored cft with your whole chain of command there on a monday morning at zero dark thirty.
These ladies are machines. It would have taken me 6 hours to complete them all and that’s a minimum.
Bro i swear these vids are so motivational !! ❤
This is an amazing channel which remind me to keep working out~! Solute to the marine~!
So much respect for the great Marine Corps!
They running laps in brand new boots? Ouch
Awesome this circuits !!! All need try this, congrats for this channel.
I’m loving your videos so much!! Makes me wanna train!!
Man!!! These military men are cuuttttttteeeeeee!!! Lmbo good job keeping focused ladies!
Y’all never realize how hard it is until you do it. I just graduated from kilo co PI last Friday
Shut up boot lol
They did great! A short(ish) sprint in cold weather is the worst feeling afterwards🥶
Incredible! Inspirational athletes! ❤
Kendell's crawling speed was crazy
She couldn’t do a single push-up properly though.
I went through basic and AIT with a Olympic hopeful…he smoked the entire PT test 😂 and he was an Olympic race walker 😉
Great concept. Kendell is a beast!
They did Amazing 👏🏾
Loved this one! Go ladies 💪🏼
As a marine this is the entrance physical fitness test. Just to see if you can make it through boot camp. Thats the real test but props to these Olympians they are strong candidates for the corps. Semper fi.
This video was so awesome
Those girls are fit! Great job!
As a Marine I say they all did great, Kendall is amazing 😍😍😍
She didn’t complete a single push-up properly…none of hers would have counted.
Josh's arms! Whoah!😳🏋💪👍
This video just gave me the biggest goals. Gonna test myself after watching this video. I don't even know how I got here but I'm glad I did. 😊
This was a great competition these girls pushed themselves to the Limit and I am so proud of each and every one of them go girl power I love it great video❤🏆🎈🥰
On the Ammo can lifts, the second girl not only beat the first but she did well over the male maximum reps. Im impressed
Great content, great instruction. And ladies, you did amazing. Now let me get more fit so I can accomplish the CFT like they did. ANIMALS!!!!
I loved this video!
Doing these events all back to back is a different story without any rest in between is how the test was kind of first implemented. I remember when the corps was trying to figure out if they were going to have marines do the pft and cft the same day. Omg…
Omg😭
Great job to these athletes. for future reference, the marines should use the ammo cans that weight 30 lbs since those are the once used when marines run their cft for score. other than that these athletes crushed it!!
But he said it was 30 lbs? I'm not familiar with the American army so maybe I'm missing something
This video is LIT!
Wow Kendall surprised me lifting the ammo. Excellent work ladies.
when ally was standing at the ready for the run and her hand was on her watch... very on brand haha
This makes me feel so much better now. My normal time was a 3:40 for the run at age 35. Ladies killing it and smiling too…
CATURA...AWESOME ON THE OBSTACLE COURSE!
Never ever give up 🙏🙏🙏
USMC 1978, retired Navy in 2000. These ladies had more time to rest between events than is normal, but still did just fine. I switched to Navy because the MC was stressing my body too much.
Anytime we did any kind of pt testing in the Army, we did so with the element of about 4 hours of sleep because of sleep deprivation. Everybody does great when that part gets left out.
I love seeing these types of videos, haha.
Well done! Just found the channel and subscribed.
They should have changed the turn order. Going last gives you an advantage because it gives you time to watch others and create strategies.
I don’t get why they just didn’t run them all at the same time.