Navy Seals Fitness Standards: Check It Out!

 Congratulations to the Navy Seals for their impressive action in Pakistan. We all know that the Seals are brave, smart, tough, and fit.

How fit? Check this out:

1. Seal prospects must pass a rigorous set of physical performance tests in order to enter the training program. (Keep in mind that the Seals' prospect aims for as high a score as possible.)

Swim 500 yards( aim for 8 minutes in order to be competitive.)
Maximum push-ups in 2 minutes ( minimum = 42, average is 100)
Maximum sit-ups in 2 minutes (minimum =52, average is 100)
Maximum pull-upswith no time limit (minimum 8, average is about 20)
1.5 mile run in boots (11:30 is minimum, 9 minutes is competitive)

2. If admitted, here is the "first phase" of training requirements:
50 meter underwater swim
Underwater knot tying
Drown proofing test
Basic Lifesaving test
1200 meter pool swim with fins (45 minutes)
1 mile bay swim with fins (50 minutes)
1 mile ocean swim with fins (50 minutes)
1-1/2 mile ocean swim with fins (70 minutes)
2 mile ocean swim with fins (95 minutes)
Obstacle course (15 minutes)
4 mile run (32 minutes)

3. After "hell week" (during which trainees train very hard and sleep only a total of 4 hours!), the trainees must pass the following:
2000 meter condition pool swim without fins
1-1/2 mile night bay swim with fins
2 mile ocean swim with fins (85 minutes)
4 mile run in boots (32 minutes)
Obstacle course (13 minutes)

4. "Second Phase":
2 mile ocean swim with fins (80 mis)
4 mile run in boots (31 minutes)
Obstacle course (10:30)
3-1/2 mile ocean swim with fins
5-1/2 mile ocean swim with fins

5. "Third Phase":
Obstacle course (10 minutes)
4 mile run in boots (30 minutes)
14 mile run
2 mile ocean swim with fins (75 minutes)

WOW!