I'm overdue to insert some cardio training into what is currently mostly just a strength training program, with the exception of some haphazard and mostly unprogrammed walks and rucks. And I figure these fitness standards from the 1960s make as much since as any other as a measuring stick for overall fitness (though for high school age kids and not middle age dadbod types like myself). So me and the family are going to measure ourselves against a truncated version of these standards (e.g., we don't have the equipment for a rope climb or a peg board or for swimming, and the shuttle runs seem mostly duplicative), and aim to see if we can't earn ourselves a graduation from white to red silk gym shorts: https://www.amazon.com/Soffe-Ranger-Pan ... th=1&psc=1
The truncated version of the standards will be the following:
- Pull-Ups: 10
- Push-Ups: 32
- Bar-Dips: 12
- Sit-Ups: 60
- Standing Broad Jump: 6'9"
- .5 Mile Run: 3:00
- Mile Run: 7:00
- Man Lift and Carry: .5 Mile
Who's with me?